A Few I Couldn’t Finish…
“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”- Oscar WildeIrish dramatist, novelist, & poet (1854 – 1900) After discussing [...]
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A Dilemma: Books I Can’t Finish Reading
I have a dilemma and I’d like your help. I have amassed a few of books I can’t finish because I don’t want to spend any more time reading them. Do you want [...]
REVIEW: Pirate Freedom by Gene Wolfe
REVIEW SUMMARY: Time-traveling pirates – what is not to love? OK, there isn’t really any science fiction in this story, but it is a fun book non the less. MY [...]
REVIEW: Matter by Iain Banks
REVIEW SUMMARY: Banks has written another very good book set in his Culture universe. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: See JP’s excellent review for a synopsis. MY REVIEW: [...]
Author Predicts Future!
Many times throughout my life I have heard fans of science fiction promote the genre by stating how many times its authors have predicted the future. Look at the works of [...]
Obsolete Skills: SFSignal edition
Recently the blogosphere has been abuzz with listings of obsolete skills. It was started by Robert Scoble and was focused initially on skills obsoleted by technological [...]
VIEWPOINT: What makes sci-fi work?
What makes science fiction cross over into the mainstream? I have found myself thinking about that a lot recently because I recognize that there are many people (of whom [...]
Sarah Connor Chronicles: What did we end up with?
Now that Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles has wrapped up for the strike-shortened season, I think we can safely look back and see what we got in the short 9 episodes. [...]
REVIEW: Fleet of Worlds by Larry Niven and Edward M. Lerner
REVIEW SUMMARY: A great hard science fiction story that delivers more ideas in a single novel than most do in a series. Niven is a great writer, and this is a great [...]
REVIEW: Deep Inside by Polly Frost
REVIEW SUMMARY: A collection of well-written erotic science fiction short stories. MY RATING: See the text below. BRIEF SYNOPSIS: 10 erotic science fiction short stories [...]
REVIEW: The Wannoshay Cycle by Michael Jasper
REVIEW SUMMARY: Surprising effort by newcomer Michael Jasper, the book brings together a very mature story, good characterization, and aliens that are alien. MY RATING: BRIEF [...]
The Sarah Connor Chronicles: More is revealed
After finally getting to watch the first 3 episodes, I think we can safely start to see a few things about the show that wasn’t apparent from just the pilot. Spoiler [...]
REVIEW: Soldier of Sidon by Gene Wolfe
REVIEW SUMMARY: Excellent Wolfe book for the uninitiated, Latro is personal and adventurous in this third installment of the Soldier of… series. MY RATING: BRIEF [...]
MOVIE REVIEW: Bender’s Big Score
REVIEW SUMMARY: Futurama returns in a glorious tour de force! Rivaled by only such classics as Casablanca and To Kill a Mockingbird this seminal film is an instant [...]
Cinematic Titanic releases The Oozing Skull
Cinematic Titanic, the new brainchild of the comic genuises who originally gave us Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (MST3K), released its first DVD a couple of days back, just in [...]
REVIEW: Keeping it Real by Justina Robson
REVIEW SUMMARY: Not your typical fantasy novel that is extremely imaginative, this book falls a little short for me. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Following a rift in Texas the [...]
REVIEW: Darkness Falls by Kyle Mills
REVIEW SUMMARY: A thrilling science fiction tale of eco-terrorism, Darkness Falls could be ripped from the headlines. MY RATING: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: Erin Neal is the world expert [...]
Saturday YouTube: White & Nerdy
This is worth watching if only for the part near the end when he makes his ‘buy’ in the alley. [...]
REVIEW: Queen of Candesce by Karl Schroeder
REVIEW SUMMARY: Schroeder’s sequel to Sun of Suns is an even better book – a focus on characters against a fanastic hard sci-fi backdrop. This is one sequel that [...]
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