Maria's Mélange

This post is part of TWO marvelous blogging events!  Sci-Fi Month is brought to you by Rinn Reads. Check out the  full schedule  of Sci-Fi Month posts! There are reviews, discussions, give aways, and more! Doctor Who Week is a joint venture between my blog and  Teen Librarian Toolbox . We have a full week of fun posts to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who.  Today I bring you another guest post from one of my all time favorite people - my nine year old son! We were discussing an article I had seen recently on Buzzfeed, where someone ranked all of the Doctor's Companions . Of course, this lead to our our conversation about HIS favorites. I was greatly amused by his list and his reasons for each ranking. Companions List: 1) Rose - I have seen her the most so far. 2) Donna - She yells at the world constantly and it is funny. 3) Clara - She is mysterious (at this point he’s only seen her in two episodes) 4) Amy & Rory - I like them, ...

Handheld communicators…. wait…. visors to access the internet… wait…. Hmmm… it’s getting harder and harder to find things in science fiction that don’t already exist! I dug around my mental files, though, and found a few things that I would be thrilled to have materialize in a galaxy close, close to me. 1) Medical Techniques from Star Trek One of my favorite characters from Star Trek is Bones. (Remember this, it will come in handy when I rant about Teleportation later this month.) I loved how he always rolled his eyes when he talked about old, barbaric medical practices. Do you recall the scene in Star Trek IV when he hands the little old lady a pill, and she regrows a kidney? Yeah, that would be sweet. From Skreened 2) Time Travel My younger son began to insist that I add the TARDIS in here, but it's not Doctor Who Week! I'm not picky about how I get to travel through time. I'd take a DeLorean or a TARDIS or a good old fashion wormhole. (Don't ge...