Anime roundup 7/13/2017: Mystery Box
In this week’s viewing: Another week of premieres has a bit of everything, from the good to the bad to the what the heck just happened there…
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Anime roundup 7/6/2017: A Journey of a Thousand Shows Starts With a Single Step
In this week’s viewing: Kado and Rage of Bahamut finish up spring, and the first wave of summer premieres.
REVIEW: Finders Keepers by Russ Colchamiro
Finders Keepers is a frustrating mix of sophisticated writing and juvenile humour.
Anime roundup 5/18/2017: Ready to Rumble
In this week’s viewing: Attack on Titan goes wrestling, The Eccentric Family 2 goes to Hell, and more!
Anime roundup 4/20/2017: Fantastic Voyage
In this week’s viewing: The last batch of spring premieres, and a journey beyond the double paywall! (cue theremin)
Anime roundup 4/13/2017: The Long Tail
In this week’s viewing: From obscure shorts to massive franchises, premieres for every taste! Including bad taste!
Spring 2017 SF Anime Preview
The upcoming anime season is going to be titanic… in more than one sense.
Scide Splitters: Little Green Men—Attack! – edited by Robin Wayne Bailey & Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Scide Splitters examines a new humorous science fiction anthology from Baen Books, featuring stories from Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Jody Lynn Nye, Esther Friesner, Elizabeth Moon, Allen Steele, Robert Silverberg, James Gunn, and more.
Scide Splitters: Bean Bag Cats & Bad German by Ed Bryant
Ed Bryant (1945-2017), award winning writer, celebrated convention toastmaster, and mentor to developing writers, also wrote some funny short stories.
Review: Celebrity Chef Zombie Apocalypse by Jack Strange
Celebrity Chef Zombie Apocalypse takes readers on the twisted journey of celebrity chef Floyd Rampant, brought back to life after being dead for fifteen years. What could go wrong?
Scide Splitters: Four by Tenn
Scide Splitters examines four of William Tenn’s (relatively) lighter comedies: “Party of the Two Parts,” “The Flat-Eyed Monster,” “Lisbon Cubed,” and “On Venus, Have We Got a Rabbi!”
Anime roundup 1/19/2017: The Slush Pile
In this week’s viewing: The snows of winter reveal the second half of premiere week and its winner.
Anime roundup 1/12/2017: The Winter of Our Discontent
In this week’s viewing: It’s time for the first helping of 2017 premieres! Um, you may want to brace yourself.
Anime roundup 1/5/2017: Best of 2016
The best sf anime of the year, plus bonus thoughts on reaching a milestone.
Anime roundup 12/29/2016: Shoot For the Moon
In this week’s viewing: Cheating Craft finishes up and Iron-Blooded Orphans soldiers onward.
Anime roundup 12/22/2016: The Bitter End
In this week’s viewing: Izetta, Magical Girl Raising Project, and BBK/BRNK all wrap up, and more!
Anime roundup 12/15/2016: The Next-To-Last Hero
In this week’s viewing: Izetta and Magical Girl Raising Project get ready for their finales, and more!
Anime roundup 12/8/2016: Never Tickle a Sleeping Dragon
In this week’s viewing: Iron-Blooded Orphans awakens something centuries old, BBK/BRNK disturbs something much older, and more!
Scide Splitters: It’s Just the Chronosphere Unfolding as it Should by Ira Nayman
Ira Nayman delivers the laughs in another humor packed installment of his Transdimensional Authority series.
Anime roundup 12/1/2017: If I Only Had a Brain
In this week’s viewing: BBK/BRNK has a lot on its mind, Izetta gets a personality transplant, and more!
Anime roundup 11/24/2016: The Parting of the Ways
In this week’s viewing: Magical Girl Raising Project keeps up the body count, Iron-Blooded Orphans spits out more causalties of war, and more!
Anime roundup 11/17/2016: Explosive Revelations
In this week’s viewing: Izetta destroys a ship, Cheating Craft blows up the whole concept of narrative, and more!
Anime roundup 11/10/2016: The Plot Twist With Your Name On It
In this week’s viewing: Magical Girl Raising Project picks up the killing pace, Izetta collects on a death marker, and more!
Scide Splitters: BBC America’s Dirk Gently
Scides Splitters finds much to like in BBC America’s hectic and bizarre adaptation of Douglas Adams’ classic Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency.
The Drake Equation Adds Up
The Drake Equation is a hilarious sci-fi adventure with just the right mix of heart and humor.
Halloween As It Should Be!
One week before Halloween, Terence Jackson shares shares images of costumes old and new.
Fast, Funny, Out of This World: The Writing of Adam Rakunas
Critical appreciation for the novels of Adam Rakunas.
Anime roundup 10/13/2016: Living Color
In this week’s viewing: A colorful bouquet of first episodes from the second half of premiere week.
Anime roundup 10/6/2016: Weird Sisters
A mediocre-looking season can deliver some great surprises: Izetta, Magical Girl Raising Project and more.
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