These reviews were done for SF Site in 1999, using the 1999 Millennium editions of the first and third volumes of the five books of Dick’s collected short fiction. At the time I didn’t know […]
This is another review I did for SF Site, and thus am recovering after that wonderful pioneering website went dark. As ever, I note that it’s about a quarter century old, and I haven’t updated […]
Some people say the new Supergirl movie was a box-office flop. I thought it was watchable, but not the best it could have been. What did you think? Please add your comments.
Here’s another review risen from the ashes of SF Site. The review itself didn’t really need “repair” — but I’m posting it in part to comfort (?) the author of Strange Trades, who will soon […]
Here are the my looks at the six novels on the shortlist for the 2026 Hugo for Best Novel. They are listed in my order of preference, and I will say that I consider the […]
OBIR: Occasional Biased and Ignorant Reviews reflecting this reader’s opinion. SAWYER ON SCIENCE FICTION – by Robert J. Sawyer Publisher: Shadowpaw Press, Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, September 2026. Cover Art and Design: by Bibliofic Designs. On […]
Here are links to my reviews of all the Hugo nominated novellas. In what I think is not a terribly strong shortlist, I have a clear first place vote, a clear last place vote, and […]
Orson Scott Card’s reputation has taken a rather well-deserved hit over the past few decades in great part because of his repellent views about homosexuality, but also because the quality of his writing has not […]
Here’s another review that had been lost in the ether since SF Site disappeared. This one is from 2000. Remediated Review: Malignos, by Richard Calder Malignos is an entertaining and baroque work, with a […]
Here’s another review taken from SF Site. I wrote it in 2000. Retold Review: Travel Arrangements, by M. John Harrison by Rich Horton M. John Harrison recently won the Richard Evans Award (named after the […]
The short conclusion to the entitled claim is that Kirk’s reputation is entirely owing to the ubiquity of television. His exploits, largely only hinted at owing to 1960s family values censorship, would be entirely forgotten […]
To be whisked away to Neverland was certainly the dream of many a child, but for Wendy Darling it was always a trap, rather than a paradise. Author Cynthia Pelayo discusses in her Big Idea […]
Keep science fiction weird! New York Times Bestselling and Newbery Medalist author Donna Barba Higuera is a big believer in letting literature be weird and out there and most of all, inspiring to those whose […]
Two paths diverge in a wood… and what happens when, in fact, you can travel both? In her debut novel Sublimation, author Isabel J. Kim looks at what happens when the road less taken is […]
Math can sometimes get in the way of a good story, but author James L. Cambias didn’t let pesky physics stop him from majorly transforming Venus. Blast off in his Big Idea to see […]
In science fiction, everything can be rethought — including one of the most foundational aspects of human civilization, agriculture. T.K. Rex gives it a go in The Wildcraft Drones, with an exciting take on the […]
Writing a novel doesn’t just involve sitting hunched over a computer typing away for hours, sometimes it involves wandering through Nordic forests that feel a little spooky, but also extremely magical. Author Georgia Summers went […]
Hop on board for author Matthew Kressel’s newest ride through the galaxy, Space Trucker Jess. In this Big Idea as he takes you through not only his writing process for this particular story, but on […]
Excel spreadsheets, water-cooler talk, and demons are all things you’ll find in the corporate setting of author Caitlin Rozakis’s newest novel, Startup Hell. Log on to her Big Idea as she begs the question: who […]
Ring the wedding bells and toast your champagne glass, author Mary Berman has brought us a tale of love. Or, more accurately, a tale of being afraid of ending up alone, in the Big […]
Paul Levinson (The Plot To Save Socrates) reminds us that a few years ago he reviewed the entirety of Apple’s short-lived and not-very-well-received attempted reboot of the mid-1980s eponymous Spielberg show, which attempted to recapture […]
Robert J. Sawyer has written a sequel to his bestselling The Downloaded. This one adds complications and piles Pelion upon Ossa to the hapless victims… er, I mean protagonists of The Downloaded. It’s a fun and exciting book because of the writing, which is crisp and never stops moving. I heartily recommend it.
It can be hard to have solid opinions and identities when we live in a world of mixed messages and misinformation. With propaganda running rampant, how can we be sure if reality is really real? […]
We’ve all got a beast inside us, waiting to be unleashed. For some, they never hold it back. For others, they keep it caged until it can be repressed no longer. Enter author Sam Beckbessinger, […]
When it comes down to it, all humanity really has at the end of the day is our stories. Telling stories around the fire is a tale as old as humans themselves, and author Ada […]
While it may seem like fantasy is as far from the real world as possible, author Jill Rosenberg suggests that indulging in fantasies and fiction actually connects people instead of isolating them from reality. Dive […]
The title of this piece draws upon a quote from Chandler’s most storied character, Commodore John Grimes, former officer of the Interstellar Federation’s Survey Service (secretly still a reserve officer, intelligence branch), private (space) ship […]
A John Carpenter movie from 1986 starring Kurt Russell didn’t do very well at the box office, oddly enough. It has since become somewhat of a cult classic, but why has it taken so long to catch on? There might be some answers in Steve’s column this week. Read it and see.
While we all know that technically our lives could end at any moment, sometimes that fact can feel far away. Author Andrew Dana Hudson brings that little known fact into the spotlight in his newest […]
Do we as a society tend to abide by the phrase, “if you love something, let it go,” or are we more likely to dig our claws in and refuse to part ways? Author Martha […]
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