BOOKS… “Moon” modeler Steve Howarth publishes new book. 2021-07-12 04:41:29 PM CDT2021-07-12 04:55:49 PM CDT In today's high-tech world of internet flash (and trash!), we get a lot of behind-the-scenes movie-magic pablum pushed out with the transience of a pixel. So when someone takes the…
ART… AshFanFiction is at it again. 2021-06-10 07:35:33 PM CDT2021-06-10 09:40:36 PM CDT It has been a while since we've checked in on the work over at the Ash Fan Fiction comic, but judging from this teaser, it has suffered none the worse…
FILM… “Films of a Decade I Never Knew”: A guest feature by Mitchel Ring. 2021-03-31 08:00:00 AM CDT2021-03-31 09:27:52 AM CDT Meet Mitchel Ring, a Coloradan poet whose evocative blog posts caught my interest recently. When he mentioned in his bio that he enjoys old movies, I thought, "I wonder what…
FRIENDS OF THE NOSTROMO FILES… Random Ships 88 2021-03-21 12:00:05 PM CDT2021-03-21 12:04:48 PM CDT For anyone writing about spaceships in the utilitarian Alien Universe, think about following Will Van Dorp's "tugster" blog. As you'll see in this post of his, these cargo ships are…
ART… Carry on, ASH – A Fan Fiction Comic 2021-02-20 08:14:07 AM CST Having come across this only recently, I was glad to see that this is still in the works! For Michael to take on a project of this size... and to…
THE NOSTROMO FILES INVESTIGATES… The Nostromo Files Investigates… An aid to interstellar navigation 2020-02-17 02:39:13 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:26 PM CST I've been in love with the stars since before I can remember, and as the internet provided places where I could learn more about them, my interest grew to the…
THE NOSTROMO FILES INVESTIGATES… What's in a name? 2020-01-26 07:10:04 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:37 PM CST I've been re-reading The Cambridge Star Atlas, by Wil Tirion. It's a beautiful book, and practical... if I could only stay up late enough to enjoy the night sky! When…
THE NOSTROMO FILES INVESTIGATES… The Nostromo Files Investigates: A close shave with Occam’s Razor. 2020-01-25 02:37:34 PM CST2020-12-19 07:32:38 PM CST Some time ago, I posted a few thoughts about the characteristics of space travel in Alien (1979), but some recent reading has made me rethink things. Continue reading "The Nostromo…
FILM… Ego, Arrogance, and Emptiness. 2019-12-08 04:08:55 PM CST2020-12-19 07:33:03 PM CST When I first came upon photographs of Alien while reading Starlog #22, I was struck by the authenticity of the spacecraft. It looked real, not like some of the less-realized…
ART… “ALIEN went to where the Old Ones lived, to their very world of origin.” 2019-11-16 10:49:43 AM CST2020-12-19 07:33:14 PM CST Those words were written in 2003 by Dan O'Bannon, in his essay that included this recollection of a particular movie review of Alien: Continue reading "“ALIEN went to where the…
