Post fall of communism, with governments subservient to corporate paymasters, Rollerball seems like a much greater, more prescient, film now than the one I originally saw back in 1976. Today Rollerball surely stands as one of the most underrated films of the 1970s and one of the most thought-provoking and rewarding SF films ever made.
Combining humor and horror…a difficult task, unless your main character is a vegan zombie.
Godzillas. They mentioned the possibility that more of them could be out there, and that further screwing around with H-bombs might wake them up. But did we listen? Nope. Good thing!
Hardcore fans of horror literature will likely enjoy this collection
Terence turns in a terrific con report on MCM Comicon London – and lots of great costume pics as well!
William Patterson’s two volume biography asks more questions than it answers.
Nova Swing (2006) won both the Arthur C. Clarke and the Philip K. Dick Awards and was nominated for the Campbell and British Fantasy Awards. Gary Dalkin looks back at this true space oddity.
Latinoamerica 2025 is a milestone of Bolivian cyberpunk
Maleficent is an entertaining movie for both children and those who grow up with a special fondness for Sleeping Beauty, fantasy and folklore.
…a frustrating mix of very good writing and a plot that goes nowhere.
Bastion Science Fiction Magazine presents new science fiction stories from up and coming authors as well as some you may have already heard of.
A review of the second volume of this successful YA anthology series.
There is nothing inevitable about the real world as we experience it. A simple decision by a single individual can send history hurtling down a whole new path.
Rainbows End (2006) won the Hugo and Locus Awards for best novel and was nominated for the Prometheus Award. Sad to say there’s no pot of gold awaiting the reader at the end.
More than just a time loop story, All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka is like a fast paced video game where the hero learns from his mistakes, getting better and better every time he is killed.
Scide Splitters reviews Harry Harrison’s tale of Hollywood behaving badly with a time machine.
The short story Green Fingers by Arthur C. Clarke is a fine example of dreamers and forecasters from over half a century ago.
An anthology commissioned by the Columbian Government!
Grimm’s third season ends with fireworks
Clark’s poems are first and foremost informative, then creepy, grisly and even a little bit tongue-in-cheek funny.
Titan Books brings us the movie novelizations of all three books written by Alan Dean Foster in the original Alien saga. This powerful trio exemplifies why Foster is the master of movie novels.
A look at a non-traditional space opera, Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie.
The newest Godzilla falls into that category of movies least interesting to write about, let alone see, the category of “Ehh.” It’s neither terrible nor wonderful. It’s a movie. About Godzilla. In 2014. He destroys […]
Live Free or Die -John Ringo Reviewing Live Free or Die is a complicated task. I like the book, I think it’s the best Ringo book since Gust Front, but there are a handful of […]
The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma by Brian Herbert is an eye opening science fiction novel from Tor Books soon to be released in July of 2014. Readers will not be disappointed as the both sides of environmental passion are examined.
The Shroud Eaters by Alyx J. Shaw Paperback: 238 pages Publisher: Prizm (February 27, 2013) Paperback & Kindle Editions Alyx J. Shaw, author of the widely praised fantasy e-book trilogy, Strange Places in Time, turns […]
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?
A review of a primer on spaceflight – suggested reading for would-be chroniclers of the space age
A look at the audiobook, A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan.
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