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: [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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? [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]