Review: Latest Publications from DMR Books
The dynamic correlation between basic storytelling and the emotional imagery of poetic lyrics takes center stage in the latest publications from DMR Books
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Unfair Review (with spoilers): Blade Runner 2049
Do androids dream of electric eyes? Not if they’re Jared Leto’s….
HALLOWEEN: 3X STEPHEN KING (#2—MR. MERCEDES)
In the second of three Halloween-type posts about recent Stephen King movies and TV shows, Steve checks into Mr. Mercedes, a book/TV series about a killer who uses a car as a deadly weapon!
Comic Review: Spirits of Vengeance – War at the Gates of Hell #1
The latest addition in the popular Marvel Legacy series, Spirits of Vengeance – War at the Gates of Hell #1 is fun with a lot of bite.
HALLOWEEN: 3X STEPHEN KING (#1—IT)
In this first of three Halloween-y columns examining several media adaptations of Stephen King works, Steve talks about the new movie, and what’s wrong with IT.
Review: Rarity from the Hollow
Amusing at times, shocking at others, a touching and somehow wonderful SFF read.
Review: Thread of a Spider by D. L. Gardner
Thread of a Spider by D. L. Gardner is an absorbing story filled with courage and charm that smoothly combines elements of both history and fantasy.
“Mickey Mouse a gogo”: del ser humano trascendental al clonado
Mickey Mouse a gogo is undoubtedly seminal: a work of science fiction theatre that opens up reflections and worries.
REVIEW: F&SF SEPT.-OCT. 2017
This week, Steve reviews the Sept./Oct. 2017 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, their 68th anniversary issue. And finds it good to read!
Horror’s Moby Dick: a short review of Stephen King’s IT
For all its faults, IT is horror’s Moby Dick – a gargantuan tale so full of powerfully rendered characters, ideas and episodes that it bears returning to and analysing, one memorable passage at a time.
Scide Splitters: Unidentified Funny Objects 6 edited by Alex Shvartsman
Unidentified Funny Objects, science fiction and fantasy’s first and only annual humor anthology series, is back for a sixth year with stories by Jim C. Hines, Mike Resnick, Alan Dean Foster, Jody Lynn Nye, Esther Friesner, Gini Koch, Ken Liu, Jack Campbell and more.
Review: After Bees by B. C. Nyren
A well-balanced mixture of science fiction, romance, and mystery, After Bees by B. C. Nyren is less about the fall of nature and more about the fall of humanity.
Book Review: Armistice by Harry Turtledove
The final volume in Harry Turtledove’s The Hot War trilogy is disappointing, but still worth reading.
Review: Horse of a Different Color by John L. Lansdale
Sometimes, the biggest difference between mystery and horror is the authenticity of the monster. Horse of a Different Color by John L. Lansdale satisfies both.
Comic Review: Wolfenstein #1
The comic book Wolfenstein issue #1 breathes new life into the classic first-person shooter game by reaching an even wider audience through this graphic format.
Reseña de Libro: Los Jinetes del Recuerdo de Antonio Mora Vélez
A review of Los Jinetes del Recuerdo, a collection of science fiction poems by Antonio Mora Vélez.
Noticias Literatura 13-9
A review of Begoña Pérez Ruiz’s novel Blue and the announcement of a sale on the few remaining copies of books from Spiral Science Fiction.
Review: The Dial by R. W. Warwick
The Dial by R. W. Warwick is a fun collection of short stories with varying themes and a vast range of subject matter.
Book Review: At the Table of Wolves by Kay Kenyon
At the Table of Wolves is another alternate history in which people with superhuman powers affect the course of World War II, but it doesn’t compare to MJ-12 Shadows.
REVIEW: The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (July/August 2017)
The July/August edition of F&SF features many stories of dark fantasy and an unofficial theme of the arts.
Review: FLASH GORDON SUNDAYS: DAN BARRY VOLUME 1 – THE DEATH PLANET, 1967-1971
Flash Gordon Sundays: Dan Barry Vol 1 – The Death Planet, 1967 – 1971 is one of those books that should be in every collector’s library.
Book Review: MJ-12: Shadows by Michael J. Martinez
MJ-12: Shadows, the sequel to Michael J. Martinez’ MJ-12: Inception, tells an entertaining story about an alternate world where people with superpowers help both sides fight the Cold War.
Review: Netflix’s Death Note
Being a largely cerebral story, Death Note simply doesn’t lend itself very well to the TV screen. I was therefore unenthused when Netflix announced that it would turn Death Note into a movie.
TV OR MOVIE? AND I LIED! (a bit….)
This week Steve writes a very short column about a new movie. Or is it new at all? It’s from a Japanese manga and animé series. And Steve has to go vote for himself in the Auroras. Will you be voting too?
Review: Ugly Little Things by Todd Keisling
Ugly Little Things is actually a lovely little assortment of bizarre tales and horrific adventures from the twisted mind of Todd Keisling.
BOOK REVIEW: Science Fiction for the Throne: One Sitting Reads, edited by Tom Easton and Judith K. Dial
Science Fiction for the Throne: One Sitting Reads, edited by Tom Easton and Judith K. Dial, is a fun, entertaining book to read in small doses. It also reveals some of the limitations of short short fiction.
Book Review: The Berlin Project by Gregory Benford
How would the course of WWII have changed if the United States had perfected the atomic a bomb a year earlier? This idea is explored in Gregory Benford’s flawed but ultimately entertaining novel The Berlin Project.
Comic Review: Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1
Batman/Elmer Fudd Special #1 is a refreshing collaboration of art, stories, and genres. Comic book fandom will never be the same again.
Book Review: The Guns Above by Robyn Bennis
Robyn Bennis’ The Guns Above starts off slowly, and perhaps carries more detail on the working of its steampunk ships than is absolutely necessary. However, once the battles have been joined, it is a rip-roaring read.
DO YOU KNOW MURRAY LEINSTER?
This week Steve looks at an almost-forgotten Golden Oldie SF writer: Will F. “Murray Leinster” Jenkins!
About Author
Steve has been an active fan since the 1970s, when he founded the Palouse Empire Science Fiction Association and the more-or-less late MosCon in Pullman, WA and Moscow, ID, though he started reading SF/F in the early-to-mid 1950s, when he was just a sprat. He moved to Canada in 1985 and quickly became involved with Canadian cons, including ConText (’89 and ’81) and VCON. He’s published a couple of books and a number of short stories, and has collaborated with his two-time Aurora-winning wife Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk on a number of art projects. As of this writing he’s the proofreader for R. Graeme Cameron’s Polar Borealis and Polar Starlight publications. He’s been writing for Amazing Stories off and on since the early 1980s. His column can be found on Amazing Stories most Fridays.
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