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H.P. Lovecraft and the Other
With October a traditionally – horror themed month capped with Halloween, it seemed appropriate to follow up Bram Stoker and Dracula with another notable horror author: [...]
BOOK REVIEW: Blackbirds by Chuck Wendig
REVIEW SUMMARY: A dark, gripping character novel. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Miriam Black knows how and when you’re going to die, just by a simple touch. When she meets [...]
Revisiting Bram Stoker’s Dracula
It’s October, and taking off from the end of September, we’ve shifted gears from Science Fiction to Horror Fiction on the Kirkus Reviews blog, where I continue [...]
Review: Elementary (Pilot)
MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A former surgeon, Dr. Joan Watson (Lucy Liu) is hired to work as a sober companion for a police consultant, Sherlock Holmes (Johnny Lee Miller) [...]
TV REVIEW: Last Resort (Pilot)
MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: When a nuclear submarine is ordered to fire on Pakistan, the crew requests confirmation, only to be attacked by another submarine. On the run, the [...]
A Brief History of the Vampire Novel
With Fall approaching and the days getting shorter, it’s time to get into the mood of the season… This week on the Kirkus Reviews Blog, I take a look at the [...]
REVIEW: Revolution (“Pilot”)
MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A mysterious event knocks out the planet’s technology: no more cars, electricity or conventional society. Fifteen years after the blackout, a [...]
Exploring Lost Worlds: Arthur Conan Doyle’s Professor Challenger
My latest post for the Kirkus Reviews blog is now online! While he’s most famous for his Sherlock Holmes stories, Arthur Conan Doyle was a prolific author who also [...]
Rounding Out the Science Romances
Over on the Kirkus Reviews Blog, we take a look back over the last couple of months to review some of the foundational stories in science fiction: the Science Romances! Hop [...]
Hugo Gernsback – The Father of Science Fiction?
With Chicon-7 coming next month, I wanted to take a look at the man behind the main event: the Hugo Award ceremony. Over on the Kirkus Reviews blog, I’ve got a brief [...]
REVIEW: Spin the Sky: An Orbital Odyssey by Katy Stauber
REVIEW SUMMARY: A somewhat entertaining, but incoherent novel. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Fifteen years after the Spacer War, Cesar Vaquero returns to his home station of [...]
Adapting Philip K. Dick
Next month, Columbia Pictures will be releasing a remake of 1990’s Total Recall, originally adapted from a story by Philip K. Dick, and author who is incredibly popular [...]
Olaf Stapledon: Looking Far, Far into the Future
My latest column for the Kirkus Reviews blog is now online! This time, I look at English author Olaf Stapledon and his legacy in the genre. Stapledon was an interesting [...]
Jules Verne’s Moonshot
My latest post for Kirkus Reviews is now up online, where I talk about Jules Verne’s short novel From the Earth to the Moon! July 20th is the anniversary of the landing [...]
REVIEW: Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky
REVIEW SUMMARY: A fantastic, character-driven story of alien contact. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Years after Earth is visited by an alien presence, individuals known as [...]
H.G. Wells’ War of the Worlds
This week in the SF History series on the Kirkus Reviews blog, I look at the history behind H.G.’s fantastic novel, The War of the Worlds, and the political tone in [...]
Jules Verne Totally Wrote Fan Fiction
This week in the SF History series on the Kirkus Reviews blog, I look at the connection between American author Edgar Allan Poe and French author Jules Verne, and a common [...]
REVIEW: 2312 by Kim Stanley Robinson
REVIEW SUMMARY: A deliberate, engrossing read. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: In the year 2312, humanity has risen to the furthest extents of the solar system in a new, [...]
Mary Shelley’s Trip to Geneva
Today marks the first of an ongoing series on the Kirkus Reviews blog that will focus on the history and roots of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror literature! To kick off [...]
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