by Erik Kain on October 19, 2011
Alyssa Rosenberg is watching the first season of X-Files (for the first time!) and thinks the show can’t quite decide whether it wants to be more about science or more about magic. The show is best, she argues, when it’s about science: I think the show, at least what I’ve seen of it so far, [...]
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by Erik Kain on September 15, 2011
Like magic, fossil fuels have led to an increase in abundance. What happens when it all runs out? Yesterday I posted my review of Lev Grossman’s The Magician King at The League of Ordinary Gentlemen. I enjoyed the book a great deal. (Spoilers ahead.) In the book, magic is starting to go berserk. It’s not [...]
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