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Thursday Morning Superhero
It is a joyous week as it marks the impending return of Bruce Wayne to the cowl. Scott Snyder's recent arc, featuring the brilliant Mr. Bloom, has restored my faith in Gotham and is only missing one...
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Retrospective: David Bowie and the triumph of the alternative
Either too much or too little has been written about the musician, actor and visionary who died just over ten days ago. Depending on your opinion of course, the end to David Bowie's life has brought a...
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6 Books with Science Fiction Author Charlie Jane Anders
Charlie Jane Anders is the editor in chief of io9.com and the organizer of the Writers With Drinks reading series. Her stories have appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, The Magazine of Fantasy &...
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2016 Hugo Award Longlist, Part 1: Fiction Categories
For the past couple years I've posted a draft Hugo ballot (2014, 2015). Last year's slate voting controversy, however, made me rethink that practice. True, this blog has limited influence within...
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2016 Hugo Award Longlist, Part 2: Visual Work Categories
Welcome to our continuing presentation of the Nerds of a Feather 2016 Hugo Award Longlist (see part 1 here). Today will look at Graphic Story and the two Dramatic Presentation categories. As before,...
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2016 Hugo Award Longlist, Part 3: Individual Catagories
Welcome to the third part of our presentation of the Nerds of a Feather 2016 Hugo Award Longlist (see parts 1& 2). Today we take a look at the categories recognizing individuals for their body of...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
This week we have a jumbo sized version of Thursday Morning Superhero, but before jumping into this week's recap, I want to urge everyone to go visit the Skelton Crew Studio's website. As the proud...
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2016 Hugo Longlist, Part 4: Nonfiction and Institutional Categories
Welcome to the fourth and final installment of the Nerds of a Feather, Flock Together 2016 Hugo Awards Longlist! (Parts 1, 2 and 3.)This time we are looking at what are, for lack of a better term, the...
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6 Books with Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Lois McMaster Bujold
Lois McMaster Bujold is the author of nearly thirty novels and story collections. She has received the Hugo Award for Best Novel four times (tying Robert A. Heinlein for the most ever), twice won the...
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Microreview [book] : Europe At Midnight by Dave Hutchinson
A complex, intelligent follow-up to Europe In AutumnBuy it here or via publisher Solaris booksEurope In Autumn (review here) was a favourite of mine a couple of years ago. It managed that trick of...
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Microreview [book]: The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin
Jemisin has set a new standard for what an epic fantasy novel can and should look like.In a much more standard fantasy novel you have a hero or a group of heroes on a quest to defeat some sort of a big...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
There are some pretty cool things happening over on Kickstarter from IDW Games. I admit I was a bit skeptical about IDW moving into the tabletop sphere, but so far the kind folks at IDW Games have...
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Microreview [book]: The Apex Book of World SF, Volume 4 ed. by Mahvesh Murad
Set a course for great science fiction. Destination? EARTH!The Meat:Growing up as a white boy in the suburban American Midwest, the world often seemed like the spinning globe at the beginning of...
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Microreview [film]: Ponyo by Miyazaki Hayao
Innocent child's tale, or meditation on the afterlife?Miyazaki Hayao is the Lord of Animation, one who has had as wide a cultural impact as Walt Disney himself. His movies feature strong male and...
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Rampant Star Wars Speculation
Several weeks ago The G and I gathered our collective thoughts about Star Wars: The Force Awakens in our not quite a review, and as long as that article was, it wasn't the end of the conversation. It...
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Microreview [book]: Ruin, by John Gwynne
A healthy dose of grimdark—but how dark is too dark?Gwynne, John. Ruin. Orbit, 2015.Everybody knows that Empire Strikes Back is the best of the original Star Wars trilogy—and that’s because, among...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
"Amanda Hugginkiss" by Tim DoyleI don't plan on turning this opening paragraph into my Kickstarter spotlight of the week, but a brilliant artist from my town, Tim Doyle, has launched a stunning book...
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Hail, Caesar: A Love Letter to a Love Letter to Old Hollywood
I love old Hollywood.I love it for the movies, of course, but also the bigger-than-life personalities, the amazing contradictions it contained, the fact that it was essentially a stage magician...
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THE MONTHLY ROUND - A Taster's Guide to Speculative Short Fiction, 01/2016
Well I've made it. 2016. Which means your faithful storytender has been pouring out smooth story recommendations for over a full year now. And you know what? I don't think I'm in any risk of getting...
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NERD MUSIC: Interview with Makeup & Vanity Set's Matthew Pusti
Today NERD MUSIC is thrilled to present an interview with synthwave artist extraordinaire Matthew Pusti, aka Makeup & Vanity Set! If you missed my profile of Makeup &Vanity Set, trust me--this...
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