Do you tire of the played out teen movie scenario which ends with the climactic prom scene? Or the nerd gets the girl? Or the kids mesh old-school and new-school? Well, fear no more! The Onion made my eyes water and I laughed out loud as I read this satiric look at the dance that changed [...]

Maybe he’ll catch Rama. Or touch the Monolith. Or become a part of Foundation. No matter what he does next–in the next world or during the next life–Arthur C. Clarke will be missed. I remember discovering Clarke’s works just after I turned seven or eight. I had just finished my first “adult book,” ...

On Monday and Tuesday we’re going to watch Star Wars and Mythology produced by The History Channel. I think the kids will be excited to see how the patterns, structures, and archetypes used in Greek/Roman and Norse mythology are still being used in modern storytelling. George Lucas specifically mentions Joseph Campbell’s work with ...