Philcon and Such
So, the big news is that Philcon sent me my schedule for this year, and here it is! Friday 6:00pm - Science Fiction Games: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!...
Sharks and, Oh Dear, Cyborgs
Cinema Disaster: Shark Attack Shark movies have always bothered me...even when I enjoy them. Jaws has a lot to answer for. Let's take the black tipped shark,...
White, Gray, Blue - The Tradition of Spooky Ladies
Newstead Abbey I thought about campfire tales, but its too broad. Instead, I want to go into a specific ghostly tradition. Ladies. Typically of a color, most...
Weird, Weird, Weird
Review: Authority by Jeff VanderMeer When I read the first book in this series, I wasn't too fond of it and was glad it was short. When I sat down to read...
Another Quiet Week
Still pretty quiet. Recorded a podcast this morning with a random person who needed a last minute guest…we mostly talked about TV and movies. I’ll let...
Warlocks, Really?
The Handmaid's Tale 5.4 "Dear Offred" June is terrified that Serena's outreach will work and Gilead values will spread into Canada. She even goes as far as...
Watchful Ghosts - When Spirits Protect Us
Ghosts are often portrayed in horror literature as scary specters that are often antagonists. They might not even be malicious - sometimes they need help and...
You Don't Want to Be an Avatar
Review: Black Sun by Rebecca Roanhorse This is mostly a recap...I read this book and may have reviewed it a few years back, but I wanted to say something...
Listen Up!
So, if you missed my online reading, you have another chance to listen! It’s on the Strong Women - Strange Worlds YouTube channel (Buttondown isn’t fond of...
The More Things Change...
The Avengers 2.14 "Dead On Course" Even by the standards of this show, the pun in the title is pretty...bad. Steed and King are investigating a plane crash,...
No, There Has Always Been Kissing In Your Science Fiction
I'm starting to hear people ask if people want science fiction romance. Contemplate calling it romantasci (Please not, I'm already not a big fan of the term...
Adventures in Pulp and Space
Review: The Emilie Adventures by Martha Wells This is a reprint, in omnibus, of two short YA novels Wells wrote in 2013 and 2014. It shows; while there's...
Moving Into Fall
Got some stuff yesterday that I need for Philcon, even though it’s still a month away. Something like that, anyway. I’m currently in North Carolina, burying...
Oh, Canada
The Handmaid's Tale 4.7 "Home." "Safe" in Canada, June has to deal with her situation...and her PTSD. Moira is trying to salvage her relationship with Una....
None Make War but Men and Ants - and Sex Slaves Too?
Ah, ants. Honestly, most of the time I've dealt with ants it's been wanting them to go away. In the UK we have red ants and wood ants, which both sting if...
Merchanters on the Rise
Review: Alliance Rising Recently, C.J. Cherryh revealed that her partner, Jane S. Fancher, has played a heavy role in her success. Alliance Rising is the...
Carol Hall (1944-2005)
So, there is a reason I didn’t post on schedule and it wasn’t because I forgot (although the fact that I was doing a reading might have made that happen)On...
Seriously, Parthenogenesis in Dragons?
The Avengers 2.11 "Traitor in Zebra" "Who's side are you on?" "Yours" (after Steed intentionally angers a suspect to try and see if they slip up.""I'll take...
Do Plants Have Gender? It's Complicated
If you're anything like me, you're not a fan of plants having sex. Especially those cherry trees. KN-95 masks are a great invention. But do plants have...
Classic SF Time
Review: Power Challenges by Ben Bova Ben Bova's last novel was published in 2021, a few months after the author's death, by Caezik SF & Fantasy, an imprint...