Great SF/F Books by Female Authors: A Massive Twitter List! #sffbywomen
Earlier today, I posted seven sf/f books by women worth checking out for International Women’s Day. This led to a tweet asking folks online to list a single sf/f work by a woman that they think is exceptional. Folks promptly ignored the “single” part and sent me a lot of suggestions. You can add your […]
7 SF/F Books by Female Authors to Pick Up on International Women’s Day
If the title didn’t make it clear, today is International Women’s Day! In celebration of that, here are seven wonderful books by female sf/f writers that I think you should check out, if not now, then certainly before the weekend ends. Consider it homework…the fun kind… Here they are: The Female Man by Joanna Russ […]
Movie Review: RoboCop (2014)
So. They remade RoboCop (1987). And while I’ve been looking forward to it for months, it wasn’t until some of my friends said “it was surprisingly good” that I decided, “alright, I’ll see it in theaters.” Unfortunately, my friends are liars (love you guys). If you’ve seen the original RoboCop, then you already know the basic […]
Month of Joy Begins Now
Given all the grumpiness in the sf/f community and the horrible stuff happening in Ukraine, I am taking the rest of the month off from anything annoying, fiasco-y, douche-y, and so on. I’m also doing this to gain some perspective, particularly given that I have been part of some of the community-based debates and have […]
Movie Review: Monsters (2010) (A SFF Film Odyssey Selection)
I didn’t realize until pulling up the IMDB page for Monsters (2010) that its writer and director, Gareth Edwards, is also the director of the upcoming Godzilla (2014). And that makes a ton of sense. While Monsters is hardly Godzilla-ish in form, it does take what is a painfully small budget for a kaiju film (supposedly […]
The 86th Academy Awards: My Oscar Predictions
They’re happening tonight. Some of us will be watching (me). Some of us will have expectations and hopes and dreams (me). Some of us will probably be very disappointed (me). Post-Awards Tally (I’m live updating this post): 11/24 So, without further adieu, here are my predictions for tonight’s awards: BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY “American Hustle,” written […]