Review: Soulminder by Timothy Zahn
Mr. Zahn does an excellent job of discussing the pros and cons of a process to prolong life, indeed even provide immortality
Mr. Zahn does an excellent job of discussing the pros and cons of a process to prolong life, indeed even provide immortality
Daleks is and anagram for Sladek. This seemingly random bit of word play has everything and nothing to do with Scide Splitters’ review of John Sladek’s short story collection.
What Has Two Heads, Ten Eyes, and Terrifying Table Manners? is an anthology of science fiction horror reminiscent of The Twilight Zone or Outer Limits classic stories.
Steve reviews Gardner Dozois’s marvelous 31st Annual Year’s Best SF!
Robert J. Sawyer is a multi-award winning Canadian author who needs little introduction. Rollback, his 17th novel, originally published in 2007, is set mainly in Toronto in 2047. There are also substantial sections set in 2009, when the first extra-terrestrial message is received on earth, and during the years leading-up to the arrival of that message. Key to both periods is Dr Sarah Halifax, radio astronomer and tenured professor…
The Mechanikals by John Dodds is the first installment in a new YA Steampunk series. It is a strong beginning to an absorbing and entertaining world of wonder.
Have you ever been to Minnesota? Neither have I but if this anthology is any indication, it isn’t lacking in creative prowess. Twin Cities Speculation is a new collection of stories put out by a group called the Minnesota Speculative Fiction Writers
Guardians of the Galaxy vs Star Wars. There’s an awful lot of similarities, but one of those films is clearly a good couple of parsecs better than the other!
The history of Star Trek comics. (We’ve got one coming that’s not in the book!)
Horror Films makes a democratic survey of the entire global output of horror cinema, and unlike most books gives due weight to the pre-talkie era.
“Horror is a church. Its blood-stained glass both colors and reflects its readers’ worldview. It sacrifices many readers on the altar of repugnance.”
Sally of the Wasteland is a lot like the classic riverboat adventures we all read as kids, but without all the cutesy Sawyer-Finn à la Twain type shenanigans.
Multiple winner of Canada’s Aurora Award, Randy McCharles presents three tales of dark fantasy in The Necromancer Candle and Two Other Stories.
Video Nasty is a hard-boiled, gritty suspense-thriller of a comic book.
What makes for a good RPG edition? Organization. Editing and – SUPPLEMENTS!
As end of the world stories go, this book has an interesting premise. A worldwide plague is a very popular idea and when Cole flips the premise on its ear at the end with his secret revelation, he provides new ways to look at both science and civilization.
The book starts well, with a scene of the main character, Russian Yuri Petrov, hacking people’s credit card information; he and his friend end up in big trouble with the police when they hack the wrong person’s account. It is a tense, tautly written scene with a real kick at the end.
Ira Nayman’s novel, a tour de force of rapid fire humor, is the focus of Scide Splitter’s latest review.
Tomei, Volume I is a collection of the first six Tomie stories by Junji Ito. Ito is a master of the horror manga genre, author of three aclaimed series, Uzumake, Gyu, and Tomie, which spawned a series of movies, running nine strong
The Road to Middle-Earth is a wonderful companion to any trip across Middle-earth and it is a welcome reminder of the huge craft that J.R.R. Tolkien brought to his work.
In typical Ben Bova fashion, his latest science fiction novel Transhuman gives fans of near future advancements a lot to think about – during and long after reading.
Collected works from the Bard’s Bard – Lee Martindale
Upon release in 2002 the film Minority Report, nominally based on a story by Philip K. Dick, received almost universally ecstatic reviews. I was among the minority of dissenting voices, and what follows, my minority retort
Utopia Season 2 Premiere: Utopia is a cruel show. It’s made up of cruel people. It’s a cruel world.
It doesn’t seem like it should be that hard to make a piece of big budget entertainment which doesn’t skimp on brains or heart while ignoring the siren call of camp or bad humor. It doesn’t seem like it should be that hard, but apparently it is, so let’s cherish it where we find it.
A review of James Young’s space navy yarn – An Unproven Concept
Introducing Terra Nova 3 and a host of other forthcoming Spanish language releases.
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