Dr. Jason W. Ellis' Blog on Science Fiction, Research, Pedagogy, Computers, and LEGO
My Aunt Lettie Ann Cook passed away on May 17, 2019. I flew to my hometown to fulfill her request that I speak at her funeral and serve as a pallbearer. Her husband of 54 years, William Cook, who I knew as Uncle Doc, had preceded her in death in 2015. They were both good …
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Yufang and I saw Man of Steel, the latest reboot of the Superman film series, last week. We both enjoyed it and we might see it again. As I was telling my SF students this morning, I liked how Man of Steel reconnected to Superman’s science fiction roots by treating Superman’s source material with respect …
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