Author Archives: P. Kirby

The Three Musketeers (2011)

Posted on April 10, 2012 by P. Kirby

The makers of The Three Musketeer (2011) may have done well to take a cue from the film’s title. I.e., remembered that the story was more than The Adventures of D’Artagnan and His Three Sidekicks. The movie’s poster accurately sums … Continue reading →

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The Thing (2011)

Posted on April 4, 2012 by P. Kirby

You know a movie has acquired a level of suckitude approaching black hole proportions when … I don’t even care about the dog. I make no secret of the fact that I like animals more than people.  Sometimes, an animal … Continue reading →

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The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Posted on April 2, 2012 by P. Kirby

I’ve never read the novel, but have seen the original Swedish movie adaptation, so this was an interesting journey into essentially watching the same film twice. Literally. The first two-thirds of the movie seems to be a scene-by-scene re-shoot of … Continue reading →

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Dear Author, Don’t Make Me Smack You.

Posted on March 30, 2012 by P. Kirby

Several months ago I read a much-lauded book, the first in another long epic series where the author is taking a god’s age to finish the sequels. (Like I can talk. I’m still not done with the 80K sequel to … Continue reading →

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They Hang Horse Thieves, Don’t They?

Posted on March 29, 2012 by P. Kirby

An interesting side effect of being a heathen employed by a church, is that I probably read more scripture than many so-called Christians. Certain scriptures, those associated with Lent/Easter, Pentecost, and Christmas, for instance, get replayed yearly. Every single time … Continue reading →

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In Time

Posted on March 26, 2012 by P. Kirby

Remember Logan’s Run? Me neither; just a few scattered impressions from when I was a kid and it was on TV.  I recall it being about a futuristic society where people were killed off at 30, their expiration date announced … Continue reading →

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Regarding Greyhounds, and WIP Excerpts

Posted on March 23, 2012 by P. Kirby

It’s an absolutely lovely day here in sunny New Mexico. Blue sky, a light breeze, and 74 degrees. My muse, however, has been very persistent and I spent most of the morning writing. By about noon, the greyhound decided I … Continue reading →

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Hugo

Posted on March 21, 2012 by P. Kirby

“…it was a very long, very french tongue bath for some creator of silent films..” ~a comment on a review at Rotten Tomatoes. To some extent, that assessment isn’t off-base, although a big part of the slobber on Hugo comes … Continue reading →

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The Iron Duke

Posted on March 19, 2012 by P. Kirby

In which China conquers the known world not with cheaply priced chachkes to be sold in Wal-Mart, but with nanotechnology and mind rays…. Kidding. Sort of. In the alternate history of The Iron Duke by Meljean Brook, an Asian culture … Continue reading →

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Clumsy and Insane; What’s Not to Love?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by P. Kirby

Ask any horse owner for the defining characteristics of equines and they’ll likely say “accident prone” and “frequently paranoid.” The second is a function of the horse’s position on the food chain, herbivore, aka, a carnivore’s happy meal. While the … Continue reading →

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