Book Review: The Golden Princess by SM Stirling
Matt reviews the latest offering in Stirling’s Emberverse series.
The Fourth Gwenevere by John James
A tale of forensic authorship, the discovery and completion of John Jame’s long lost final novel.
UnReview of Sci-Fi Chronicles, A Visual History Of The Galaxy’s Greatest Science Fiction
Steve takes issue with yet another revisionist science fiction history
The Giver Gives
The Giver, both the film and the book, deserve more attention than they’ve been getting.
Review: An English Ghost Story by Kim Newman
Filled with mystery and chilling suspense, Kim Newman brings ghosts to life in his soon to be released An English Ghost Story.
Book Review: Help Fund My Robot Army!!!
It was bound to happen sooner or later. Given that there is a strong recursive strain in science fiction, it was only a matter of time until a book about crowdfunding was published via crowdfunding.
Review: The Adventures of Siskin and Valderan by Alastair Savage
Savage draws the reader along on his heroes’ fantastic missions through careful plotting and subtle foreshadowing, and entertains with original similes, such as: “Siskin was … eating like a pelican gobbling in a pool of trout.”
Review: Starhawk by Jack McDevitt
Known for his epic journeys beyond the stars, iconic SF writer Jack McDevitt takes us once again on a fantastic voyage into the future with his latest novel Starhawk.
Review: Jani and the Greater Game by Eric Brown
Eric Brown takes us on steampunk adventure through India at the time of the Raj. The year is 1925, and history has taken an alternate course.
Review: Soulminder by Timothy Zahn
Mr. Zahn does an excellent job of discussing the pros and cons of a process to prolong life, indeed even provide immortality
Scide Splitters: The Lunatics of Terra by John Sladek
Daleks is and anagram for Sladek. This seemingly random bit of word play has everything and nothing to do with Scide Splitters’ review of John Sladek’s short story collection.
Review: What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners?
What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners? is an anthology of science fiction horror reminiscent of The Twilight Zone or Outer Limits classic stories.
Review: THIS “YEAR’S BEST” ANTHOLOGY REALLY *IS* THE YEAR’S BEST!
Steve reviews Gardner Dozois’s marvelous 31st Annual Year’s Best SF!
Review: Rollback by Robert J. Sawyer
Robert J. Sawyer is a multi-award winning Canadian author who needs little introduction. Rollback, his 17th novel, originally published in 2007, is set mainly in Toronto in 2047. There are also substantial sections set in 2009, when the first extra-terrestrial message is received on earth, and during the years leading-up to the arrival of that message. Key to both periods is Dr Sarah Halifax, radio astronomer and tenured professor…
Review: The Mechanikals by John Dodds
The Mechanikals by John Dodds is the first installment in a new YA Steampunk series. It is a strong beginning to an absorbing and entertaining world of wonder.
Anthology Review: Twin Cities Speculation
Have you ever been to Minnesota? Neither have I but if this anthology is any indication, it isn’t lacking in creative prowess. Twin Cities Speculation is a new collection of stories put out by a group called the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers
GOTG vs SW (You just know its going to happen)
Guardians of the Galaxy vs Star Wars. There’s an awful lot of similarities, but one of those films is clearly a good couple of parsecs better than the other!
Review: New Life and New Civilizations (ed.) Joseph F. Berenato
The history of Star Trek comics. (We’ve got one coming that’s not in the book!)
Review: Horror Films by Colin Odell & Michelle Le Blanc
Horror Films makes a democratic survey of the entire global output of horror cinema, and unlike most books gives due weight to the pre-talkie era.
Poetry – Embrace the Hideous Immaculate, C. Hensley
“Horror is a church. Its blood-stained glass both colors and reflects its readers’ worldview. It sacrifices many readers on the altar of repugnance.”
Comic Review: Sally of the Wasteland
Sally of the Wasteland is a lot like the classic riverboat adventures we all read as kids, but without all the cutesy Sawyer-Finn à la Twain type shenanigans.
Book Review: The Necromancer Candle and Two Other Stories by Randy McCharles
Multiple winner of Canada’s Aurora Award, Randy McCharles presents three tales of dark fantasy in The Necromancer Candle and Two Other Stories.
Comic Review: Video Nasty #1 – 2
Video Nasty is a hard-boiled, gritty suspense-thriller of a comic book.
Shadowrun 20th Anniversary vs. 5th Edition
What makes for a good RPG edition? Organization. Editing and – SUPPLEMENTS!
Book Review: The Shadow Academy by Adrian Cole
As end of the world stories go, this book has an interesting premise. A worldwide plague is a very popular idea and when Cole flips the premise on its ear at the end with his secret revelation, he provides new ways to look at both science and civilization.
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