Providing news and information while helping aspiring writers and journalists, http://thesop.org/index.php?bio=exastra http://thesop.org 118 67 http://thesop.org/images/thesop_118x67.jpg Thu, 2 Apr 2009 22:48:00 GMT Being a niche entity anyway, science fiction has always existed on the fringe. But it is safe to surmise that a lot of literary science fiction has been lost, either to obscurity or oblivion. http://thesop.org/story/art/2009/04/02/ever-pending-story-science-fiction.php http://thesop.org/story/art/2009/04/02/ever-pending-story-science-fiction.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:35:00 GMT I believe Isaac Asimov once said, Science fiction is an existential metaphor that allows us to tell stories about the human condition. Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever http://thesop.org/story/art/2009/02/22/man-behind-the-curtain.php http://thesop.org/story/art/2009/02/22/man-behind-the-curtain.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:33:00 GMT Considerations of decency, courtesy and honor aside, if you don't want to be photographed naked in your home, don't leave your blinds or curtains open while you are naked in your home. http://thesop.org/story/law/2009/02/18/media-piracy-debate-whats-mine-is-yours.php http://thesop.org/story/law/2009/02/18/media-piracy-debate-whats-mine-is-yours.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:14:00 GMT Since television has become more literary and thoughtful, it has simultaneously become more deserving of literary criticism and thoughtful, scholarly analysis. http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/31/media-is-the-masses-improving-standards-and-practices.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/31/media-is-the-masses-improving-standards-and-practices.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 24 Oct 2008 16:18:00 GMT Like a silent movie, background details of an environment can speak to us without saying a word. This is where the phrase "a picture is worth a thousand words" comes from. http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/24/media-is-the-masses-show-dont-tell.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/24/media-is-the-masses-show-dont-tell.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:17:00 GMT Obscurity is a greater threat to an artist than piracy. But what if obscurity occurs not due to a lack of awareness, but lacking commitment from the public? http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/17/media-is-the-masses-death-by-silence.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/17/media-is-the-masses-death-by-silence.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:07:00 GMT American culture is so overexposed with modern technology and media displays, that most people have become desensitized to the point of cynicism. http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/10/media-is-the-masses-something-to-sing-about.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/10/media-is-the-masses-something-to-sing-about.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 10 Oct 2008 03:31:00 GMT Presenting videos I consider interesting or amusing... http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/10/09/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-115.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/10/09/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-115.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Mon, 6 Oct 2008 15:10:00 GMT Presenting videos I consider interesting or amusing... http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/10/06/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-114.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/10/06/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-114.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 3 Oct 2008 16:45:00 GMT It isnt mother nature that abhors a vacuum, it is human nature. We resist a void, refuse emptiness. Our nature drives us to impose form, structure, patterns and the symbolic. http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/03/media-is-the-masses-pagentry-of-pantomimes.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/10/03/media-is-the-masses-pagentry-of-pantomimes.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Tue, 30 Sep 2008 20:02:00 GMT Wingman Central blog invites you to become an advocate for better quality movies. http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/09/30/for-great-justice.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/09/30/for-great-justice.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:25:00 GMT Perhaps, at their best, science fiction should delve into the philosophical and philosophy incorporate elements of science fiction http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/09/26/media-is-the-masses-signs-and-portents-abound.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/09/26/media-is-the-masses-signs-and-portents-abound.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 26 Sep 2008 02:40:00 GMT Presenting videos I consider interesting or amusing... http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/09/25/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-113.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/09/25/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-113.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:13:00 GMT Harrison Bergeron could be used as metaphor about our actual lives in the real world of prevalent electronic media which provides too many interruptions http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/09/19/media-is-the-masses-too-much-is-not-enough.php http://thesop.org/story/media/2008/09/19/media-is-the-masses-too-much-is-not-enough.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield) Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:37:00 GMT Presenting videos I consider interesting or amusing... http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/09/17/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-112.php http://thesop.org/story/entertainment/2008/09/17/vestige-of-the-vox-populi-112.php exastra@hotmail.com (Sean Stubblefield)