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Nerds on Tour: A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night, Ana Lily Amirpour, dir....
Dossier: A GIRL WALKS HOME ALONE AT NIGHTLocation: Iran (Persia)Package Type: FilmItinerary: Here in Bad City, there's a ditch where the town dumps its dead. That should tell you a lot about Bad City....
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Microreview [Book]: The First Sister by Linden A. Lewis
A grim but effective tale of interplanetary conflict and societal loyaltiesContent note: Sexual Slavery, references to rape and sexual abuseThe First Sister opens on a solar system at war between the...
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Microreview [book]: Seven Devils by Laura Lam and Elizabeth May
A thought-provoking, pedal-to-the-metal space opera with characters to root for.Eris,a fierce soldier for the Novantae resistance to the vast and oppressive interstellar Tholosian Empire, has a secret...
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Microreview [Book]: An Unnatural Life by Erin K. Wagner
A fluid sci-fi mystery that offers moments of brilliances for both the future of AI and humanity.Life is changeable and elastic for the lucky ones. Obstructions can be molded for their benefit. Laws...
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6 Books with Ausma Zehanat Khan
Ausma Zehanat Khan holds a Ph.D. in international human rights law with a specialization in military intervention and war crimes in the Balkans. She is a former adjunct law professor and...
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Nerds on Tour: Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar Linguist by Lola Robles
Dossier: Monteverde: Memoirs of an Interstellar LinguistLocation: Author lives in Spain, story takes place on another planet]Package Type: novellaItinerary: When linguist Rachel Monteverde is sent to...
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Microreview [book]: My Best Friend's Exorcism by Grady Hendrix
What if Stranger Things and The Exorcist had a child? A book child. Grady Hendrix is probably best known for Paperbacks from Hell, a nonfiction tribute to the outlandish and fun world of horror novels...
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Interview: Eliana González Ugarte and Coral Alejandra Moore of Constelación...
If all goes well, come this January a brand new and very unique speculative fiction magazine will be grabbing your attention. Constelación Magazine will be a quarterly magazine that will publish each...
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Microreview [Book]: King and the Dragonflies by Kacen Callender
A story that expertly tackles a number of topical issues and adds a dash of magical realism to create something sublime.In many ways, humanity is similar – made from the same fabric – yet the times...
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Microreview: Nucleation by Kimberly Unger
Nucleation by Kimberly Unger interestingly marries a first contact story, a technothriller, and strong speculative elements with twenty minutes into the future virtual reality tech.“We are live. We are...
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Nerds on Tour: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
Dossier: Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor (2011)Location: NigeriaPackage Type: BookItinerary: “Harry Potter in Nigeria” is the high concept here, as a Nigerian raised in America living in Nigeria again...
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Microreview [Book]: Architects of Memory by Karen Osborne
A story that throws a lot of things at you, almost all of them good.Architects of Memory is a good kind of paradox. Its story links a degrading sense of self, the greed and depravity of humanity, and...
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Questing in Shorts: October 2020
I had an unintentionally great month for reading shorter queer fiction in October, with a whole new publication of flash fiction delights and a great collection! And next month: Questing in Shorts goes...
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New Books Spotlight
Welcome to another edition of the New Books Spotlight, where each month or so we curate a selection of 6 new and forthcoming books we find notable, interesting, and intriguing. It gives us the...
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Nerds on Tour: Black Orpheus, by Marcel Camus, dir. (1959, film)
Dossier: BLACK ORPHEUS (or, ORFEU NEGRO)Location: Brazil (via France)Package Type: FilmItinerary: The top-line summary of Orfeu Negro is simply that the ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice plays out...
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Microreview [book]: Master of Poisons by Andrea Hairston
A dense, rich adventure which puts its characters on very different, satisfying journeysMaster of Poisons took me approximately forever to read. Very little of that is the book's fault: while Andrea...
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Microreview [Book] The Once and Future Witches by Alix E. Harrow
A story that uses lyrical prose and a propulsive plot to create the good kind of sorcery.Decency to women should be a no-brainer. Malevolence to women for the sole fact that they’re women should be...
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Thursday Morning Superhero: Good News Edition
As we get closer and closer to the end of 2020, we can all use some good news. I wanted to share some good comic book news in my second to last TMS post this year. Good News #1 - Beef Bros on...
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Microreview: Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward
Legacy of Ash by Matthew Ward promisingly starts a new fantasy series set in a war and conflict-torn Republic, where old supernatural threats are as dangerous as the political maneuverings that...
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Nerds on Tour: Interview with Translator Rachel Cordasco
When I first got into blogging, and widening my SF reading horizons, I'd often visit The World SF Blog, run by Lavie Tidhar. That site came to a natural end back in 2013, and I waited patiently for...
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