Microreview [music video]: Deutschland by Rammstein
(Content warning: Discussion of possibly disturbing visual material, violence, sex and the Holocaust.)With new material from the German industrial metal/rock/NDH band Rammstein in nearly a decade,...
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Now that I have finished my re-read of N0S4A2, I am looking forward to watching the series on A&E. I watched the first episode the other day and was surprised at how different it was from the...
View ArticleMicroreview [book]: The Queen of Crows, by Myke Cole
Queen of Crows is an entirely successful sequel to The Armored Saint which develops both the world and compelling central character at the heart of Cole’s dark medieval mecha universe.---In Myke Cole’s...
View ArticleSecond Opinion: The Quantum Magician by Derek Kunsken
Derek Künsken’s The Quantum Magician is a highly entertaining far future heist novel with excellent worldbuilding and character voices that make for an entertaining read.It’s the 25th century and...
View ArticleMicroreview [book]: The Heart of the Circle by Keren Landsman, translated by...
Emotionally driven queer romance set against a backdrop of magically-driven political unrest in alternate Tel AvivCover design by Francesca CorsiniThe Heart of the Circle, by Keren Landsman, was...
View ArticleThe Dragon Prince Re-Read
One of the most formative reading experiences I had as a teenager was my discovery and devouring of Melanie Rawn's Dragon Prince. I had favorite novels before Dragon Prince and I certainly have had...
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Kids are starting to go back to school and my first assignment is to read The Boyz. I learned that the first four volumes are on ComiXology Unlimited and are also currently on sale on ComiXology for...
View Article6 Books with Alexandra Rowland
Alexandra Rowland is the author of A CONSPIRACY OF TRUTHS (2018) and A CHOIR OF LIES (forthcoming, September 2019) and, occasionally, a bespoke seamstress under the stern supervision of their feline...
View ArticleMicroreview [video game]: RAGE 2 by Avalanche Studios and id Software...
No One Asked For This I’m terribly disappointed in RAGE 2 so before I go on and on about why I think it sucks, here’s what I liked, in bullet point form:Enemy heads have a huge hitbox and pop in a...
View ArticleMicroreview [book]: Infinite Detail by Tim Maughan
Gibson would be proudWhat if all the digital technology that we increasingly rely on just...shut down? What if suddenly there was no Facebook, Google or Spotify? No working cellular towers, automated...
View Article6 books with Keren Landsman
Keren Landsman is a mother, a writer, a medical doctor who specializes in Epidemiology and Public health, and a blogger. She is one of the founders of Mida’at, an NGO dedicated to promoting public...
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The big nerd controversy this week is the tangled web that still exists between Sony and Disney and Spider-Man. It appears that Disney has pulled Kevin Feige from the next film as Disney doesn't...
View Article6 Books with Rhett J. Evans
Rhett Evans is a proud millennial, former journalist and U.S. Army infantry officer. He now works in the tech industry but divides his time shoveling dirt and taking care of animals at a half acre...
View ArticleBlogtable: Best of the Year So Far
Joe: We’re a little more than seven months into what is shaping up to be an absolute stellar year for science fiction and fantasy fiction and I wanted to check in with the two of you to see what you’ve...
View ArticleNanoreviews: Song of Blood and Stone, Song of the Abyss, Nocturna
Penelope, L. Song of Blood and Stone [St Martin's Griffin]I think this is a reading first for me: the version of the first book in the Earthsinger Chronicles I read is billed as an "expanded edition",...
View ArticleAdri and Joe Talk About the 2019 Hugo Awards
The winners of the 2019 Hugo Awards were announced and we would like to offer a hearty congratulations to all of the winners. We've listed them at the bottom of this page and for those who don't quite...
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With the new Star Wars footage coming out of D23, I was excited to start prepping for the Rise of Skywalker by reading some good old Star Wars comics. While the buzz surrounding Rey and the lightsaber...
View ArticleNew Books Spotlight
Welcome to another edition of the New Books Spotlight, where each month or so we curate a selection of 6 new and forthcoming books we find notable, interesting, and intriguing. It gives us the...
View ArticleMicroreview [video game]: Wolfenstein: Youngblood by Machine Games and Arkane...
AnemicLet’s make a recipe to describe Wolfenstein: Youngblood: Take Wolfenstein: The New ColossusChop it in half Move it along from the 1970’s to the 1980’s Triple the collectibles Give it to the...
View ArticleQuesting in Shorts: August 2019
The eagle eyed among you will note that this August edition of Questing in Shorts is, in fact, coming out of September, and with a jam-packed September on the cards, its going to have to serve the...
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