Stirling Silliphant was one of the great Hollywood screenwriters, but the lesson here might be that if you’re going to write a science fiction movie, you need to be willing tackle your material as science fiction, not pretend it’s really about something else.
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Daniel M. Kimmel is past president of the Boston society of Film Critics and founding co-chair of the Boston Online Film Critics Association. His reviews appear in the Worcester Telegram and Gazette, and can now be found at NorthShoreMovies.net. He is the author of The Fourth Network, The Dream Team—The Rise and Fall of DreamWorks: Lessons from the New Hollywood, and I’ll Have What She’s Having—Behind the Scenes of the Great Romantic Comedies. His book Jar Jar Binks Must Die was a finalist for the Hugo Award for best related work. His latest work is a fiction novel, Shh! It’s a Secret: a novel about Aliens, Hollywood, and the Bartender’s Guide.
WORD NINJA
by Linda D. Addison
Out of The Black Forest by F. J. Bergmann (Centennial Press, 2012) This collection has breath-taking paintings by Kelli Hoppmann for each written piece, turning this book into a work of art. Bergmann tales are mesmerizingly familiar and new at the same time. The titles are one word: Teeth, Hair, Hide, etc. “Teeth” is a twist on ‘Little Red Riding Hood’; the title takes on more than one meaning. “Sting” gave me chills in the best way: “On the day the lost prince enters,/.../She sleeps on,/ beneath a buzzing blanket of bees. Highly recommended.
The Monstrance by Bryan D. Dietrich (Needfire Poetry, 2012) In Dietrich’s fantastic visions we find monsters dreaming for the soft touch of life and makers holding tight to their creations. From “On My Library”: I, too, grow faint in the absence and rise / .../ I descend / again and fill the hollow I have / left with the question each figure makes. Are we not all shackled to society’s image, and struggle to unchain and find acceptance? Dietrich uncovers the possibility with his hauntingly beautiful verse.
Mourning Jewelry by Stephanie M. Wytovich (Raw Dog Screaming Press, 2014). In the author’s own words “...everyone mourns, but not everyone cries.” Like a house of mirrors, Wytovich’s latest book shows how loss and broken dreams feed each other. In reflection, shadowed vengeance and hidden needs gracefully dance and twirl in her finely balanced poetry. Loved every poem especially “Untitled”: Existence is / mute--/ A fleeting second / awakened / by a hiccup / in sleep. n
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Linda D. Addison, four time HWA Bram Stoker winner, has been the poetry editor with Space & Time magazine since 1999. Her poetry and stories has been listed on the Honorable Mention list for the annual Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror and Year’s Best Science-Fiction. She is a member of CITH, SFWA, HWA and SFPA. Her site: www.lindaaddisonpoet.com
DRAGON TO CENTAURI
by Beth Cato
building a dragon
involves more than sinew or scales
it begins with the heart
cold fusion, pumping ventricles
a skeleton of gray steel
coiling corridors of the veins
a skin cool and smooth
eyes that stare into oblivion
across this blackened vacuum
and fire from its lips, always fire
a quiet and soundless flame
to immolate foes and keep safe
the charges nestled within its belly
when ready to take wing
this dragon will roar
SPACE AND TIME
Issue # 121
Summer 2014
Editor-in-Chief - Hildy Silverman
Editor Emeritus - Gordon Linzner
Fiction Editor - Gerard Houarner
Art Editor - Diane Weinstein
Poetry Editor - Linda D. Addison
Contributing Editors
Daniel Kimmel
Stephen Euin Cobb
Sam Tomaino
Associate Editors
Kathleen David, Susan Hanniford Crowley, Gary Frank, Jennifer M. Persson, Edward Greaves, Alan Kistler, Lee Weinstein
Webmaster - Randy Heller
Artwork
Martin Hanford, Thomas Nackid, Alan Beck, Alfred Klosterman, Brad W. Foster, Mark Levine
Cover - Brad W. Foster
Cover & Interior Design - Kate Freeman
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