Your Reviewer, Some Modern Urban Fantasy and Some Thoughts on Publishing and Stuff
Steve talks about himself (what an ego!) a new urban fantasy, and other stuff.
Steve Fahnestalk’s VCON 39 Report. NOT R. Graeme Cameron’s VCON 39 Report!
Steve’s (NOT R. Graeme Cameron’s) report on last weeks VCON 39/Canvention 34!
“Space Station 76”—A Movie Review
The characters dress as a ‘70s designer would have thought future people might dress, when they’re not dressing in actual ‘70s style…
REVIEWS: An Hilarious Short Story, a Horrific Movie, and a Book
Why do the short story and the movie get adjectives in the title, but not the book? Steve tells why.
Spiders and Beatles and Books—Oh, My!
Steve takes a Beatle break… or does he?
REVIEWS: John Shirley—Between Genres (Always)
Steve considers two of John Shirley’s different genres: Fantasy Detective and Western!
BOOK REVIEW: “Catalyst” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman; And a Chat
Steve reviews Nina Kiriki Hoffman’s book “Catalyst” and talks about a writers’ workshop.
TWO REVIEWS: A Good Book, and a Good Movie!
Steve reviews a book and a movie that he enjoyed.
MOVIE REVIEW(s): DIVERGENT and an oldie
Steve dissects two movies: a new one and an oldie. But are they goodies?
Review: THIS “YEAR’S BEST” ANTHOLOGY REALLY *IS* THE YEAR’S BEST!
Steve reviews Gardner Dozois’s marvelous 31st Annual Year’s Best SF!
MOVIE REVIEW: Would Scarlett Johansson get UNDER your SKIN?
Even Scarlett Johansson parading naked across the screen can not save Under the Skin.
CLASSIC SF MOVIES #2: George Pal’s Destination Moon
Steve reviews a seminal classic: Destination Moon, the first Hollywood SF blockbuster that respected both science and science fiction.
MOVIE REVIEW: Does TRANSCENDENCE transcend its genre?
Does the movie Transcendence transcend the “sci-fi” label? Steve checks it out.
IT’S COMING! A Review of SHARKNADO! and a hint….
Steve takes on SyFy and Sharknado–with a glimpse of Sharknado 2!
LEGO MOVIE vs. WRECK-IT RALPH: “You Gotta Have Heart!”
The Lego Movie is out on DVD–does it lack heart? Steve tells all.
Have YOU ever seen FORBIDDEN PLANET?
Steve revisits one of SF’s all-time classic movies!
BOOK REVIEW: Stephen King’s Mr. Mercedes
Steve examines Stephen King’s new–and unique!–novel, Mr. Mercedes.
MOVIE REVIEW—X-MEN: Days of Future Past
Steve reviews X-Men: Days of Future Past, and finds it good.
MY YEAR IN REVIEW—Looking Backward and Forward!
Steve celebrates his first year of blogging for Amazing Stories online.
MOVIE REVIEW: Robocop the Remake—Good, Bad or Ugly?
Robocop 2014: better than the original? Or worse?
MORE ON THE RAH FRONT: Robert A. Heinlein, continued
Alexei Panshin is a well-known critic/reviewer of Heinlein and his works
Heinlein’s YA Novels From Scribners and Other Things, continued
Heinlein’s YA (Juvenile) work is still generating praise and controversy.
BOOK REVIEW: The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 2
Does Macy’s tell Gimbels? This week a review of the upcoming “Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 2”
BOOK REVIEW: “The Alphabet Stones” by Ursula Pflug
A YA fantasy that is for adults and accessible to teens; about a young woman who might be living in two worlds. And if so, are either or both real? Which one?
MOVIE REVIEW: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
How does Stiller’s The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty stack up against Danny Kaye’s original version, and with James Thurber’s original story?
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN’S JUVENILES: Are they still good? (Part Two of Three)
Steve posits some similarities between Robert A. Heinlein and Captain America in this continuation of his examination of the RAH “juveniles”.
MOVIE REVIEW: Dean Koontz’s ODD THOMAS
Dean Koontz has had more of his novels filmified than Demon Seed. Bet you didn’t know that.
ROBERT A. HEINLEIN’S JUVENILES: Are they still good? (Part One)
I seem to be unable to do single columns about stuff I’m passionate about. Heinlein is no exception. Robert A. Heinlein, who was characterized as the “Dean of Science Fiction,” though he was not necessarily the oldest or the best writer of SF during his lifetime, began his writing career before he went back into […]
SOME OF THE BEST YA SF EVER: The “Winston YAs” Part II
The Winston SF series – part two – in all it’s juvenile glory. Steve has some good info on how to obtain copies, reprints and replacement dust jackets.
MOVIE REVIEW: The Hunger Games Part Two: Catching Fire
It’s becoming increasingly obvious that we’re approaching the kind of TV pictured in Robocop or Kornbluth’s The Marching Morons. Whether it’s “I’d buy that for a dollar” or “Would you buy that for a quarter?” there’s a level of “entertainment” in movies and television which I and a bunch of others—I hope you’re one of them, too—don’t find particularly entertaining.