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A Taste of WisCon
Image blatantly stolen from their website (sorry...)Memorial Day weekend in Wisconsin can often mean many things. Most years, it means a return of spring, of the snow (hopefully) being gone after about...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
It is hard to believe that we are five weeks away from San Diego Comic Con. I had a small bump in the road in regards to my trip, but the kindly folk at Southwest were able to change my flight as I am...
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THE MONTHLY ROUND - A Taster's Guide to Speculative Short Fiction, 05/2015
Welcome back, intrepid travelers of the speculative highways and intergalactic avenues. Rest a spell and have a seat at the bar and let this storytender pour you something to take the edge off. Not...
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BLOGTABLE V: Cyberpunks on the State of Science Fiction, Then and Now (Part 1)
Welcome to a special edition of Blogtable! Normally, a prompt is issued by a regular contributor to nerds of a feather, flock together, which is then answered by three guest bloggers in turn. However,...
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BLOGTABLE V: Cyberpunks on the State of Science Fiction, Then and Now (Part 2)
This is Part 2 of the epic Blogtable: "Cyberpunks on the State of Science Fiction, Then and Now." For those who are just jumping on, please read Part 1 first--it includes an introduction, bios of our...
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Microreview [book]: Dark Intelligence by Neal Asher
Darkly EntertainingI'm no stranger to long running book series, even if the longest I've read is most of the Malazan Book of the Fallen series. However, I don't think I've ever come into a book series...
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Thursday Morning Superhero: SDCC Edition
It is hard to believe that my annual excursion to San Diego is a mere four weeks away. One of the biggest draws to SDCC is the exclusives. I try to pay it forward in terms of exclusives for family...
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Final Words on #Hugowank
I’ve written and tossed two versions of this already—including one that extensively deconstructed the various puppy claims. But other people have already done this, and I doubt one more would do...
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Microreview [book]: The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero & Tom Bissell
Rises above this reviewer's ambivalence about the movie it chroniclesThere is, apparently, a cottage industry of people affiliated with godawful-terrible movies telling the story of their experience...
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Microreview [film]: Jupiter Ascending, written and directed by the Wachowskis
It Sucks Less than Speed Racer!Jupiter Ascending. Directed by Andy and Lana Wachowski. Warner Bros.: 2015.On the other hand, Speed Racer really sucked hard. I'll just apologize in advance to its seven...
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Thursday Morning Superhero: SDCC Shoe Edition
If my friend Jeff has taught me anything, the shoe game at San Diego Comic Con is a strong one. Last year's highlights including Marty McFly cosplayers wearing the rare Nike Mags, and Shoebaccas giant...
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Summer Reading List: Tia
Below is my (overambitious) summer reading (wish) list. I must admit, it makes me look like a really bad fantasy reader, but thats because my fantasy reading mission in life is to absorb as many of the...
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Mortal Kombat X - Mobile Edition
[Moral Kombat X (mobile), NetherRealm Studios, Warner Bros. Entertainment, 2015]The Violentest Game Ever Comes to Your Apple and Android DeviceThat's right, the title that brought us the E for...
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Summer Reading List - English Scribbler
Summertiiii-ime, and the reading is easy. 6 months into the year and some of the year's must-reads become clear, and the days stretch out like one long balmy, hazy, sunny afternoon in the meadow... Oh...
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Microreview : Humans [TV]
The singularity draws near in a new sci-fi tale, adapted from the Swedish original. A familiar near-future of robotic servants is explored with all the moral and ethical conundrums involved, whilst...
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Assessing the Hugo Reform Proposals
There are currently three proposals for Hugo reform that will be discussed at the Sasquan business meeting. None are in the ballpark of the comprehensive reforms I've suggested, but are at least...
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Thursday Morning Superhero: SDCC Off-Site Events
My hands are shaking a bit as I type this because San Diego Comic Con is only two weeks away! In two, short weeks I am going to be attending panels, battling the masses for swag, and attempting to...
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Microreview [book]: Echopraxia by Peter Watts
The Predator and the PreyEchopraxia sounds like it's the start of a bad sci-fi TV series. What happens when you put hibernating monotheistic monks, an acolyte, a pilot, a military officer, a biologist,...
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Microreview [book]: Tide of Shadows and Other Stories by Aidan Moher
Sometimes the journey is more important than the stories. Short story collections are interesting to me, because unlike novels and even unlike most short fiction publications, the organization of the...
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Microreview [book]: Time Salvager by Wesley Chu
The year is 2511, and James Griffin-Mars is a chronman, one of the elite few who are charged with traveling into the world’s past to recon resources. You see, during the late 21st century, humans on...
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