Archives for May 2015

Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Titan’s Curse – Ch 10

May 30, 2015 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

For no apparent reason, I decided to go with French.

Lions, spacecraft, and spears: Oh, my! All this and an Order of the Stick reference (from me, I mean, not in the book) in a speedy little chapter known as part 10 of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Titan’s Curse…

I Break a Few Rocket Ships

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Writing Update: A Dragon at the Gate

May 29, 2015 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

It’s been a little while since I checked in with you folks to give a status update on A Dragon at the Gate. For those of you who’ve only come here for my Farscape rewatching or Percy Jackson reading, A Dragon at the Gate is the third and final book in my cyberpunk series known as The New Aeneid Cycle. Don’t let the “dragon” in the title fool you: this is sci-fi set in the mid-21st century.

The dragon may be a metaphor.
Or it may not be…

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Guest Geeks: Z.D. Gladstone

May 28, 2015 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Vampires. They’re everywhere: In our cinema, in our nightmares, and sometimes in our kitchens. (What, you think English “blood pudding” is something a rational human being actually thought would taste GOOD?) Well, now they’re in the Guest Geek series! Yep, it’s time for another installment of Guest Geeks. My guest this time is Z.D. Gladstone. She was kind enough to have me on the Shadows on the Sound podcast a little while back talking about Greek mythology, so I invited her to drop by Geek Notes. Z.D. has given us a post that combines two of my own interests: psychology and vampires.

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Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Titan’s Curse – Ch 9

May 25, 2015 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

Hey, does Percy run afoul of the titular Titan’s curse at the end of this chapter, or is that still to come?

Some character development for Dionysus, Percy visits Washington D.C., and we meet in person the Titan that I’m still betting is Atlas. Oh, and Percy’s in mortal danger. Or demigod danger. Or something. Also, kittens. All this and more in the ninth chapter of Michael Reads Percy Jackson: The Titan’s Curse…

I Learn How to Grow Zombies

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Movie Review: Mad Max: Fury Road

May 23, 2015 By Michael G. Munz Leave a Comment

“And it exploded!”

Well holy flerking schnit, that was an awesome experience!

A couple of days ago I went to see Mad Max: Fury Road with a couple of friends. It was something of a spur-of-the-moment thing. I hadn’t originally been that excited for Fury Road. It was on my mental list of movies I’d probably see if I got around to it, but would likely end up renting. (Note that many movies on that mental-rental list—hee hee, rhyming!—are often forgotten between the time they’re in theaters and the time they’re available on DVD.) [Read more…]