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Reading Time: 3 minutesMulti-award-winning hard science fiction author Robert J. Sawyer new book The Downloaded is coming out later this year, and it will be out in audiobook first. In fact, Audible is getting an exclusive for the first six months, before the print and ebook versions come out.
July Meeting of the WPL’s Science Fiction Book Club – WWW: Wake Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesSonic the Hedgehog 2 is a Sonic fan’s dream, with heavy action scenes, as well as winks and nods to the franchise’s history.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2 goes fast, hits some speed bumps Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesBirth of the Anima, Kelsey K. Sather’s debut novel, is an ambitious ecological myth in the vein of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle Earth books, with extensive lore and dozens upon dozens of characters that interweave throughout the narrative.
Birth of the Anima: An Ambitious, Though Unfocused, Ecological Fable Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes witches, demons, dragons, spaceships, and Celtic gods.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for July 1, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesGrays. Blobs. Symbiotes. When it comes to aliens, I love ‘em all. I’m especially fond of the acid-
dripping, face-hugging, chest-bursting aliens that Sigourney Weaver fights in Ridley Scott’s film
series.
5 Shocking Facts from Memory: The Origins of Alien Read More »
Reading Time: 13 minutesWe read the first few chapters of each of the top ten free fantasy and sci-fi books on Amazon. Today’s list includes a dystopian future, a metaphysical fantasy, romance, witches, werewolves, vampires, and a dragon rider.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Apr. 22, 2022 Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutesPavlov Shack is one of the best free VR combat shooter games I’ve seen for the Oculus Quest 2.
Pavlov Shack — free realistic multiplayer combat game for Oculus Quest II Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesHere are three Brandon Sanderson books you should read if you’re new to his work.
New to Brandon Sanderson? Here are three books you should read Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesEmotional Truth from Odyssey Writing Workshops is a 5-week class that does a deep dive on techniques to heighten the emotional quality of your writing.
Writing Classes that Rock: Emotional Truth from Odyssey Writing Workshops Read More »
Reading Time: 9 minutesThe debut episode of The Wheel of Time has some strong characters and thrilling imagery, though clumsy storytelling and some awkward tonal choices overall results in this series stumbling out of the gate. Reliance, perhaps overly so, on aging fantasy-genre tropes in order to appeal to a mass-audience leaves the series still searching for its own identity.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIf you’re looking for a delicious jolt of freakiness to get you through the holiday season, you can do a lot worse than Netflix’s Brand New Cherry Flavor
Brand New Cherry Flavor is the spellbinding thriller we need right meow. Read More »
Reading Time: 16 minutesWe read the first chapters of the top ten free spec fic books on Amazon. Today’s list has vampires, dwarves, magic, dragons, mermaids, fae, space battles, and post-apocalyptic survival.
Free Friday: Today’s top free Amazon sci-fi and fantasy books for Dec. 10, 2021 Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutesFive fairy tale retellings with kickass female protagonists.
Five Fairy Tale Re-Imaginings With Stand-Out Female Protagonists Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesThese books will make you realize that immortality is really not so great for some people.
Oh, My Gods! 4 Novels about Greek Gods that will make you glad you are not an Olympian Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutesThis is my top six all-time scariest movies list. Watch them if you dare.
Reading Time: 5 minutesWe read the top three books on Amazon’s list of best-selling sci-fi books. Today’s list includes a mysterious run-down English cottage, sea pirates, and a dystopian future.
Reading Time: 4 minutesHere are four ghost stories that will thrill and chill you as Halloween approaches.
Reading Time: 5 minutesA must-read article for anyone looking to adopt a new dragon.
Six Dragons That You Would — And Would Not — Want to Take Home With You Read More »
Reading Time: 8 minutesWould you really want to go to magic school? Here are some magic schools you would — or would not — want to attend.
5 Magic Schools You Would Want to Attend–And 5 to Avoid Read More »
Reading Time: 7 minutesYou can find a lot of free sci-fi and fantasy short stories on Amazon — but the free promotions go fast. Get these books now.
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow Dude are the Jedi? Do the Jedi abide? The short answer is yes, from a certain point of view.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis movie is a new psychological thriller that deals with dreams. For horror and sci-fi fans, it has a secret to startle you with.
Come True takes a nightmarish look at where dreams come from Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutesIn Winter Tide and its sequel Deep Roots, Emrys pays homage to the drama and lyrical beauty of Lovecraft’s writing, staying scrupulously true to the mythos while turning its fear of the unknown inside-out.
What Lovecraft Feared – A Review of Winter Tide and Deep Roots by Ruthanna Emrys Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesNaomi Novik’s A Deadly Education could be seen as Harry Potter meets Hunger Games, or “Hungry Potter” if you will.
Naomi Novik’s A Deadly Education Blends Harry Potter with Hunger Games Read More »
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA new book by a features erotic stories across a number of genres, including sci-fi, cyberpunk, and fantasy.
New book of sexy stories includes sci-fi, cyberpunk and fantasy Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutes“The Ballad of Black Tom” holds all the cosmic horror of the Lovecraft mythos, and places it deftly amid the very real horrors of life for a young black man in a racist society.
What Lovecraft Feared — a Review of ‘The ballad of Black Tom’ by Victor LaValle Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesLesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space.
