Book Review: Dead Monkeys A.L. Lorentz Once in a generation a science fiction novel is released for public consumption that is so visionary in premise and so masterfully written that it is immediately embraced by the masses and becomes an… Read More ›
Reviews
Weather forecast calls for clear skies and air strikes
Book Review: Stories Of An Awkward Size Jonathan Swords-Holdsworth, 313 pages Good science fiction is thought-provoking. It makes us reconsider our place in the world in ways that is often dramatic and unsettling. Unlike mysteries or romances, genres built around… Read More ›
Do sci-fi nerds dream of electric Deckards?
Blade Runnings 2049, a Disney production starring digitally resurrected John Candy and (careerily resurrected) Douglas E. Douglas as coaches for a misfit replicant bobsled team from Jamaica competing in the 2050 Olympic trials, will grace theaters this October. Our old… Read More ›
Moderate politics pulverized by ‘Liberators’
Review: Rise of the Liberators Ryan Hyatt, 262 pages Rise of the Liberators is a kind of prequel to Hyatt’s recent Stay Younger Longer. I say ‘kind of’ because it’s more establishing the world that SYL occurs in more than… Read More ›
Writer offers sneak peek at Alien: Covenant
Acheron Bound and Down: The Obvious and Disappointing Plot of Alien: Covenant The wheels have slowly been turning for some time to make it easier to guess the plotline of the sequel to Ridley Scott’s 2012 Alien prequel Prometheus…. Read More ›
Alien abduction might be the least of our woes
Review: Filter Trap A.L. Lorentz, 457 pages All of us have been abducted by aliens. I know that might sound scary, or weird, or both, but that’s just the beginning of the story I’m about to share with you. A.L…. Read More ›
Our computer overlords may not save us
Review: Epic Robot Fail Illustrated short story collection Jake Anderson, 69 pages Epic Robot Fail is a collection of four tales based in Los Angeles in 2084 at a time when artificial intelligence begins to supersede human intelligence. As a… Read More ›
‘Fountain of youth,’ other wonders explored in new novel
Review: Stay Younger Longer Ryan Hyatt, 282 pages With its trendy boutiques and restaurants firmly entrenched in upscale society — and a plethora of disheveled vagrants wandering the sidewalks firmly detached from it — Rose Avenue may not seem like the… Read More ›