by Drew Ellenwood | May 8, 2018 | Fantasy & Theology
Here’s a blog from my daughter Lucy on one of her and my favorite movies, Signs. A great discussion starter. Enjoy. Let me go ahead and offend 95% of evangelical Christians: I do not like Christian movies. I’ll let the evangelicals freak out for a moment…they’re...
by Drew Ellenwood | Jun 25, 2015 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
The Martian: A Review of a Science Fiction Novel Samuel recommended a science fiction novel to me: The Martian by Andy Weir. Mr. Weir is a first-novel hero in my view. He published his chapters in 2011 through his blog. Subsequently a publisher put the book into...
by Drew Ellenwood | Oct 24, 2014 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
A TV series has a potential advantage over a movie in that a series affords the chance to follow a story over an extended time. Events are able to unfold into broad plots and themes. Characters can be developed in depth. This is a potential but not an inevitable...
by Drew Ellenwood | Apr 23, 2014 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
This week I’ve invited my daughter Lucy Wright to take a swing for us in the fantasy and science fiction world. Lucy revisits the topic of the pill to swallow in fantasy and science fiction. In our first installment on this subject, I sited some examples where the...
by Drew Ellenwood | Feb 14, 2014 | Fantasy & Science Fiction
Face it: As genres go, fantasy and science fiction do not lend themselves well to romance. Now before you protest by citing examples of book covers, let me say that romance is more than a buxom vixen next to a muscle man riding a dragon. That’s not romance; that’s...
