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Microreview [film]: Edge of Tomorrow
An edge-of-your-seat, laugh-out-loud, knock-your-socks-off scifomance! First things first: in real life, Tom Cruise may be mad as a haberdasher, but on screen he still has the magic. So even if you...
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Microreview [book]: Reached, by Ally Condie
A mildly interesting dystomance Condie, Ally. Reached. Speak, 2013.Buy it here.Ever noticed how easy it is to talk about really great—or really bad—books/movies/etc., but how difficult it is to...
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Microreview [book]: Zero Echo Shadow Prime by Peter Samet
Intricately plotted and imagined story of one girl, split into four partsZero Echo Shadow Prime is the kind of book you hope for when you take a chance on something from a self-published writer. Peter...
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Microreview [book] : The Lost by Sarah Beth Durst
Gently disturbing fantasy drama in the American desertI spent the first hundred pages of this novel by Sarah Beth Durst wrestling with the anticipation that the story would lurch into overfamiliar...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
It is hard to believe that San Diego Comic Con is a mere two weeks away. New panels are announced multiple times a day and I find myself dizzy trying to keep up with the news. My convention plans...
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WE RANK 'EM: The 6 Worst Baen Books Covers of All-Time
Baen Books has long been an influential player in SF/F circles. Now, of course, the imprint is best known for cornering the market on politically-conservative SF and fantasy--though perhaps too strong...
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Microreview [book]: Science Fair Season by Judy Dutton
An Unexpectedly Emotional Peek Behind the PosterboardDutton, Judy. Science Fair Season [Hyperion, 2011]This book was on my Summer Reading List I posted a few weeks back, and I think was actually the...
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AiIP: Five Indie Books to Read This Summer
Since I started writing-or, rather, publishing- I have met lots of cool people, and made some great and lasting friendships. It's also been a journey of self-discovery, and one of the things I have...
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Desert Fox by Shenandoah Games for iOS
New Wrinkles to a Winning Formula I missed out on the 1970s/1980s heyday of board wargaming, but I was big into the 1990s video game translations--Panzer General II being my personal favorite. Sadly,...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
In less than a week I will be enjoying sunny San Diego and rubbing elbows with over 100,000 of my closest friends. As I prepare for my upcoming journey, I present to you good folk my top panel from...
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Microreview [book]: The Shadowed Sun by N.K. Jemisin
Even better than The Killing Moon!N.K. Jemisin, The Shadowed Sun[Orbit, 2012]Readers of this blog know how much I enjoyed The Killing Moon, the first book of N.K. Jemisin's The Dreamblood Duology. It...
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Microreview [book]: When Gravity Fails by George Alec Effinger
Charming Sleaze and Cybernetics in a Middle Eastern SettingI grew up in the 80s and 90s, so it's no surprise that my vision of what science fiction is and can do is shaped, in part, by what dominated...
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Microreviw [Comic] Seconds: by Bryan Lee O'Malley
O'Malley, Bryan Lee. Seconds [Oni Press, 2014]This past week we have been given the gift of Seconds from Bryan Lee O'Malley. O'Malley is the creator behind the beloved Scott Pilgrim vs. The World and...
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Microreview [book]: Touchstone, by Melanie Rawn
A rather boring bromance teetering on the edge of yaoi/BLRawn, Melanie. Touchstone. Tor, 2012.Note: see that dragon on the cover? Total misdirection--it's a 'stage' dragon, not a real one. Thanks for...
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Thursday Morning Superhero: SDCC Beer Edition
Welcome to a special edition of Thursday Morning Superhero. With all of the chaos that is San Diego Comic Con, I wanted to post something more than a weekly round-up of comics (Trees #3 is excellent...
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Valiant Hearts - The Great War
Valiant Hearts - The Great War [Ubisoft Montpellier, Ubisoft, 2014]Valiant Hearts - The Great GameThis game was a truly unique experience. At what is usually a down time for games as developers and...
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Microreview [film]: The Visitor
Every horror/sci-fi movie of the 70s in a convenient, 100-minute package.Drafthouse Films is a helluva thing. I lived in Austin when the Alamo Drafthouse was just the coolest theater in town. Since...
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Microreview [Comic] The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song
Young, Frank M. and David Lasky. The Carter Family: Don't Forget This Song [Abrams ComicArt, 2012]Sometimes, I think they make books for me. Frank M. Young and David Lasky, for example, decided I...
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INFOGRAPHIC: the Diversity Gap in SF/F Films
We all knew this was a problem, but the good folks at Lee & Low Books have visualized it for us. And making matters worse, of the 8/100 films with a non-white protagonist, 6 featured Will Smith.
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Thursday Morning Superhero: Good, Bad, and Ugly of San Diego Comic Con
I have ventured on a 1,000 mile road trip at the conclusion of San Diego Comic Con and have not been able to read a book this week. In lieu of my usual weekly comics round-up, I present the good, bad,...
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