A Far Out Fantastic Site

  Credit: Pixabay A new year brings new hope and Martin Luther King Jr. was definitely a man of hope and a new vision, especially with his “I Have a Dream” speech. I did a post on King several years back and on how his vision of a better future for all races served a function similar to that of science fiction. I said that this was one of the few things about him that connected with the genre. I underestimated. He had another big connection with science fiction. I’ll show you what that was in a little bit. Also coming up in this post: news about my newsletter in progress and an upcoming “Frankenstein” movie.  Martin Luther King Was a Fan of a Very Famous Science Fiction TV Series  In the post on Martin Luther King that I mentioned above, I said that he did not have many connections to science fiction except for his vision of a progressive future. However, I only found out yesterday while reading over an article at MentalFloss.com that he was a regular watcher of the ori...

This week has been one of tragic loss of two people in science fiction and fantasy, and also commemorates a tragic loss that occurred more than 40 years ago. As many of you already know, we lost former rock star David Bowie and  Harry Potter  actor Alan Rickman. It's easy to see how Rickman relates to the world of sci fi/fantasy but, unless you're a Bowie fan, it's perhaps not as known how Bowie relates to it (unless you happen to be a fan of the '80s movie,  Labyrinth , which I'm not although Bowie's acting in it was good). But Bowie produced many sci fi-related songs and albums, his most popular being  Ziggy Stardust  (which was also a movie he starred in) and another that is perhaps not as popular but said by Westword.com to be very good is  Low .  David Bowie on guitar as Ziggy Stardust Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Alan Rickman of the  Harry Potter  films Photo Credit: David Shankbon/Wikimedia Commons A loss that was ...