Gideon the Ninth — ‘Show them what the Ninth House does!’ Read More »
Reading Time: 5 minutesThere are a lot of all-you-can-read and free e-book options out there. Learn all about Kindle Unlimited, Prime Reading, OverDrive and Libby, Project Gutenberg, Open Library, Scribd, 24Symbols, and Bookmate. There’s even a service that will send print books to you by mail, BookLender.
What is Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited and how is it different from Prime Reading? Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe character has gone from initially dividing fans to becoming one of the franchise’s most beloved characters, going on to play a major role in “Star Wars: Rebels,” and to be portrayed by actor Rosario Dawson in a recent episode of “The Mandalorian.”
Ahsoka Tano from E.K. Johnston’s, “Star Wars: Ahsoka,” Simply Rocks Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesCan the Save the Cat method release the hidden kitten in a crouching cat? That is, is the method applicable to shorter works?
Kittens need saving, too: How Blake Snyder’s beats can work for short stories Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutes“The Forest Bride: A Fairy Tale with Benefits” by Jane Buehler is a cozy, sexy, fantasy romance that follows Princess Rose through a series of challenging, sometimes terrifying, events that ultimately lead her on a journey of love and self-discovery.
Buehler’s ‘The Forest Bride’ will satisfy your craving for fantasy romance Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesLagoon, through its shapeshifting alien protagonist, challenges long-held ideas of how gender and sexual identities are considered in Africa.
Aliens in Lagos: sci-fi novel Lagoon offers a bold new future Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesDo you “grok” jargon? Does your “filk” contain references to “BEM”s or “BDO”s? And do the goings-on in Washington make you want to go into “cryostasis” in your “hobbit-hole”?
How Old is ‘Warp Drive?’ Where was ‘Zap Gun’ First Used? Read More »
Reading Time: 6 minutesI learned by listening. Dad and his friends did not know it then, but they were describing their experiences with double-consciousness, living as a Black man in a white-dominated society.
Is the Double-Consciousness of ‘Invisible Man’ by Ralph Ellison Still Relevant Today? Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesChris Miller, with The Damned Place, has written a novel that deserves to launch beyond the trappings of indie horror and into the stratosphere.
Reading Time: 2 minutesPerhaps our contemporary crises brought it back into my mind, as the events of the book take place in the wake of a devastating pandemic that has swept across America, sparing only those under the age of twelve.
‘The Girl Who Owned A City’ Asks What Would Happen if Only Children Survived a Pandemic Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesI just finished “Renna’s Crossing” by Geordie Morse and was surprised, and humbled, by the author’s approach to gender issues.
‘Renna’s Crossing’ is a progressive, magical coming-of-age story Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesIf you haven’t seen this excellent movie yet, go watch it on HBO Max, then come back. I’ll wait.
3 questions I still have after watching ‘Wonder Woman 1984’ Read More »
Reading Time: 4 minutesI came for Tony Shalhoub and I was not disappointed.
Reading Time: 3 minutesI don’t consider myself a hard-core Trekkie by any means, but I sure have watched a lot of Star Trek. “Star Trek: The Next Generation,” or TNG, had its seven-season run when I was just a kid and I watched almost every episode as I was growing up, often with family.
Star Trek: Lower Decks: A refreshing take on a well-established franchise Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesJenning’s debut novel stands out against her peers in a horrifying examination of family intersectionality, mental trauma, and compelling story-telling.
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn William King’s tie-in novel, you can explore one of the World of Warcraft’s most cold-blooded villains, a night elf who goes by Illidan Stormrage.
‘Illidan: World of Warcraft’ — Sympathizing with the Devil Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesUpdate: Netflix is not picking up Away for a second season. I have to be honest. I’m not really the target audience for Netflix’ new science fiction drama, Away. Yes, it’s about humanity’s first manned mission to Mars. And yes, it stars Academy Award-winning actress Hilary Swank. Both of those things are great. But it’s
Reading Time: 3 minutesBBC America just released the first video previews of “The Watch,” a series based on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld novels, and it’s not looking at all like what people were expecting.
Preview: BBC takes on Terry Pratchett’s Discworld Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutesWhat if “The Office” was staffed by vampires? Here’s the answer, folks.
Pandemic Bingewatch: ‘What We Do In the Shadows’ Read More »
Reading Time: 2 minutesCome have a laugh with Dr. Shane.
Artificial Intelligence experiments produce satisfyingly bizarre results Read More »
Reading Time: 3 minutes If you live for reliable magic systems that still feel otherworldly and strange, then the Dreamblood duology is for you.
Reading Time: 2 minutesTerry Pratchett is one of my all-time favorite authors, and even though he died five years ago, a new book is now out, a collection of never-before-published short stories he wrote for local newspapers back in the 1960s and 1970s.
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe “Umbrella Academy” series is worth your while if you love wacky, unique, funny stories that stretch the boundaries of genre and convention.
Season 2 of ‘Umbrella Academy’ Outstrips the First Read More »
Reading Time: < 1 minuteNetflix’s new show “Away”, the first 10-episode season of which drops Sept. 4, takes a realistic, personal approach to the first manned trip to Mars.
