The Hugos in “Turmoil” and the Glee Crowd

There seems to be a contingent of fandom that takes pleasure in any perceived disorder in the Hugo Awards.  They themselves love sf/f, often because they write in the genre themselves, but when it comes to one of the most important awards, it’s almost as if they are excited for its fall from grace, perceived […]

5 Annoying Author Habits on Twitter

I spend far too much time on Twitter, which means I read a lot of tweets from a lot of authors.  Some authors are great at interacting, carving out their little niche and creating a kind of Twitter persona to represent them.  Others, however, are kind of like social media bacterial infections who must do […]

Movie Review: Jodorowsky’s Dune (2013)

Last night, I saw Jodorowsky’s Dune, a documentary about a film which was never made but has nonetheless had a remarkable impact on science fiction film since its development in the 1970s.  In all honesty, I had never heard of this ill-fated “adaptation” of Frank Herbert’s classic novel, and so it was with great pleasure […]

Top 10 Posts for April 2014

Here they are: Movie Review: Riddick (2013) (or, I’m Going to Mega Rant Now) A Cereal Metaphor for the SFF Community Speculative Fiction 2014: Announcement and Call for Submissions! Top 10 Overused Fantasy Cliches Top 10 Science Fiction and Fantasy Movies Since 2010 (Thus Far) Kim Stanley Robinson and Exposition (or, No More James Patterson, […]

Movie Review: The Lego Movie (2014)

I can’t remember when I saw the first footage for The Lego Movie (2014), but I do remember thinking to myself that it would be the geekiest, most reference-laden work of 2014.  Indeed, if any film tops this one in its insistence on crossing genres and referencing geek cultures from comics, films, books, and, hell, even […]

A Cereal Metaphor for the SFF Community

Imagine you have a bowl of cereal, and there are a bunch of other people with bowls of cereal, too.  Person A really likes Lucky Charms, which you think are OK, but you’re much more into Cocoa Puffs.  Person B likes neither, but prefers Mini Wheats, while Person C enjoys Lucky Charms, but discovered Trix […]