Anime roundup 1/30/2014: Battle Royale
In this week’s viewing: Many cans of whoop-ass are opened, plus some gardening facts.
Through Alien Eyes
New app technologies are expanding the range of human senses, Mike Brotherton wants to expand his.
Anime roundup 1/23/2014: More Worlds to Conquer
In this week’s viewing: The final lineup for this season is set and Japan is menaced in all sorts of ways.
Anime roundup 1/16/2014: Kidnapped By Plot
In this week’s viewing: hapless teenaged boys are dragged into supernatural doings left and right, and a dark comedy wins premiere week.
Anime roundup 1/9/2014: You Can’t Always Get What You Want
In this week’s viewing: High hopes meet reality in the first batch of winter premieres.
Isn’t All Science Fiction and Fantasy Alternate Reality?
C. E. Martin (yes, but which one?) wonders why we bother to distinguish some works as “alternate reality” when in fact, all SF and fantasy takes place in alternate realities.
No. 23 – 2014 January – David Weber, Military SF, and Neutral Combatants
J. Jay Jones surveys the history of David Weber’s Honor Harrington universe and then offers up some second-hand critiques.
Where Has All The Wonder Gone?
C. E. Martin laments the sameness of today’s fictional offerings and makes the case for something new.
Book Review: Lights in the Deep by Brad R. Torgersen
Review of Brad R. Torgersen’s Lights in the Deep.
Book Review: Raygun Chronicles edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt
Review of Raygun Chronicles, an anthology edited by Bryan Thomas Schmidt.
Book Review: Warday by Whitley Strieber and James Kunetka
A lucky find at the used book rack located in my train station gave me the opportunity to read and review Warday by Whitley Strieber (the same author who claims he was abducted by aliens) and James Kunetka.
Anime roundup 10/25/2013: Step By Step
In this week’s viewing: The shows that will be covered in this discussion column for the rest of the season are chosen! And the others are whined about!
Book Review – Feast and Famine by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Imaginings Volume: 6 – Feast and Famine is a collection of ten short stories by the British writer Adrian Tchaikovsky, best known for the nine-volume (and counting) fantasy series, Shadows of the Apt, published by Tor.
Anime roundup 10/11/2013: Boob Tube
In this week’s viewing: Your reviewer embarks on a journey through Light Novel Adaptation Hell! Plus a few shows that look more promising…
Top Post de las Últimas Semanas de Septiembre
Estos son algunos de los post más populares de este mes.
No. 22 – 2013 October – Elizabeth Moon, Military Science Fiction, and Female Leads
If you like military science fiction, raise the alarm, beat your drum to send all hands to general quarters, and light up your sensors for deep scan. Ms. Moon has several series you won’t want to miss.
Two More Military Science Fiction Writers
I began a short series of military science fiction writers last week with Mike McPhail and Alan Smale. This week, I feature Bud Sparhawk and Charles Gannon. Hope you enjoy. Bud Sparhawk Bud Sparhawk began […]
Interview with Archer Garrett
Cedar Sanderson interviews Archer Garrett, author of The Border Marches
Fall 2013 anime preview
There’s a veritable stampede of sf headed your way this coming season: 25 series to choose from!
Two Military SF Writers
Two different authors of military SF, each offering unique expressions of the form.
What Mecha Did For Me; Or, I’m An Anime Writer Because of Space Robots
I was deep into Gundam Wing starting in middle school, and it was the catalyst for me to start taking drawing and writing very seriously.
When Science Fiction is Not Science Fiction
s\Some writers who might have started off in science fiction soon reveal their true selves when they start publishing what they really want to write about.
The Art of the Game
Illustration is also of paramount importance to another venue for science fiction and fantasy and that is as part of the packaging that goes along with role-playing and video games.
The Geek Test: What’s Your Score?
I believe people of all types should be able to join in geek events and have fun whether they’re sufficiently geek credentialed or not, but I wondered how one might one go about quantitatively evaluating “geekiness”
Review – Falling Over by James Everington
Falling Over is a book about perception, about characters who come to doubt their sense of the reality of the world, whose perceptions are doubled, who extrapolate alternative realities or timelines or encounter, or imagine they encounter, doppelgängers.
Noticias y estrenos 13-8
Número 2 de la Revista del Portal CienciayFiccion Se anuncia la publicación del segundo número de la revista semestral digital gratuíta del Portal Cienciayficción, dedicada enteramente al fabuloso género de la ciencia ficción. Y en esta […]
Pretty Pixels: The Many Explosions of Mercenary Kings
There’s precisely one reason someone would pick up Mercenary Kings, one of the newest titles on Steam’s Early Access platform (for games that aren’t quite finished): the art of Paul Robertson. This isn’t a knock […]
A conversation with the Hall of Fame illustrator Murray Tinkelman
This past February I had the great pleasure of speaking with Mr. Murray Tinkelman, the famous and award winning illustrator. This came about by my wanting to do something different for once in the blog. […]
Planet Blüd
Just a few housekeeping items before I get into the subject of this month’s post. I am happy to announce that my latest vampire novel came out last week and is available on Amazon.com (U.S., […]
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