Pitching for Star Trek
From a writer’s standpoint, one of the most interesting aspects of the modern Star Trek shows (Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) is […]
Movie Review: Nature of the Beast
Nature of the Beast is a 1995 horror thriller written and directed by Victor Salva, who is also the writer/director of Jeepers Creepers and the […]
Lloyd Alexander’s The Iron Ring
The Iron Ring is a short fantasy novel written by noted children’s author Lloyd Alexander. Though is aimed primarily toward older kids, anyone with a […]
Why I Stopped Wanting To Be a Biologist When I Grew Up
It all started innocently enough. I had just begun my senior year as a biology major at a West Texas college, and I had just […]
So you want to start a webzine …
First, ask yourself why you want to start a webzine. There are lots of good reasons, but if you can’t give yourself a cogent answer, […]
U.S. Court Rulings on Parody in Advertising
Ever since the case of Virginia State Board of Pharmacy v. Virginia Citizens Consumer Council, advertising has been the unpopular stepchild of the First Amendment. […]
An interview with William Peter Blatty
William Peter Blatty was perhaps best known as the author of The Exorcist and the writer/producer of the 1973 film based on that novel (he won […]
An interview with Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman is a prolific British writer who is perhaps best known as the mastermind behind the popular and ground-breaking Sandman comics. His other work […]
Book Review: The Sandman: Book of Dreams
a review by Damien Filer The sandman has been present for a very long time in folklore and fairy tales as the man who puts […]
The Portrayal of Scientists in Science Fiction
Introduction Authors such as Marcel LaFollette and Dorothy Nelkin have documented how the mass media has portrayed scientists and how these portrayals have affected public […]
Science Articles
“Natural Substances Power Perfume” (pub. 2/28/94) “Kirkwood Observatory Has Long History At IU” (pub. 4/17/95) Natural Substances Power Perfume Americans shell out millions of dollars […]
Journalistic bias and science reporting
While many people believe that the media are inherently biased, those of us who’ve gotten degrees in journalism have had it drilled into our skulls […]