Here’s another SF Site review I’m posting on this blog after the demise of that wonderful site. This review was written in 2000. The UK imprint Millennium is reprinting a number of classic SF novels […]
For the umptieth time since 1922’s “Nosferatu,” Bram Stoker’s seminal novel has been made and remade, not always successfully. Some say Luc Besson ripped off Coppola’s 1992 remake. Steve has opinions, and he’ll tell you what he thinks.
The big idea behind The Ballad of the Bone Road started out as several small ideas. The names Brix and Bellefeather made their way into my head and struck me as the perfect names for […]
Retro Magazine Review: Astounding, July 1955 Astounding Science Fiction, under the editorship of John W. Campbell, Jr., was the central magazine of the so-called “Golden Age of Science Fiction”, which is typically considered to have […]
I always found it a severe disappointment when I realized as a child that I was living in a world where tea pots weren’t enchanted, ravens didn’t linger on fence posts to give me a […]
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. FUSION FRAGMENT MAGAZINE #25 – June 2025. Publisher: Fusion Fragment, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Editor: Cavan Terrill Cover Art: by Nickolej Villiger Dear New Tenant – […]
Life isn’t fair. But it also isn’t unfair, it just is. As author Warren Tusk puts it in his Big Idea for The Goetist: the cosmos are indifferent. Follow along in the Big Idea for […]
Author Veronica G. Henry has come up with a library that truly has all the answers, thanks to its ever-evolving AI. Take a tour through The People’s Library in Henry’s Big Idea, and don’t forget […]
Many people wish they could return to a specific age in their life and live it all over again. But what if that person didn’t know they were reliving the same year over and over […]
A good beside manner makes all the difference in your medical care. So how polite could a robot doctor or AI nurse be? Justin C. Key makes the argument that human connection in medicine is […]
I like quirky movies, especially when they might be genre and they might not; you’re never sure until about halfway through—like Sinners, where it takes a while before you find out it’s a v… er, genre movie (no spoilers here). But there are spoilers (some) in this review. It’s a great movie and one we wouldn’t mind watching again!
Publisher : Belanger Books LLC Publication date : August 3, 2025 Language : English Print length : 510 pages ISBN-10 : 3633644946 ISBN-13 : […]
The big idea behind The Ballad of the Bone Road started out as several small ideas. The names Brix and Bellefeather made their way into my head and struck me as the perfect names for […]
‘In its bare reality, decolonization reeks of red-hot cannonballs and bloody knives. For the last can be the first only after a murderous and decisive confrontation between the two protagonists. This determination to have the […]
MILES CAMERON:In 2018, I was sitting at a small SFF con in London with Alistair Reynolds, one of my favourite all-time Science Fiction authors, and I confess I was being a bit of a fan […]
Howard Andrew Jones died a year ago, on January 16, 2024. He was only 56 (and could have passed for 36!) He was one of the undersung stars of the modern day sword and sorcery […]
Since this is an SF/F magazine, it seems odd to be putting a movie based on a mystery book up for review. But this is no ordinary mystery, it’s one that crosses the line into what might be fantasy—or it might not. That’s for you to decide.
La colección “Pandorum” anuncia nuevos números La colección “Pandorum” anuncia nuevos números y que se ha creado ya un verkami que se pondrá en marcha en unos días. Se trata de dos números de las […]
Here’s another review I did for the late great science fiction site SF Site, which gave me a huge leg up in my book reviewing career. This was one of my earlier reviews for them, […]
Here is a quick and dirty look at the books I read in 2025, and how they fit into various categories. To some extent, these categories simply track some of my personal interest: how many […]
Here’s another review I’m reposting after the demise of the outstanding old SF/F review site, SF Site. Note that for the most part I’m leaving these reviews unchanged. This was first published in 2001, when […]
Review: A Christmas Carol and Other Holiday Treasures, by Charles Dickens by Rich Horton Charles Dickens wrote five novellas, of almost equal length (about 30,000 words) in the 1840s. The most famous of these by […]
Steve talks about super and non-super flying heroes: Commando Cody, Captain Marvel and Superman. Who didn’t want a rocket pack when they were growing up? Towels worn as capes just don’t seem to be able to get the job done!
I call some of my reviews “Resurrected Review”, typically when I grab something from my old blog or SFF Net newsgroup and republish it here. This one is even more truly resurrected — it’s one […]
Review: The Horse Without a Head, by Paul Berna by Rich Horton At an estate sale recently, whose deceased owner clearly had interesting taste, I saw a copy of The Horse Without a Head, for […]
Here is another review I first wrote for SF Site, back in 2010. With the demise of SF Site, I am slowly reprinting some of those reviews at this blog. Uncle Bones, by Damien Broderick […]
Reality is both objective and subjective, but what if reality could be fundamentally changed just by enough people thinking about it really hard? Author Theodora Goss is here today not only to present her newest […]
Here is another review I first wrote for SF Site, back in 2010. With the demise of SF Site, I am slowly reprinting some of those reviews at this blog. Uncle Bones, by Damien Broderick […]
– Some doors shouldn’t be opened – – Some labyrinths don’t let you go – Morrigan just wanted a break—from failed auditions, endless shifts at the coffee house, and the slow grind of dreams slipping […]
Stick out your tongue and say “ahh!” for author Caitlin Starling’s newest gothic novel, The Graceview Patient. Follow along in her Big Idea as she recounts all of her real-life experiences in the wild world […]
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