Dr Dreadful’s Letter From America: It Sure Ain’t the Boat Race
June 29, 2008
At around 9 p.m. this past Wednesday, on a baseball field in Omaha, Nebraska, a young right fielder named Steve Detwiler took a catch that made sporting history.
How to Be Well Read – The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
June 20, 2008
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered the first great American novel. It is also one of the first American novels by a major author to be written in the first person using the colour and vernacular of the region. It is for this reason that it has always been a controversial book.
$23 Billion “Lost” In Iraq
June 13, 2008
According to an investigation by the BBC’s Panorama programme, as much as $23 billion (£12 billion) of US taxpayer’s money has gone missing. The money has been lost, stolen or simply just not accounted for by as many as 70 private US companies. The BBC reports that the US Justice Department has imposed official gagging [...]
The Oracle By Pete Wilder
June 13, 2008
Eurocritics writer Pete Wilder’s first book, The Oracle – Lost in Time, is a lavishly illustrated children’s adventure story and a Treasure Hunt for real cash prizes – if you can decode the clues. The adventure is the story of two brothers, Richard, 14 and Jorden aged 5, who stumble upon a time machine in [...]
Skynet Revisited
June 11, 2008
The launch of the third and final Skynet military communications satellite, originally scheduled for 30 May 2008–as reported here on Eurocritics–is now scheduled for Thursday, 12 June. The original launch, on a heavy lift Ariane 5 rocket, was called off “after a software programming glitch was discovered during the final countdown”. The upcoming flight will [...]
The Terminator Absolutely Will Not Stop!
June 2, 2008
The commercially and creatively successful Terminator (“one of the greatest movies ever” © Chris Rose) franchise moves into a new phase with the announcement that a new trilogy of movies has started production.
