Review: The Power of the Maleficent
Maleficent is an entertaining movie for both children and those who grow up with a special fondness for Sleeping Beauty, fantasy and folklore.
Maleficent is an entertaining movie for both children and those who grow up with a special fondness for Sleeping Beauty, fantasy and folklore.
…a frustrating mix of very good writing and a plot that goes nowhere.
Bastion Science Fiction Magazine presents new science fiction stories from up and coming authors as well as some you may have already heard of.
A review of the second volume of this successful YA anthology series.
There is nothing inevitable about the real world as we experience it. A simple decision by a single individual can send history hurtling down a whole new path.
Rainbows End (2006) won the Hugo and Locus Awards for best novel and was nominated for the Prometheus Award. Sad to say there’s no pot of gold awaiting the reader at the end.
More than just a time loop story, All You Need is Kill by Hiroshi Sakurazaka is like a fast paced video game where the hero learns from his mistakes, getting better and better every time he is killed.
Scide Splitters reviews Harry Harrison’s tale of Hollywood behaving badly with a time machine.
The short story Green Fingers by Arthur C. Clarke is a fine example of dreamers and forecasters from over half a century ago.
An anthology commissioned by the Columbian Government!
Grimm’s third season ends with fireworks
Clark’s poems are first and foremost informative, then creepy, grisly and even a little bit tongue-in-cheek funny.
Titan Books brings us the movie novelizations of all three books written by Alan Dean Foster in the original Alien saga. This powerful trio exemplifies why Foster is the master of movie novels.
A look at a non-traditional space opera, Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie.
The newest Godzilla falls into that category of movies least interesting to write about, let alone see, the category of “Ehh.” It’s neither terrible nor wonderful. It’s a movie. About Godzilla. In 2014. He destroys […]
Live Free or Die -John Ringo Reviewing Live Free or Die is a complicated task. I like the book, I think it’s the best Ringo book since Gust Front, but there are a handful of […]
The Little Green Book of Chairman Rahma by Brian Herbert is an eye opening science fiction novel from Tor Books soon to be released in July of 2014. Readers will not be disappointed as the both sides of environmental passion are examined.
The Shroud Eaters by Alyx J. Shaw Paperback: 238 pages Publisher: Prizm (February 27, 2013) Paperback & Kindle Editions Alyx J. Shaw, author of the widely praised fantasy e-book trilogy, Strange Places in Time, turns […]
A YA fantasy that is for adults and accessible to teens; about a young woman who might be living in two worlds. And if so, are either or both real? Which one?
A review of a primer on spaceflight – suggested reading for would-be chroniclers of the space age
A look at the audiobook, A Natural History of Dragons by Marie Brennan.
A review of Luminous Worlds, including mythology, zombies and Lovecraftian horror
Matt Mitrovich decided to see what all the fuss about The Martian by Andy Weir was. Find out what he thinks.
How does Stiller’s The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty stack up against Danny Kaye’s original version, and with James Thurber’s original story?
A look at the Mr. Hawkins’ Humorous Adventures stories by Edgar Franklin.
A look at Christopher Priest’s novel, The Adjacent, from a first-time Priest reader.
Breakaway by E. C. Tubb is a nostalgic perspective of a wonderful time in space exploration. Not counting all of the moon-blasting-out-of-orbit kind of stuff, the book is an ideal look into the mindset of 1975 fandom when the moon meant something.
Haven’t you ever wondered what Ed Wood himself thought of his career, ever wondered what advice, based on somewhat realizing his lifelong dream, based on the sum total of his experience, he would have given to filmmakers starting out as he once did?
This all started out as a single simple project, but, as so often happens, the concept evolved. The initial idea was to publish a collection of stories, each featuring a femme fatale, but on reflection that seemed too restrictive…
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