X-Men: Days of Future Past – film review
X-Men: Days of Future Past is the latest installment in Marvel’s X-men franchise. It suffered from too-many-characters-itis like the previous movies, but was…
Tag: science fiction
A Cosmic Christmas 2 You edited by Hank Davis – book review
A Cosmic Christmas 2 You is the second in the Cosmic Christmas anthology series edited by Hank Davis, containing thirteen more stories which…
Monster Hunter Legion by Larry Correia – book review
After saving the world at least three times now, the crew at Monster Hunter International is back in Monster Hunter Legion, the fourth…
A Cosmic Christmas edited by Hank Davis – book review
It’s not often that science fiction, fantasy, horror, and Christmas all combine. Baen Books editor and author Hank Davis collected an amazing set…
Catching Fire – film review
Some people weren’t fans of the first adaption of The Hunger Games, but I rather liked it. Going into the second movie, Catching…
Monster Hunter Alpha by Larry Correia – book review
In a departure from the first two books in Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter series, Monster Hunter Alpha is told from the perspective of…
Godzilla (2014) – film review
When I heard there was going to be a new Godzilla movie, I thought, “Oh no.” My friend dragged me to see it…
Paranoia – film review
Paranoia is a slightly-around-the-corner scifi thriller where competing telecoms vie for control over the market and over the lives of their customers. Starring…
Monster Hunter Vendetta by Larry Correia – book review
Owen Zastava Pitt, protagonist in Monster Hunter International, finds out he’s had an inter-dimensional hit put out on him after being blamed for…
Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia – book review
I first read Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia a few years ago, and I thoroughly enjoyed it then. There are now five…
The Dark Between the Stars by Kevin J. Anderson – book review
The Dark Between the Stars is the first book in a new trilogy based on the epic science fiction Saga of Seven Suns…
World War Z – film review
I don’t normally like zombie movies. I find the slow, shuffling monsters very silly. Then they eat somebody’s face, and the victim screams.…
How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman – short fiction review
How to Talk to Girls at Parties by Neil Gaiman was originally included in the Fragile Things anthology, but was released as a…
The Tomorrow People – television series review
Remember The Tomorrow People? It was a show that ran in the 70s with a bigger budget than Doctor Who, or at the…
Mistress Masham’s Repose by T.H. White – book review
Maria, a plucky ten-year-old orphan, is the sole heir to a sprawling, run-down English estate known as Malplaquet (a satirical version of the…
Galilei Donna – anime television series review
Imagine a future where energy is scarce and in the hands of a mega corporation. Imagine pirates fly elaborate fish-like ships that defy…
The Art of the Disney Golden Books by Charles Solomon – art book review
I really love art books, whether they are about the work of a specific artist or the works of many who worked on…
Star-Crossed – television series review
Star-crossed usually refers to lovers whose love is doomed to failure by events out of their control. It has origins in Shakespeare and…
Shadows Beneath – The Writing Excuses Anthology by Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler – anthology review
Shadows Beneath – The Writing Excuses Anthology contains stories written by the Writing Excuses podcast hosts: Mary Robinette Kowal, Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler,…
The Incredible Hulk (2008) – film review
The 2008 The Incredible Hulk film, the second work in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, was supposed to continue the amazing example set by…
Guardians of the Galaxy – film review
From the trailers, I had not expected much of Guardians of the Galaxy: a fun, brainless summer “popcorn” flick. I should have known…