Book Review: The Infinite Miles
Meeting your idol can turn out better than expected I wonder if the urge to write time travel fiction somehow proceeded from the very act of remembering. Human languages have tenses for the past...
View ArticleTV Review: House of the Dragon Season 2
Is this season slow? Yes. But honestly, how many dragon dances, child murders, and to-the-death twin fights can we have in a season before drama loses all meaning?As a lifelong fantasy disliker, I've...
View ArticleBook Review: Road to Ruin by Hana Lee
A wild ride science fantasy of magic, motorcycles, and the extremely complicated hearts and maps of human relationships.It’s a love story between a prince, a princess, and the person delivering the...
View ArticleInterview with David Flin
Today on Nerds of Feather, Paul Weimer interviews David FlinHello, David. Why don’t we begin with you telling me, from your point of view, the 30,000 foot introduction to David Flin?There’s a saying...
View ArticleReview: The Cautious Traveller's Guide to the Wastelands, by Sarah Brooks
An eerie exploration of the dangers of mimicry and control, on the Trans-Siberian ExpressCover design by Steven Marking, illustration by Rohan EasonI was at Worldcon this last weekend, and one of the...
View ArticleThe October Daye ReRead: The Brightest Fell
Welcome back, dear readers. Today we’re going to revisit the eleventh novel in Seanan McGuire’s October Daye series: The Brightest Fell. We continue to push towards catching up with publication, which...
View ArticleNerds of a Feather is a 2024 Hugo Award Winner!
Team NoaF on stage! Photo by Aidan JoyWe are overjoyed to accept the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Fanzine! Thank you so much to everyone who read and voted in the category—and to all of the other...
View ArticleInterview with John Wiswell
The Locus and Nebula winner spoke with Nerds of a Feather about his writing process, the varieties of horror, and why some monsters just want to be friendsArturo Serrano: You seem to have created a...
View ArticleReview: The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon
A fantastical future world of giant robots, broken AIs, and brutal societiesSunai has a problem. A lot of problems, given his true nature and role in life. And his possible relationship with an expert...
View ArticleTV Review: Scavengers Reign
Hopefully the move from Max to Netflix will help this fantastic series find a broader audienceScavengers Reign is an animated sci-fi series (very much) for adults that sets up a great premise, then...
View ArticleBook Review: A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
A familiar, soothing balm for the soul (if the soul doesn't mind the odd bit of murder thrown in for good measure).In every story I have read by T. Kingfisher, there is a character of a certain......
View ArticleAlien: Romulus is OK, and that's not OK
After the... ahem, headscratchable choices in the Alien prequels, a course correction was supposed to do more than rehash the exact same original formulaUnwary team visits inadvisable place....
View ArticleBook Review: Jack Glass, by Adam Roberts
A structurally clever tripartite trio of space mysteries, whose culprit is known from the start without giving anything awayCover design & illustration by Blacksheep Design Adam Roberts has been on...
View ArticleBook Review: Point of Hopes by Lisa A. Barnett and Melissa Scott
The first in a series of city state fantasy novels set in a fascinating and diverse world, re-released after two decades.Back in 2018, I coined the phrase “City-State Fantasy” in a review at Reactor in...
View ArticleA City on Mars, by Kelly and Zach Weinersmith
The most charming, entertaining cold blanket to ever rain death on my joyful dream of space-settlementCover design by Stephanie Ross; Cover art by Zach WeinersmithBefore Kelly and Zach Weinersmith...
View ArticleCool Books I Read While I Was Too Overwhelmed To Review
You want reviews? I've got reviews! Small ones!Back in February, I rounded up some recent-ish books that I received review copies of, and read, but couldn't find the time or headspace to review at the...
View ArticleFilm review: Kalki 2898 AD
A clash of past against future, tyrants against gods, ambition against destinyThe latest blockbuster to come from epic Indian cinema, Kalki 2989 AD is India's most expensive film so far. Set in a far...
View ArticleMicroreview: Strange Darling
A wild ride of a thriller that will subvert every expectation you think you have — go in without knowing much. (Spoiler-free review)What would happen if you crossed a Tarantino film with a Coen...
View ArticleReview: House of Open Wounds by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Tyrant Philosophers series continues in a new settingWar? What is it good for? For the Palleseen, it's absolutely everything. Converting the world to their materialistic and rationalistic...
View ArticleThe Wheel of Time Reread: Knife of Dreams
Welcome back, dear readers, to The Wheel of Time Reread. Today we’re going to talk about Knife of Dreams, the eleventh book in the series. This is the last novel Robert Jordan wrote before he passed...
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