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6 Books with Lara Elena Donnelly
Photo Credit: Ruby KatigbakLara Elena Donnelly is the author of the vintage-glam spy thriller Amberlough and it’s forthcoming sequels Armistice and Amnesty (Tor). Lara’s other work has appeared in...
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Westworld Wednesday: Splendor, Natural or Otherwise
Welcome back to Westworld Wednesday, a series of essays/ramblings about the themes & philosophies of Westworld. NOTE: while we deal more with themes here, rather than plot, the emphasis is not on...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
It might just be me, but it feels like 2018 is really flying by and I am getting closer and closer to sharing San Diego Comic Con with my son. My son, who will be nearly 11, will join me this year and...
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Microreview [movie]: Dirty Computer (e)Motion Picture
"I am not the American Nightmare/ I am the American dream"If you’re like me, when the video for Janelle Monae’s “Make Me Feel” dropped earlier this year, you immediately watched it ten (or who knows,...
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Nanoreviews: Discount Armageddon, The Mongrel Mage, The Red Threads of Fortune
McGuire, Seanan. Discount Armageddon [DAW, 2012]Discount Armageddon is the first novel of the Incryptids series, which this year is a Hugo Award finalist for Best Series. This is another series I have...
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Born to the Blade: Episodes 1 & 2
I really should have gotten on this serialized fiction bandwagon earlier**. Sure, Charles Dickens was doing it back in the 1800's (pay by the word and leave readers waiting for the newspaper delivery...
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Fireside Chat: Amanda Rose Smith of Serial Box
One of our contributors, Shana, is also the social media manager for Serial Box, a company that creates and distributes serialized audio fiction. Think audiobooks with extra bells and whistles. Shana...
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Westworld Wednesday: Gods & Monsters
Welcome back to Westworld Wednesday, a series of essays/ramblings about the themes & philosophies of Westworld. NOTE: while we deal more with themes here, rather than plot, the emphasis is not on...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
ComiXology has a big announcement planned for June 1 and it is likely related to a new original comic or comics. It has been dubbed as epic and includes some prominent artists and authors. I am very...
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This Is Not a Review of Deadpool 2
This is not a review of Deadpool 2. Let's call it a rant.*Spoilers*--after reading Caspar Salmon This is not a review. Within the first few minutes of Deadpool 2, Vanessa played by the wonderful Morena...
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Microreview [book]: Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff
Despite its flaws, this is still a satisfying close to an unusual and exciting trilogy.She’s a sharp, plucky, well-connected prodigy. He’s a hot, edgy outsider with a heart of gold. Together, they have...
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Review: Solo: A Star Wars Story
Smugglers! Villains! Moral ambiguity! Colons!Han Solo. Smuggler. Scoundrel. Hero. Rogue. You know him; odds are you love him. If you don't, you... probably have never watched Star Wars. Harrison Ford's...
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Reading the Hugos: Novel
Welcome to the first article in our Reading the Hugos series, 2018 Edition! Hugo Awards season is one of my favorite times of the literary year, though it does ultimately run almost as long as the...
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Westworld Wednesday: The Things we Carry
Welcome back to Westworld Wednesday, a series of essays/ramblings about the themes & philosophies of Westworld. NOTE: while we deal more with themes here, rather than plot, the emphasis is not on...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
As we race towards summer some of my fellow Nerds of a Feather crew are going to share their summer reading lists with everyone. Unfortunately I have been too busy to write a detailed post, but here...
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New Books Spotlight
Welcome to another edition of the New Books Spotlight, where each month or so we curate a selection of 6 forthcoming books we find notable, interesting, and intriguing. It gives us the opportunity to...
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Summer Reading List 2018: Joe
There are many things in this life which I really, really like. Two of them are reading books and making lists. A third would be making lists about reading books. Strangely, I'm not sure if I want to...
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Summer Reading List 2018: Adri
As has already been pointed out, summer as an adult not in education is generally not the glorious stretch of uninterrupted reading time it might once have been. In fact, this year, I’m expecting to...
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Microreview [book]: Fire Dance, by Ilana C Myer
Fire Dance stands nicely alone as a way for readers to introduce themselves to the author's immersive workIn 2015, attracted by it’s cover and premise, I became interested in the work of then debut...
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Born to the Blade: Episodes 3 & 4
Welcome to the second part of coverage of Born to the Blade, the newest epic fantasy serial from Serial Box and created by Michael R. Underwood. After my look at the first two episodes (see here), I...
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