http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com The Kick-Ass Mystic Ninjas are here to bring you a new perspective on old school science fiction and fantasy. Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:12:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Show #40 will cover Jhereg by Steven Brust. Published in 1983, it's the first book in the Vlad Taltos saga, of a planned 17 volumes. Steve likes the number 17; he's said so. The 11th book in the series, Jhegaala, just came out this month, in hardcover from ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/07/19/show-40-pre-show-discussion/ Welcome to Show #39! Feature Discussion: RoboDave, Brian-209, Summer and Jen discuss the 1987 hit movie RoboCop. A groundbreaking movie when it first came in, in terms of production as well as treading into new territories of movie ratings controversy, much can be said about RoboCop, and we try to ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/07/07/kamn-show-39/ Show #39 will cover RoboCop. This 1987 feature film starred Peter Weller, Ronny Cox, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith and Miguel Ferrer. It was director Paul Verhoeven's second US made film (after Flesh & Blood starring Rutger Hauer), and it was #1 at the box office for 3 weeks. RoboCop ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/06/08/show-39-pre-show-discussion/ This review was originally published July 2004, and the Limited Edition Region 1 DVD set by UK-based Network Videos was expensive and hard to come by. In Fall 2007, the series was finally released domestically by Acorn Media, split into two sets, Set 1 featuring Michael Praed's Robin, and ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/06/08/review-robin-of-sherwood/ Welcome to Show #38! Yes, we put the promo at the beginning, because once we got rolling on the discussion, we never took a break. 'Tis why we're geeks. Feature Discussion: Summer, David and Jen tackle Joe R. Haldeman's The Forever War, which was first serialized in Analog magazine in 1972, ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/05/30/kamn-show-38/ Show #38 will cover "The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman. Originally serialized in Analog magazine in 1972, it was first published in novel form in 1974, and it won the Nebula Award in 1975 and the Hugo Award in 1976. The original story as read in Analog, and the first two ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/05/08/show-38-pre-show-discussion/ Welcome to Show #37! Not surprisingly, the Ninjas voicemail number is gone. But we can probably handle smallish recordings emailed to us... check first before sending longer comments. Feature Discussion: Summer, David, Brian and Jen tackle Invasion of the Body Snatchers, both the 1956 version startting Kevin McCarthy, and the 1978 ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/04/30/kamn-show-37/ Show #37 will cover Invasion of the Body Snatchers. Discussion will include both the 1956 version and the 1978 version, so make sure you study up! http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/04/14/show-37-pre-show-discussion/ This review was originally published July 2004, the DVD set having become scarce by then. Since then, the DVD set was rereleased by A&E Home Video in 2005, and can still be found at places like Best Buy and Amazon. Sapphire and Steel (1979-82) (DVD) Featuring Joanna Lumley, David McCallum Directed ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/03/25/review-sapphire-and-steel/ As promised last fall, my old reviews from before I joined Dragon Page will be reposted here shortly. I couldn't decide if it would be better to repost them with the original dates (thus dating them before KAMN existed), or just post them new, with a tagline saying when they were ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/03/21/more-kamn-coming/ Welcome to Show #36! Yes, it's been a while. We're still around, though! Feature Discussion: Welcome newcomer ninja stunt double Jen Crawford. Jen is a big fan of 90s TV, so we'll have to explore that in future KAMN episodes. David, Brian and Jen chat about "The Broken Lands", Book One of ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/03/20/kamn-show-36/ 2008 is an auspicious year. It's the year that Matt Stover's epic Heroes Die becomes eligible for KAMN discussion. This is the book that rekindled my interest in fantasy by showing me that fantasy could be so much more, and yes, validating the feeling that I hadn't been getting enough story ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/02/06/great-things-come-to-those-who-wait/ Show #36 will cover Fred Saberhagen's The Broken Lands, Book 1 of the Empire of the East trilogy. Published initially as separate volumes, it was consolidated into the omnibus edition sometime around 1978-79 for reprinting, and has been that way ever since. Book 1: The Broken Lands, 1968 Book 2: The Black Mountains, ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2008/02/06/show-36-pre-show-discussion/ Welcome to Show #35! Feature Discussion: David, Brian and Summer chat about the 1987 cult feature Near Dark, written by Eric Red and Kathryn Bigelow, directed by Kathryn Bigelow, starring Adrian Pasdar, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein and Tim Thomerson, and featuring a soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. The Ninjas talk about ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2007/12/20/kamn-show-35/ We've had a lot of requests during the time we've been doing this to do a show on "Foundation." A lot of requests. I haven't put it on the schedule yet, simply because of how much work I've been doing lately, but for some reason I kept getting hints and reminders about ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2007/11/11/asimov-foundation-and-more/ Show #35 will be discussion about Near Dark, a 1987 cult classic, starring Adrian Pasdar, Jenny Wright, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton, and Jenette Goldstein. It was directed and co-written by Kathryn Bigelow, and yes, it features what seems like half the cast of Aliens. Vampires, cowboys, and romance, with a ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2007/11/10/show-35-pre-show-discussion/ Welcome to Show #34! Feature Discussion: David, Brian and Summer discuss the Hugo and Nebula Award winning 1970 novel "Ringworld", by Larry Niven. The Ninjas talk about this classic SF novel, and also discuss how this type of story has held up over time. David's a big fan of the ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2007/11/06/kamn-show-34/ Since Dragon Page Cover to Cover has thrown the door open to more contributor reviews, both in audio and print form, I'd like to do the same thing here. There are a lot of books and movies and tv shows that we won't get to, or at least not get to ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2007/10/21/kamn-reviews/ Show #34 will be discussion about "Ringworld", the Larry Niven classic, winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards for 1970. Did you know that Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner have co-authored "Fleet of Worlds", a book that will be on shelves Oct 16, 2007, and while not a prequel, ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2007/10/04/show-34-pre-show-discussion/ Ha! I'm not the only one who thinks Poltergeist is a cult classic that people remember! Fathom Events is promoting theatrical screenings of Poltergeist all across the US on October 4th, to celebrate its 25th anniversary. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/media/Fathom_PG.swf" height="152" width="270" /] The complete list of theaters having anniversary screenings includes three locations ... http://www.kickassmysticninjas.com/2007/09/25/poltergeist-25th-anniversary-screenings/