2008-07-16

2008-07-16 07:09 am
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Spring/Summer Book Reviews

Spring/Summer Book Reviews for those of you not on the newsletter. )

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* For those of you who have not had to endure one of my descriptions of Don Knotts films, I heartily recommend both The Ghost & Mr Chicken, which is classic real-estate scam haunting; and The Reluctant Astronaut about a misunderstood janitor, afraid of heights, who is launched into space. Both are slow, family-friendly, comedies that are much funnier after viewing than during viewing. Particularly The Reluctant Astronaut, which features Leslie Nielson as an astronaut hottie.

Which reminds me: must viewing for any s/f fan is Forbidden Planet. Literature (closely modelled after The Tempest), psychology, and golden age space exploration combine with a ground-breaking electronic score to create one of the all-time classic space films.