Showing posts with label sci fi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sci fi. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 24, 2019

From Complacency to Narcissism

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman For a while, Hollywood milked extraterrestrial creatures as its “other” of the day. Their ap...
Saturday, March 23, 2019

Plotting Board, Part 3

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Copyright 2019 by Gary L. Pullman In this post, I offer a few tips on plotting, many of which are implied, if not directly stated ...
Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Now Available on Amazon: The Secret of the Silver Star!

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My latest book, a young adult novel, The Secret of the Silver Star , which has a science fiction theme and contains elements of horror, but...
Sunday, June 3, 2018

Nightmare Posters

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman What scares an audience? In selecting such frights, it's best to tap into general or universal ...
Monday, September 23, 2013

Ambrose Bierce: A New Hope for Horror Fiction?

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Copyright 2018 by Gary L. Pullman Like other literary genres, horror becomes, sooner or later, more lulling than chilling. The same for...
Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Conversation Partners: Creating Mars and Venus

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman   In science fiction, humanoid robots were once all androids, albeit without the specific parts that, am...
Sunday, February 3, 2008

Everyday Horrors: Worms

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copyright 2008 by Gary L. Pullman In Tremors and Dune , they’re the size of trains. Worse yet, they have teeth . And they’re hard--almost i...
Saturday, December 29, 2007

Toppers

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copyright 2007 by Gary L. Pullman  We all have our ideas as to which movies are the best of their kind, which is fine, of course, as long a...