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Microreview: Seven Deaths of an Empire by G R Matthews
G R Matthews Seven Deaths of an Empire features the story of a magician, a general, and a Roman Empire like polity on the edge of a precipice after an Emperor's Death.General Bordan has a problem. The...
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Speculative Noir with Valeria Vitale and Djibril Al-Ayad
Today we're joined by Valeria Vitale and Djibril al-Ayad, co-editors of the forthcoming Noir issue from The Future Fire (TFF). For those who aren't familiar, TFF is a quarterly zine focusing on "social...
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6 Books with Jacey Bedford
Jacey Bedford is a British writer of science fiction and historical fantasy. She is published by DAW in the USA. Her Psi-Tech and Rowankind trilogies are out now. Her new book, The Amber Crown, is out...
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Microreview [Book]: A Marvellous Light by Freya Marske
A queer fantasy romance set in a magical version of Edwardian England, where an obscure branch of the civil service liaises with a secret world of magicians.Cover artist: Will StaehleThe novel follows...
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Microreview: The Obsidian Tower by Melissa Caruso
Melissa Caruso’s The Obsidian Tower starts a new series set in her fascinating world, changing the focus from the Serene Empire to the Witch Lords of Vaskandar, introducing a new and interesting...
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Microreview [book]: Beyond the Hallowed Sky by Ken MacLeod
The start of a new series by Ken MacLeod, in a future where aliens, secret FTL travel, and time travel may all shake the future of humanity.Lakshmi Nayak has a problem. She lives as a student in 2067...
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'Spider-Man: No Way Home' is a well-oiled nostalgia machine, and little else
The conclusion of the MCU Spider-Man trilogy delivers five retroactive happy endings at the cost of losing its own threadAs self-congratulatory sequels go, Spider-Man: No Way Home is adequately...
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Nerds of a Feather is a 2021 Hugo Award Winner!
Well, wow.In our fifth year of being finalists, Nerds of a Feather has won the Hugo award for best fanzine at Discon III. We're all about the words here, but words fail to express how honoured and...
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Six Books with Brendan P. Bellecourt
Brendan P Bellecourt is an open pseudonym for epic fantasy author Bradley Beaulieu. As Brendan, he is expanding his writing reach from epic fantasy into historical fantasy. Today he tells us about his...
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Review: The Sinopticon Anthology
Thirteen short stories by Chinese writers, available in English for the first timeThese days it may feel like Chinese science fiction has suddenly exploded onto the scene, but the truth is that Chinese...
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Questing in Shorts, December 2021: Winterval Edition
So, uh, where were we? My notes tell me I managed four half-sentences of reviewing for a November column before getting distracted, and that I haven't tried to review anything else since then, and this...
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Six Books with Sara A Mueller
A consummate seamstress and horsewoman, Sara A Mueller writes speculative fiction. She lives in the Pacific Northwest with her family, numerous recipe books, and a forest of fountain pens. In a...
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In 'Resurrections,' the toxic legacy of 'The Matrix' is the new villain to...
The Matrix Resurrections knows you came for the cool kung fu, but the big reveal of this sequel is that The Matrix was never about the cool kung fuLana Wachowski is very much aware of how dangerous it...
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We hear you, 'Don't Look Up.' We're tired of the end of the world too
Not even this dark comedy about the stress of disaster prevention could match the absurd incompetence of our real world leadersEvery disaster movie starts with a scientist being ignored. It's less...
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Nanoreviews: Monkey Around, A Marvellous Light
Monkey Around by Jadie Jang (Solaris)Monkey Around is the debut from author Jadie Jang (aka Claire Light), an American urban fantasy which puts a ton of thought into "what would a secret group of...
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Some of the Best Books of 2021: A Conversation
Joe: 2021 was one heck of a year and sometimes felt like more of an extension of 2020 than its own distinct year. As someone who pays obsessive attention to the Academy Awards, the Oscar eligibility...
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Microreview [Video Game]: Hades by Supergiant Games
If at first you don’t climb your way out of hell, try, try again. The main gameplay loop of Hades has players accompanying Zagreus in his many attempts to escape the Greek underworld. In this...
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Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together is Recusing from 2022 Hugo Awards
In 2021, Nerds of a Feather. Flock Together won the Hugo Award for Best Fanzine. It was our fifth nomination and first win in the category. However, we will not win our second this year - continuing an...
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Thursday Morning Superhero: New Year's Resolutions
I hope I am not stepping on any Nerds of a Feather toes by posting my own resolutions, but they are multi-faceted and since I only post once a month these days this felt right. 2021 was an...
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'The Wheel of Time' is an interesting exercise in adaptation
TV networks are searching for "the next Game of Thrones," but The Wheel of Time is playing a different gameAfter the colossally successful era of Game of Thrones (and its just as colosally divisive...
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