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Well, we’re coming to the end of 2018. As with any year, we get
both the good moments and not-so-good moments. Still, the not-so-good
moments often have a valuable impact on our lives. So I decided to
list the greatest moments of this year. “Greatest”
is defined here not so
much as good or joyful
as it is
significantly impacting. Sometimes the events we don’t wish
to see help us see the good ones better. We love it when we make
accomplishments, publish a story we wrote, read a story we really
enjoyed, or see a movie that we really liked. We don’t love it so
much when we lose something or someone important to us. Sadly, 2018
saw the passing away of my maternal grandfather, God rest his soul.
But that sad moment also made me and my family remember some of the
best times we had with him.
In the community of
science fiction and fantasy, 2018 saw the passing away of some of the
best creators in the genre. Even though those are moments we don’t
like to think about before they occur, they do eventually occur. We
don’t like those moments to come because we know how great these
creators were in their work which we got some kind of joy out of
looking at. So, I actually made two lists for this last post of the
year. One is a list of the best moments of 2018, moments we actually
enjoy and will invite almost anytime. The other is a list of three of
the best sci fi and fantasy authors we lost during the year. This
last list is dedicated to those authors to show my appreciation of
their work and vision and the joy and comfort it brought me, a joy
and comfort that helped me to come to terms with all the problems and
challenges I’ve faced in my own personal life which great
storytelling helps us do.
The Best Moments of the Year In Sci fi and Fantasy
Frankenstein’s 200th Anniversary: Mary Shelley’s greatest work turned 200 years old back at the
beginning of the year. That was 200 years of influence on science and
popular culture, for better or for worse.
The Black Panther movie: February saw the release of the film adaptation of the Black
Panther comic book series. The movie became the highest grossing
one directed by an African-American and that starred a Black super
hero. It also helped bring African culture further into the
mainstream of science fiction and fantasy. (Please Note: If
you go to the link above and read the post that talks about the
movie, there is an error. The post says that the movie released in
March. It actually released in February. I don’t know what the hell
was going through my head when I wrote that post. My apologies.)
“Book-To-Movie”
premieres at A Far Out Fantastic Site: 2018 also saw the premiere of my series of previews and reviews of
movies adapted from books. In many of these, I review a movie based
on a book and compare the two. Expect to see many more Book-To-Movie
posts in 2019!
The blogger watches The Exorcist for the first time: Why did a horror author like myself wait so long to see, what has
been known to be, the scariest movie of all time? Go to the above
link to find out.
“The Boo Brothers”
book releases: This was my third book that got published. Expect many more to
come.
Sci fi and Fantasy Authors We Lost In 2018
Stan Lee--Writer,
Founder and Editor of Marvel Comics
Next time I’m
going to try to talk about a new year’s resolution that can be
useful to all of us. So, what were your best or most important
moments of 2018?
See you next year!
(Which is next week, of course!)
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