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Microreview [book]: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Illustrated...
Well worth the small price.I'm kind of mad at JK. Not personally, but I'm a traditionalist in the sense that I really wish she would leave the cannon alone, or at least quit switching media. So, to...
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The 'Nerds of a Feather' Guide to Scary Video Games
Halloween is my favorite time of the year. I like to partake in seasonal activities by watching horror movies, and playing scary video games until I feel like I should be sleeping with the lights on....
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Scary Movies
Just in time for Halloween, we are celebrating the best scary/spooky films out there! Here are some of the films that scared, disturbed or unnerved us in the best possible way...The GLet the Right One...
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Halloweenies!
Ah, fall, when thoughts turn to lists of scary movies on every single blog (including this one!). But, some of us, when scary movies come on, hide behind pillows, run from the room or change the...
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Thursday Morning Superhero: Halloween ComicFest Edition
It is hard to believe that we are only 2 days away from Halloween and the fourth annual Halloween ComicFest! I hope you are as excited as I am for this event that is filled with tricks and treats....
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Microreview [TV / Film ] : Fear Itself
The disturbingly-talented young director Charlie Lyne has followed up his hypnotic and dizzying collage meditation of a film 'Beyond Clueless' with a similar yet even more powerful film. Fear Itself is...
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Microreview [book]: Low Town by Daniel Polansky
Grime, Crime and...MagicLow Town is part of a new breed of fantasy: small-scale and urban in focus, and taking cues as much from crime fiction (and films) as in-genre classics. Some have used the term...
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Microreview [book]: Tawny Petticoats by Michael Swanwick (Rogues #5)
Fourth installment in the Rogues anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner DozoisWell, with Tawny Petticoats, we now have 3 out of 5 stories in Rogues featuring female prostitution. But here,...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
The big news that I read today, was this great interview with Cullen Bunn by Multiversity Comics. For whatever reason, I have been reflecting on the Sixth Gun recently, and I have mixed emotions...
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STRANGER THAN FICTION: Unbroken, by Laura Hillenbrand
Hillenbrand, Laura. Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. Random House: 2010.Here’s a typical-sounding tagline for a novel (make sure to read it in Movie Trailer...
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Microre-review [book]: Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie
Another Perspective on One EskReading the title of this post, you may be asking yourself a few questions. Isn't a little late to review Ancillary Justice? Didn't The G already review Ancillary Justice...
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THE MONTHLY ROUND - A Taster's Guide to Speculative Short Fiction, 10/2015
Welcome, weary traveler of the SFF highways. Belly up to the bar and let your faithful storytender pour you something to take the edge off. The summer has certainly given up the ghost and we're in the...
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MEGABLOGTABLE: Deryni Rising by Katherine Kurtz (1970)
Back in June I was struck by the sudden urge to re-read Katherine Kurtz's Deryni series. This had been one of my favorite fantasy series in my early teenage years (before I discovered edgy literary...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
Today we bring you a jumbo-sized edition of Thursday Morning Superhero. There were more titles I wanted to read, but hit my limit in the eight I present below. Truly a great week of comics with many...
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STF: Finding Serenity
It's often hard to cope when a life is cut tragically short. Of course, none of us want it to happen at any point, but after a long run, we can often nod once youth and beauty have faded, look at a...
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6 Books with Fantasy Author Karina Sumner-Smith
Karina Sumner-Smith is the author of the (excellent!) Towers trilogy, all three of which have been reviewed here (and here) at Nerds of a Feather. The combination of dystopian post-apocalyptic elements...
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Microreview [TV]: Ash vs. Evil Dead
Hail to the king, baby.Since Army of Darkness was released twenty-three years ago, fans have been clamoring for Evil Dead IV. But did we *really* want that? Remember the sequels to The Matrix? Remember...
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CYBERPUNK REVISITED: Void & Meddler, Episode 1
Bathed and Confused in the Neon RainThough our Cyberpunk Revisited series is largely finished, this new release necessitated its revival. After all, it's a: (1) cyberpunk-themed; (2) point-and-click...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
This week we are gifted a wonderful new superhero from Mark Millar. Apparantly Millar was traumatized by the actions of Super Man, and inspired to create a superhero that wouldn't frighten people,...
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Microreview [Novelette]: The Case of the Little Bloody Slipper by Carlie St....
Fairy Tale Noir. If it wasn't a thing before, it is now.The world is full of fairy tale retellings. There is a certain nostalgia at seeing characters popularized by the Grimms and later sugarcoated by...
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