REVIEW: Powersat by Ben Bova
REVIEW SUMMARY: Sci-fi master Ben Bova delivers a surprisingly topical thriller including modern terrorism, politics and a bit of science fiction. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: [...]
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REVIEW: Jetpack Dreams by Mac Montandon
REVIEW SUMMARY: Jetpack Dreams is a book I really wanted to love, but in the end it just became a collection of interesting anecdotes about the slightly odd people who are [...]
MOVIE REVIEW: City of Ember
REVIEW SUMMARY: Beautiful filmed, strong cast, boring movie. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: The city of Ember is hidden underground in order to allow mankind to survive some kind [...]
REVIEW: Three Days to Never by Tim Powers
REVIEW SUMMARY: Enjoy a romp through time with Tim Powers as he tackles the challenges of time travel head on with a plot involving legendary physicist Albert Einstein. MY [...]
Do Science Fiction Fans Hate Libraries?
OK that might be a little extreme, but hear me out. My friend Megan is a librarian at a major metropolitan library. She recently asked me “why don’t sci-fi and [...]
An Interview with Book View Cafe’s Amy Sterling
When Book View Café (BCV) launched back on November 18th I was most surprised to see this rather large list of published authors who have signed up to be contributors. [...]
REVIEW: Null-A Continuum by John C. Wright
REVIEW SUMMARY: Return to the world created by A.E. van Vogt in a fantastic conclusion to an epic saga. Wright offers this book as the final book in the trilogy and does a [...]
REVIEW: Batman: The Dark Knight Returns by Frank Miller
REVIEW SUMMARY: Outstanding novel that reminded me that some of the best writing in fiction is in the comic form. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: After a long haitus, Bruce Wayne [...]
Is Time Travel Inevitable?
Anybody remember the old 60’s TV show The Time Tunnel? I haven’t seen that many of them, but it was the third series created by the father of television science [...]
Fringe – First Thoughts
I finally got to watch the new show from Lost creator J.J. Abrams (that’s him on the right) on FOX, Fringe. The pilot was about 90 minutes long which I felt was perfect [...]
At the Trailer Park: The Day The Earth Stood Still (Extended)
No doubt you’ve already heard that one of the classic science fiction movies of all time has been remade starring Keanu Reaves. The new movie will release on December [...]
REVIEW: Victory of Eagles by Naomi Novik
REVIEW SUMMARY: The 5th book in a series, this novel keeps up the quality work seen in previous efforts with a darker tale. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: England is threatened [...]
MOVIE REVIEW: The Beast with a Billion Backs
REVIEW SUMMARY: Oh how the mighty have fallen. The second ‘direct to DVD’ feature-length Futurama movie is a major letdown. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: A tear in [...]
REVIEW: Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog
During the TV/movie writers strike a few months back, Joss Whedon (creator of such hits as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly) and his friends decided to do something [...]
Question: Do Endings Matter?
Time for an opinion poll in the form of an open-ended question. Does the ending of a book matter to you? More specifically, how much does the ending make or break the book? [...]
Extreme Lego
In the past the lego-lovers here at SFSignal have shared with you information on exciting Legos such as the Mars Rover model (still excellent), the Indiana Jones collection, [...]
Do you like it hard?
Now that I have your attention (what, isn’t the title sensational enough for ya?) I have a question. Do you prefer your science fiction harder or softer? If [...]
UK Releases UFO Archives
This week the government of the UK began releasing years worth of research officially done into UFOs. The focus of the research was to determine if the reported UFO was a [...]
REVIEW: An Idle King by J.W. Benford
REVIEW SUMMARY: A new author does well in some areas but overall comes up a bit short. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Michael is kidnapped and taken into the future, where he [...]
MOVIEW REVIEW: Iron Man
Last Sunday – to celebrate my son’s birthday – he and I went to see the latest super-hero movie out of Marvel – Iron Man. Surprisingly, I was [...]
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