Fall 2016 SF Anime Preview
A look at what’s coming your way from the anime world in October.
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Scide Splitters: Unidentified Funny Objects 5 edited by Alex Shvartsman
Unidentified Funny Objects, science fiction and fantasy’s first and only annual humor anthology series, is back for a fifth year with stories from Mike Resnick, David Gerrold, Tim Pratt, Jody Lynn Nye, Gini Koch, Esther Friesner and more.
Anime roundup 9/29/2016: The Ends of All Things
In this week’s viewing: It’s time to wind up the season with three finales.
Anime roundup 9/22/2016: Double Stack
In this week (and last week)’s viewing: Time to catch up after last week’s break, the surprise end of Re: ZERO, and more!
Anime roundup 9/1/2016: Love Is Real
In this week’s viewing: Orange’s star couple makes romantic progress, Re: ZERO explains that it’s really about love, and more!
Anime roundup 8/25/2016: Sentimental Feeling
In this week’s viewing: Cute High tackles the most emotional holiday, Re: ZERO makes a strong stab for the feels, and more!
Woman Can’t Be Comedians? Funny You Should Say That…
With no concern for his safety, Ira Nayman wades into the controversy over whether women can be funny, exploring possible reasons for why men are so resistant to the idea.
Anime roundup 8/11/2016: Turn That Frown Upside Down
In this week’s viewing: Orange and Re: ZERO give their heroes a chance to be happy for a bit, and more!
Anime roundup 8/5/2016: The Eternal Triangle
In this week’s viewing: Re: ZERO resolves its love triangle, Orange tackles that plus hardcore physics, and more!
Anime roundup 7/28/2016: Feet of Clay
In this week’s viewing: Orange and Re: ZERO spend a lot of time running away from things, and more!
Scide Splitters: Next of Kin by Eric Frank Russell
Scide Splitters reviews Eric Frank Russell’s classic novel, Next of Kin. A story of one man’s ingenious plan to escape an alien POW camp.
Top 10 Young Adult Books You Need To Read By Fall
Now that summer is winding down a bit, it’s time to start stocking up for winter reading – or – you’re TBR pile is just not tall enough!
Anime roundup 7/21/2016: Melancholy Baby
In this week’s viewing: Depression, suicide, the Despair Arc of Danganronpa 3, and lots more to bring you down! Plus, the lineup of the shows this column will be following for the rest of the season.
FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY! or Just a Humour Writer in a Science Fiction World
I told my psychiatrist everyone hates humorous SF. He said I was being ridiculous; everyone hasn’t read humorous SF…
Anime Roundup 7/14/2016: Too Much Fun
In this week’s viewing: A possibly lucky thirteen premieres!
Anime roundup 7/7/2016: Mass Confusion
In this week’s viewing: Summer season starts! Sometimes it even starts at the beginning!
Scide Splitters: Deep Quarry by John E. Stith
Next year, John Stith will publish his first novel in twenty years. In the meantime, his entire backlist is being reissued starting with Deep Quarry, a SF mystery featuring the wisecracking detective “bug eye” Takent.
Summer 2016 SF Anime Preview
The age of the light novel adaptation has passed and the age of the video game adaptation is upon us. Plus a few other shows coming our way very soon…
Review: Mechanical Failure by Joe Zieja
Mechanical Failure by Joe Zieja is a farcical adventure where the absurdity of reality becomes the template for the human condition and only our hero sees the silliness of it all.
Science Fiction in the Here and Now or “Cleanup on Aisle Nine!”
The future may hold many surprises, and this may be one of them
Invasive Procedures (Not for the Squeamish)
It’s cast iron stomach time as Mr. Jackson related a recent medical adventure to some SF scenes we’d probably like to forget.
Cameo Creeps: Tiny Paintings With Monster Details!
Fascinating collectible miniature monster paintings with amazing detail and bone-chilling appeal! Cameo Creeps are painstakingly detailed miniature monster portraits inspired by Elizabethan paintings of the past. What makes these unique and fascinating is their size. […]
Scide Splitters: The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams (for Towel Day)
Fans had been waiting for the third Dirk Gently novel for over a decade when Douglas Adams passed away with the novel still unfinished. All we have are precious fragments of what might have been.
Science Fiction After a Fashion
What will we be wearing in the future? Better hope SF is not accurate with its predictions.
Review: In Memory: A Tribute to Terry Pratchett
And the best part? All proceeds from sales of the book will go to Alzheimer’s Research, UK, Pratchett’s favourite charity.
Scide Splitters: Martians, Go Home by Fredric Brown
Science fiction writers had long warned the people of earth about the potential of a Martian invasion, but nothing could have prepared them for a billion jeering Little Green Men.
Anime roundup 4/21/2016: And This Is Where the Story Really Starts
In this week’s viewing: Two more premieres, and then the final lineup for the rest of the season!
Anime roundup 4/14/2016: Shock and Awww
In this week’s viewing: Another batch of premieres with a lot of surprises (good and bad), plus big news for the British Isles!
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