
There’s a standard theory that seems to crop up whenever one starts talking about what makes a good story. It doesn’t just affect books, either, trickling its way through film and TV shows. This theory suggests that every story should end with a Happily Ever After (or HEA, for short). In a romance, your main characters find love, commit, and when the book ends, you know they’ll be happy and in love forever—in fact, there should be very little doubt.
If we’re talking classic action movie, it’s all but demanded that the hero survive the chaos, achieve his goals in the end, bring down the bad guy, and then (let’s face it) meet the hot chick he rescued for drinks at a Baja bar. If we’re talking science fiction action, it’s usually about overcoming whatever alien threat is plaguing the main characters and exterminating it. Hooray! We win, minimal casualties, and somebody gets the girl.
Chick flick? Obvious answer: it’s always about the HEA.













Apparently, an artist by the name of
Most paleontologists agree that the crest-bone of the Parasaurolophus was used to make awesome noises, but we now know these creatures were also capable of an optic blast! This art is by 


Have we got something special for you Firefly fans — we’ve got two copies of
Though this inflatable unicorn product could probably be adjusted to be suitable for other animals, it claims to be just for cats. There's also a human version, but really, could a human look this happy with a unicorn horn? That's what we thought.

At the end of the intense, emotional Firefly panel, moderator Jeff Jensen said to Joss Whedon that “‘We’re still flying’ is a big mantra of the fan community”—what, he asked Joss, do the fans mean to you? 
A while back we noticed
Opening last week and running through the 31st of July; the 303 North Studio in Las Vegas is featuring the art show “Stellar: The Women of Science Fiction.” The portraits come from artist Jska Priebe and feature some of our favorite sci-fi heroines depicted in the style of Byzantine icon paintings. 


















