The question of what came first – the chicken or the egg can apply to many science-fiction movies. Did people read Jules Verne and become inspired to make submarines and spaceships or was Verne just expanding on what others were designing? Submersibles date back 300 years before Verne wrote 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. WhatContinue reading “‘Runaway’ Stumbled 40 Years Ago, But The Future Is Now”
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‘Dragon Teeth’ Has Some Bite, Yet The Story Feels Undercooked
When Michael Crichton passed away in 2008, he left behind several novels, some unfinished, but some of them weren’t published during his lifetime for a reason. Crichton still needed and wanted to fix them up some more. Stephen King has talked about how he lets a manuscript’s first draft “marinate.” He’ll forget about it forContinue reading “‘Dragon Teeth’ Has Some Bite, Yet The Story Feels Undercooked”