What Makes something Sci-Fi

I think Sci-Fi is considered Sci-Fi because well its stuff that just doesnt seem possible. Aliens, Space battles, Ufo's all of those things just dont seem like they could ever in a million years be real to humans. I think the fact that most of it take place in space also is a huge factor in alot of sci-fi. There are some things that take place on earth too which makes it seem as though its possible like one day aliens could actually come down from space and attack and kill us all. I think those are the main components of Sci-Fi.

The Star 1956

When I was younger I remember asking my dad, who works at NASA, about what would happen if the sun exploded. and i remember him telling me that everything around us would be completely destroyed. This Story just reminded me of that day when he explained to me in great detail what would happen if the sun exploded. I rather enjoyed reading this short story. I think it had a strong story line. It was a little hard to follow at parts but eventually i was able to put together what was happening. When it began to talk about the other planet they found and all the preparations the inhabitants of that planet made before they were destroyed, it made me wonder if there was really something else out there and how cool it would be to actually find this deserted planet and see that they actually thought there were also other living things out side of their planet. I would love for this to really happen. It would be very fascinating.

ALSO .. Serenity is one of my favorite movies and i have seen every episode of firefly. I seriously think that is one of the best tv shows ever made next to any show with Conan Obrien.

The Losing of Mr Brooks

For this weeks reading I chose to read the Losing of Mr Brooks. It is a short story that I found online. The story is about a woman and her husband. It starts out with Mrs. Brooks in the hospital the doctors told her that her husband has been "lost". Then the story goes back to tell us why he has been "lost". It starts out on a saturday when mr and mrs brooks are outside gardening. Mr brooks goes to his garden shed to get something and then decides its very dirty. Him and mrs brooks decided that it will be cleaned later on that day. Mr. brooks isnt a clumsy man but as he is leaving the shed he falls and breaks his leg. He is taken to the hospital and the thats when the weirdness begins. As he is laying in his hospital bed he opens his eyes and sees someone/ something standing over him and he realizes it isnt human so he thinks he is hallucinating. Then the thing above him begins to talk and it introduces its self and Brein the Elf Guardian. Brein has a bunch of little dust pixies that are with him and they tell mr brooks that he has to promise not to clean them up or to tell anyone about what he has seen or else Brein will turn mr brooks into a spider. mr brooks doesnt agree to these terms and is turned into a spider. After mrs brooks goes home she starts cleaning for a sort of therapy and ends up seeing a spider and killing it. The spider turns out to be mr. brooks. I really enjoyed this short story i think it was put together very well. I feel like its hard to write a good short story because there isnt alot of time to tell a story .. in a short story but this one was very well put together and i would recommend it.

Anansi Boys

I am reading the Anansi boys. I am actually really enjoying this book so far. It started off a little to slow for me I would have preferred it jump into the story a little bit faster then it did. I liked how the book kind of throws in facts that you dont really care about like how towards the beginning more girlfriend calls him like 3 times to report to him that she is stuck in traffic or she is on her way or she is doing something that is really pointless to be worded the way it is but for some reason it seems to be a nice break in the chapters. I really liked the characters in this book also . Charlie had kind of a comedic side which was some times very discrete and sometimes blatant. Either way i enjoyed his sense of humor although i dont think alot of people could enjoy it as much. His brother is kind of a fun character. He seems to be kind of sneaky in a way though which makes him seem kind of a sketchy character almost as though he can not be trusted which you wouldnt think of a brother figure in a book. Also in the beginning when Charlie finds out his father is a God and that he has a brother and Mrs. Higgler begins to tell him the tales and the stories of the god that his brother and father are i normally woulnt enjoy reading those kind of things in the story cause i just want it to move on the the fun stuff and background stories dont interest me but this author made these background stories very interesting and i really enjoyed reading them. Also while i was reading this i kind of had a feeling the characters were african american but i wasnt sure because the way Mrs. Higgler was talking and some of the older women in the neighborhood kind of gave it away for me.