Will We Ever Have General AI?
“AI” is a buzzword right now…hyped as a replacement for writers (no), but also doing real work in meteorology, in medicine. But what we are calling AI is...
Spiders and Bodyguards
Short post because of what I’ve been up to lately…which has mostly been poking at RPG books. Review: The Eye of Winter by Jaques Smit CW: Realistic...
Rats and Hopepunk
So, four announcements this week! They’re like city buses. Game On! Remember this anthology? It’s been nominated for Best Related Work (which sounds weird)...
Trashing Chicago
Star Wars: Clone Wars 2.21 “R2 Come Home” Aww, R2. So cute. So heroic. And perfectly capable of flying a ship home by himself when the bad guys jam...
The Rise and Slow Decline of Received Pronunciation
Hands up who can think of an actor who works with their accent? Unless your accent is California, generic Midwest or, for Brits, received pronunciation (the...
Exploring Hope and Strangeness
Back from RavenCon. Which needs more ice cream. I need more ice cream. Anyone got ice cream? Review: The Terraformers by Annalee Newitz This is a very...
At Ravencon
I’m actually at RavenCon right now. (Hopefully, I’m writing this right before I hit the road). I’m not speaking this year and am going to be mostly parked in...
Clones, Clones, and More Clones
Star Wars: Clone Wars 2.9 “Grievous Intrigue” So, we learn Grievous is working with Dooku because of a personal hatred of Jedi. We don’t learn why. Grievous...
Copaganda and Fantasy – Police Fiction in the 21st Century
I know a lot of people who won’t watch or read anything involving the police anymore because it’s all copaganda. I know others who are trying to navigate...
Cute Dragons and Weird Magic
Review: Liberty’s Daughter by Naomi Kritzer I may be biased – Kritzer is rapidly becoming one of my favorite YA authors. Her Catnet books are utterly...
Tax Season Is Over
Which is the good news. No, actually, the good news is that my aunt, Beryl, is tying the knot with her long term partner this fall! (the picture is of the...
Clones and Musings on Superheroes
Loki 2.6 “Glorious Purpose” There’s rumors of a season 3. I don’t know quite how after this unless it’s going to focus more on Sylvie. This ending was...
A Total Eclipse of the Sun
We live on a unique planet in its precise details, but many of the things about Earth are likely out there in our universe. There are almost certainly other...
Fun With Evil Swords
Fun with evil swords and less than solid science. Review: Analog Science Fiction & Fact January/February 2024 Whatever Trevor’s theme is this time, it’s on...
Summer Approaches
We tend to go from third winter to early summer here. The cherry trees are finally almost over and I can go outside without a mask on. Yay! No updates. I...
Claiming the Trickster God
Well, one version of them anyway! Read on to find out why…okay, that’s clickbaity, but I don’t care. Loki 1.5 “Journey Into Mystery” Okay, good, they didn’t...
Earthquakes, Earthquake Zones, and Those Pesky Disaster Movies
Disaster movies are fun. They’re a form of schadenfreude. At least you’re not that guy, right? Earthquakes are something that’s often used in disaster...
Happy Eclipse Day
Wear your eclipse glasses, people! And have some reviews. Side note: It just occured to me that if we ever join the Galactic Federation, eclipses are going...
The Woman in the Sun and the Man in the Moon
No updates this week, but my muse produced this and I’m just going to share it. So, you know about the Man in the Moon, right? Well, there’s also a Woman in...
Unlikely Viruses and Keepers of Time
Star Wars: The Clone Wars: 1.17 “Blue Shadow Virus” The blue shadow virus is a highly unlikely pathogen…one which infects all forms of life, plants, animals,...