A Visit To A Cinema Pub
My family used the occasion of two close family birthdays as an excuse to visit a Cinema Pub. I don't know how common such...
Racing to Adventure
Race to Adventure!
Evil Hat Productions
Modular Board Game, $30
This week’s post is going to be a little different. Instead of reviewing a book, I’m going...
Lovers, Killers, Red Riding Hood and Cinderella
Hello folks! And welcome to my little spot on the interwebs. Thanks for joining me! April is National Poetry Month (in the USA). I...
Writers Writing About Writers Writing About …
There's something unseemly about writers who write about writers.
Many of my beliefs about writing have changed since I was a pink-cheeked little colleen getting...
Interview with Stephanie Osborn
I chose to interview Stephanie Osborn about her writing and publishing work because I really admire her Displaced Detective Series, and I had the...
April is National Women’s History Month
Which is kind of short-shrift for women - one month only - considering that homo sap history is women's history and, like, there's this...
Scide Splitters: Shh! It’s a Secret by Daniel M. Kimmel
First contact stories are among the most fertile ground for science fiction humor. They make excellent vehicles for looking in the mirror for a...
The Hugo Triple Play
There are only three nominations for short stories on the Hugo ballot this year, Sure a larger selection would be better, but any one of these on the list is worthy of winning.
Foxes, Cultural Appropriation, and Japonisme
Here's how to do cultural appropriation right. Look at the man and his fox bride; you can tell he loves her.
Book Review: Skull Island, by Will Murray
This is going to be a first for me- I’m going to review a book BEFORE I finish it.
Hold on! You might be thinking....
Book Review: Bowl of Heaven by Gregory Benford and Larry Niven
Bowl of Heaven - Gregory Benford and Larry Niven
Tor - 2012
978-0765328410 (Hardbound)
This is the first collaboration between two of our major writers, Gregory Benford...
A Beautiful Plummet: A Review of Upside Down
"And our love changed the course of history forever" is a fine concept to base a story off of. However, it's a disingenuous and...
Retrospective – La Puta y la Ballena
Almost entirely unknown in the English-speaking world, the Argentine-Spanish co-production, La Puta y la Ballena (2004) is one of the most hauntingly-beautiful, intelligent, and...
Punk Rock Queen: A Nana Review
I would like to come forward with a confession: throughout most of college, I largely had to put my anime love on hiatus -...
Is Ender’s Game Really Any Fun to Read?
Troll the internet for “the greatest science fiction novels of all time” and Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game will be at the top of...
The Howl of Family: A Review of Wolf Children
To smile through any hardship is a commendable virtue for anyone to have. Continuing to do so while having to raise two half-human, half-wolf...
Review: Men Into Space by John C. Frederiksen
MEN INTO SPACE
John C. Frederiksen
Bear Manor Media 2013
314 Pages $21.95 (Kindle $9.95)
Men Into Space was a television show that (unfortunately) aired for a single...
Cyberstorm: Pack Up Your Water Bottles
Matthew Mather’s new book, Cyberstorm, is a must read for people who understand the world of cyber technology and its vulnerability but unlike many...
ASM Blog Horde Interview with Diane Severson
Welcome to the Amazing Stories BLOG HORDE INTERVIEWS!
The ASM Blog Horde is a diverse and wonderful species. I have the privilege of talking with all...
Interview with Bruce Boston – Part 1
Bruce Boston. Among speculative poets and those who read it, he’s a well-known name. But just in case YOU are not familiar with him,...
MONSTER EARTH- A Book Review
I grew up watching kaiju. Well, back then I didn’t know that’s what it was called. I just thought it was cool watching giant...
Sequential Wednesdays #4 – The Off Week
Sorry folks, looks like this week got the better of me! I was travelling for work during the I would normally put together a...
We’ve Gone to See the Wizard and Tra La Tra La...
About five minutes after leaving the theater I ended the title take of the Wizard of Oz's signature song with "...and we're not happy...
Reviews of Unknown or Underappreciated Books Post #4 Her...
Hello again, and welcome back!
So – what, exactly, do I mean by 'unknown or underappreciated'?
To put it simply – not everyone is a Kevin...
Book Review: The Wind Whales of Ishmael – Philip José Farmer
I have two purposes for this review. One is to call your attention to a novel that older readers have probably already read, The...
Mars Babylon: A Review of John Carter and the Gods of...
Reading Michael D. Sellers’ fascinating book, John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood, we learn all the reasons why John Carter, Disney’s film version of...
Scide Splitters: Doughnut by Tom Holt
Known more for his works of comic fantasy, Tom Holt serves up humorous science fiction in his latest novel, Doughnut. This move toward SF...
Mini-Review of Felicity Savage’s “Black Wedding”
It's been so long since I've heard a "new voice" in horror writing that I'd forgotten what it feels like. Felicity Savage's "Black Wedding"...
War and Dreams – Two Novels by Kathleen Ann Goonan
Kathleen Ann Goonan's In War Times, originally published in 2007, won the John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Novel and the ALA’s Best...
Amazing Stories from Mexico – Book Review: Three Messages and a...
Three Messages and a Warning - Contemporary Mexican Short Stories of the Fantastic - edited by Eduardo Jimenez Mayo and Chris N. Brown
Small Beer...