The Center of America...
…a portajohn. It’s election day, and I’m going to try and post this early. I’m the tiniest fish in the pond, but everyone who knows me knows that I eschew...
Ukrainian SF and...Roma Eterna?
Two very different books this week. Don’t forget to vote! Review: The Factory by Ihor Mystak I don’t often review books by deceased authors. I prefer to...
Happy Halloween
A day late, I know. How about “Happy Discount Candy Day?” For once, the supermarket here didn’t actually dumpster all of the candy on November 1, although...
The Phoenix is Here
X-Men 3.3 “The Phoenix Saga Part 1 – Sacrifice” Honestly, there’s a part of me that’s done with the Phoenix Saga, but I’ve never watched this version, so I’m...
America's Misunderstood Serpents
Content warning: This post contains discussion of, and images, of snakes. If you are phobic, you might want to skip this one. (If you love snakes, let me...
Jim Crow Horror, Social Space Opera, and What Genre is That Anyway?
Review: The Reformatory by Tananarive Due CW: Child abuse, child death First warning: This book is a tome. It weighs in at 570 pages. Second warning: This is...
Snakes?
I don’t have my pictures from southern Illinois (with a side trip into Missouri) sorted yet, but I’m going to say this. People are sleeping on southern...
Surprise, You're Renewed
X-Men 2.10 “Beauty and the Beast” If there’s one romance trope in fiction I hate the most it’s the hero who breaks up with their partner because “it’s not...
18 Storey Indigenous High Rises – the Myth of the Noble Savage
Land back? It’s the latest controversy…restoring indigenous sovereignty over parts of this country. It’s also happening in Canada, and what inspired this...
Can You Have A Planetary Romance Set on Earth?
Assuming no icky flight issues, I’ll be back late tomorrow. Review: Loka by S.B. Divya I envy this book…I almost did something similar then changed...
Okay, So...
Okay, so I wrote this on the 11th. Any news I have will come out when I get back, so have a gate to…somewhere. I actually really like this gate. Our trip...
Time Travel...and Abuse
Another short one. I’m somewhere in Illinois and not watching TV, sorry ;). X-Men 2.8 “Time Fugitives” This episode is weird because it’s 2.7 repeated....
Did Ya Fall Down th’Hole? Musings on the Miners’ Strike and the End of the Coal Era
Earlier this week the last coal-fired power plant in the U.K. shuttered for good. Coal is no longer used as a significant source of fuel in a country that...
Schoolgirl Outfits?
This is a queued post and it’s just one review because I had to split the two I have between this Monday and next Monday. Review: Locust Magic by Laurence...
Fredericksburg Tomorrow!
The Fredericksburg Independent Book Festival is tomorrow in Riverfront Park, Fredericksburg, VA. I’m at table D37 and will be there most of the time from...
Terrible Arthuriana
Still working on the X-Men watch through, but this week’s reviews also include an utterly terrible Arthuriana movie that made me cringe at all kinds of...
How To Interfere With a Horse - Without Actually Hurting It
“Don’t hurt animals” is a mainstay. Harming an animal may well cost you readers, even if you’re using it to show how awful somebody is (I’m not above doing...
Time Machines, Shadow Fae, and...
…a book I almost didn’t review because I almost couldn’t review it. Three reviews for this week, two YA books, one adult. Review: Tiny Time Machine: The...
Philcon News!
So, I have my schedule for Philcon 2024. Friday 6pm - Climate Change Fiction vs. Climate Change Reality Saturday 11am - Signing Saturday noon - Scrabbling...
Time for a Franchise Shift
Star Wars: The Bad Batch 3.14 Flash Strike Almost at the end. Will they get Omega out? It could go either way given the circumstances. As Omega looks for a...