http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sun, 9 Oct 2005 01:20:35 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/12/13/024438.php#comment-252064 Lon Chaney, Jr. did a great job in Spider Baby. 252064@blogcritics.org Sun, 9 Oct 2005 01:20:35 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2002/12/13/024438.php#comment-239431 I recently came across the website for Gary Westfahl's "book" in the making, and thought it was the worst idea- if you hate science fiction why write about it? In his attack on Space 1999 (surprised?) he states that the mooon travels each week past a new planet, which is an idiotic idea to him. Except this never happened in the show! The moon did travel past several planets and into a couple blak holes and worm holes, but not a new system each week as he stated. If you want to be accepted as a credible writer you shouldnt have to make up things that are false. Space 1999 aside from star trek, has had a huge influence on the genre in the last 2 decades, like it or not. How could he possibly have any thing good to say about 2001, but not 1999? The above writer does a good job pointing out the massive failure of mr. westfahls' book-no wonder it will not get published. Why write about a subject you don't understand? 239431@blogcritics.org Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:55:23 EDT