Review – Night Film by Marisha Pessl
Gary Dalkin reviews a novel that wants to be – ought to be – a movie
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Scide Splitters: Venus on the Half-Shell by Philip José Farmer
A review of Philip José Farmer’s Venus on the Half Shell before its December reissue.
Dear Video Game Developers, Hire Real Writers!
Review of the video game Devil May Care with an emphasis on video game writing.
RWBY: The Anime-Inspired Webseries I Can’t Stop Talking About
Morgana Santilli talks about what makes RWBY a great animated series, and webseries.
Review: The Good the Bad and the Infernal by Guy Adams
Just about everyone loves a good western. But when you add in the Steampunk element, the story immediately evolves from the classic exploration of the frontier to a grand tale of adventure and wonder. Given the concurrent timeline of the two genres, their literary compatibility and success is no surprise.
A Tale of Storyfail: A Review of One’s Aspect to the Sun by Sherry Ramsey
One’s Aspect to the Sun, by Sherry D. Ramsey, isn’t a good book. It isn’t even an interestingly bad book I might enjoy in a “hated it but it made me think” way.
Review: Crazy 4 Cult: Cult Movie Art 2 by Gallery 1988
Crazy 4 Cult: Cult Movie Art 2 by Gallery 1988 is a 176 page walk through the tremendous artwork one would find while walking through the annual display conceived by Scott Mosier and Kevin Smith called Crazy 4 Cult.
Book Review: Raygun Chronicles edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Review of Raygun Chronicles, an anthology edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
Review: Pilgrimage by Nelson S. Bond
Pilgrimage by author Nelson S. Bond is a speculative account of sexual dominance in a future gone astray. This compelling story is a wonderful example of artistic allusion and the dangers of recording historical accounts over time.
Review: Stand On Zanzibar by John Brunner
Stand on Zanzibar, John Brunner’s 1969 Hugo Winner for Best Novel, was one of those books I always meant to get around to reading, especially when I came across an essay that suggested it was a precursor to cyberpunk.
Review: The Fox by Conrad Williams
I do like this format of storytelling — more than a short but not quite a novella. The sort of tale that made pulp magazines so popular.
REVIEW: Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (Somehow It Ended up Lame and Disappointing)
I have always felt that SHIELD was the most interesting part of Marvel Comics. The reality of Disney’s production, however, has left me sad and very disappointed.
Film Review: Percy Jackson — Sea of Monsters
Review of Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters movie.
What You Pay For
Sometimes I see a review on Amazon that makes me do the puppy thing – you know, cock my head and make that little “baroo?” noise. A friend shared a link to a book with […]
Review: Ink Mage by Victor Gischler
Ink Mage is not your typical fantasy adventure story. In fact, author Victor Gischler is not your typical fantasy adventure writer. But rest assured, the two have come together into an impressive display of epic storytelling.
Speculative Poetry Round-up October/November 2013
A round-up of the speculative poetry I’ve found online in the past month or so.
Film Review: Ender’s Game
A comparison of the book and the film, following a recent read of the novel for the first time.
The Great Harry Potter Reread #1: The Sorcerer’s Stone
Review of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone with an eye towards the hero’s journey.
Ciencia ficción venezolana: Fedosy Santaella y una distopía
Review of Las peripecias inéditas de Teofilus Jones by Fedosy Santaella.
Website review: Daily Science Fiction dot com
Just like every high-quality short story, it doesn’t have to be complicated to be good. To prove that, dailysciencefiction.com has provided a convenient outlet for finding well written original work in the genre.
Scide Splitters: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Thursday Next, the plucky female lead character of The Eyre Affair, is a literary detective in an alternate 1985 England.
Review – The Man Who Haunted Himself (Blu-Ray/DVD)
The Man Who Haunted Himself is, as the title suggests, both a ghost and a doppelgänger story
Characters: Cazaril from The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold is your typical medieval fantasy. There’s magic, and knights, and people in distress and political schemes. On the surface, it doesn’t seem much more than a carbon copy of everything else out there. However, Curse of Chalion does have a lot to make it stand out from the crowd. Among them, is Cazaril, the protagonist. He is not your typical, heroically minded, buffed-up warrior, handsome features hero. The interesting thing about Cazaril, is that he used to be.
Book Review: Halloween: Magic, Mystery and the Macabre
Keith West reviews your Halloween reading assignment
Review: The Shrinking Man by Richard Matheson
There is a lot more to Richard Matheson’s The Shrinking Man than giant spiders and cats. It is the discovery that the amazing journey of life continues on infinitely, no matter how miniscule we become.
Movie Review — Is That What Scientology Does to Them?
After Earth – a sci fi film masquerading as a science fiction film
A Review of Flashback by Dan Simmons
This book kicks posterior. It’s a wild turbo-boosted ride through a shockingly plausible dystopia.
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