My sci-fi story, "Living Under
the Conditions" has been published in The Fourth Science Fiction Megapack
(epub or Kindle). I am in good company. Fiction from Isaac Asimov, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Ayn Rand, and Philip K. Dick appear in the anthology. Other
contributing luminaries, for those who know the business, include Theodore
Sturgeon and Henry Kuttner. Kuttner was one of Ray Bradury's mentors. At a
price of only 99 cents, The Megapack is worth purchasing.
"Living Under the Conditions" originally
appeared in On Spec: The Canadian magazine of the fantastic in 2007 and made
the longlist for the Writers' Trust/McClelland & Stewart Journey Prize.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
3:10 to Yuma Capsule Review
Notes on the 2007 film 3:10 to Yuma, starring Russell Crowe, Christian Bale and Ben Foster
This contemporary western, the second remake of an Elmore Leonard novel (the first was in 1957), grinds out a low, character-establishing pace at first, but compensates for this overindulged classical feel in the second half. Ben Foster stars as ambiguously gay, tough-as-nails Charlie Prince, while Russell Crowe, as outlaw Ben Wade, winks, nods and flirts with Christian Bale's character (Dan Evan) throughout. Evans is supposed to put Wade on the proverbial 3:10 to Yuma train. It is like Crowe, playing the obviously bisexual Wade right down the middle, is making up for being unable to play the John Nash character as openly bisexual in the film A Beautiful Mind. With a marvelously surprising ending, Yuma has a lot to offer, either way the viewer looks at it.
This contemporary western, the second remake of an Elmore Leonard novel (the first was in 1957), grinds out a low, character-establishing pace at first, but compensates for this overindulged classical feel in the second half. Ben Foster stars as ambiguously gay, tough-as-nails Charlie Prince, while Russell Crowe, as outlaw Ben Wade, winks, nods and flirts with Christian Bale's character (Dan Evan) throughout. Evans is supposed to put Wade on the proverbial 3:10 to Yuma train. It is like Crowe, playing the obviously bisexual Wade right down the middle, is making up for being unable to play the John Nash character as openly bisexual in the film A Beautiful Mind. With a marvelously surprising ending, Yuma has a lot to offer, either way the viewer looks at it.
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