Robots and Time Travel
If you’re wondering what happened to Friday’s post…guess who spent all of Friday getting emergency laser eye surgery. I’m on a bit of a screen time...
Nuke It From Orbit...
Doctor Who 2.3 “The Well” Doctor Who is at its best when it leans into horror. “Nuke the site from orbit.” We all finish the sentence…well, the older viewers...
Hugs, Not Kisses - the Importance of Non-Romantic Relationships in Spec Fic
Many years ago, somebody told me as a baby writer that I had to have a consummated romance involving my main character or “Nobody would read my books.”It...
Alien Horrors?
Sorry this is a little late in the day…I had to get a bunch of con stuff done! Review: Alien Clay by Adrian Tchaikovsky I haven’t read much Tchaikovsky....
Not Here! Nope, Not Here...
Not there either, although I wouldn’t mind. Actually, I don’t mind where I am…when this goes out I’ll be at RavenCon waiting for registration to open. I’m on...
Content Warning: Torture
Black Sails 2.2 Ow. All I can say is ow. We have torture in this episode, just saying. We also have goat f**king. Maybe. Possible. I mean, not on camera,...
Global Trade is Not New
Okay, so there’s an ongoing myth that our ancestors only traded very locally. And it’s true that a lot of people never traveled more than a day’s walk from...
Nebula Novel Finalist Thoughts
I spent the last week rereading Murderbot, so I don’t have any reviews. So, I thought, instead I’d give my analysis for the Nebula Award for Novel and who I...
Ack! Crows!
The crows have a new game. It’s called “take turns buzzing the human.” There are no eggs yet. They only do it when I’m working out on the balcony. They are...
Revolutions
Yes, there’s a bit of a theme this week. The Handmaid’s Tale 1.5 “Faithful” This episode is about sex. And who has it better. The new Ofglen was a street...
Dire Wolves? We've Seen That Movie
News broke last week that a genetics company had successfully genetically engineered three healthy dire wolf pups. Yes, dire wolves were real. They lived...
Moons, Ghosts, and Mood Ring Hair
Review: Moonstorm by Yoon Ha Lee In Machineries of Empire, the Hexarchate’s technology is controlled by rituals. Change the rituals, change the laws of...
Ravencon, Poe!
Okay, so I have part of my schedule for RavenCon. Subject to alteration, as such things are. Friday, 4pm: A Panelist’s Guide to Panels Friday, 5pm: I’ve Got...
Arrr...and Argh
Black Sails 1.5 Actual piracy! This show is much more about piratical intrigue than actual theft on the high seas. That’s probably because piracy is...
The Tales of Robin Hood
I recently experienced a disappointment when a book entitled Sherwood Nation turned out not to be about Roin Hood (but only stealing some imagery from the...
Puzzled
Just the one book this week. Partly not having much weekend, partly the fact that the first two Andre Norton entries were books I already read and reviewed....
AwesomeCon!
So, why didn’t I post yesterday? Because my brain went “It’s a local con, you’ll have time.”Uh-huh. Yesterday was 11 hours door-to-door, 7.5 on the floor,...
What If...Not Sure I Care
…and some truly terrible flicks. Black Sails 1.4 When somebody says the beach is too steep for careening your ship…listen. Oh, that was so predictable....
Welcome to the Crowborhood
On March 3, I noticed a crow perched in the ash tree next to my balcony seriously contemplating…a twig. On March 4, a crow gave me three quiet croaking caws,...
Deep Into The Weird
Review: Asunder by Kerstin Hall Weird gods that…well…eat their most favored worshippers. Which are gods? Which are demons? Asunder pretty much puts them all...