When I was a kid, my dad, the astronomer Carl Sagan, often told me about his first day as an undergraduate at the University of … Read More

If you’re excited to see Terminator: Dark Fate this week, chances are you’ve seen the first two films starring Sarah Connor. And chances are, when … Read More

Who could forget the days of the book fair! I would audibly gasp when I saw the rolling shelves and trunks of books awaiting set-up … Read More

Halloween may be over, but the scares aren’t! Variety has reported that Clive Barker’s massive horror short-story collection, Books of Blood, is being turned into a feature … Read More

Books with unreliable narrators keep you on your toes. Is what’s happening real? Is it imagined? Will you ever know? Sometimes you find the answers … Read More

Another Halloween is behind us, which prompts this desperate plea for next year. Some of you may not want to hear this, but: do give … Read More

While most procedurals feature members of the police force as their heroes and heroines, not all characters in today’s mysteries are professional detectives. Some of … Read More

One of the things that the Marvel Cinematic Universe has been introducing into their little oeuvre is the many-worlds theory, with divergent timelines. After hints … Read More

How do you get into the Halloween spirit when even Hocus Pocus makes you skittish? (I mean, hypothetically speaking…) If you can’t handle horror or … Read More