Book Review Up: Mind Over Ship by David Marusek
Well, another book review done and up! You all should check out Mind Over Ship for sure. High-concept science fiction with a kick. Here’s my review. And that is all!
Interview w/ David Bryan Russell
David Bryan Russell is the author of Enchanters, which I reviewed here. Appreciation goes to Mr. Russell for agreeing to do this interview. Here goes: First, can you tell us a bit about yourself? What drew you into authorhood, and why fantasy? I refer to myself as a ‘professional dreamer.’ My creative journey began in […]
Punking Everything in SF/F (Part Two): The Past (Punk)
Wouldn’t it be amazing if the strange words and concepts we have so gloriously accepted into pop culture were actually understood as the culturally/socially complex entities that they actually are by the same people that pass around the suffix “punk” like a beer keg at a frat party? Indeed, it would, but the curious thing […]
Punking Everything in SF/F (Part One): The Present
Cyberpunk, steampunk, biopunk, and now greenpunk? When will it end? Fans have been punkifying science fiction and fantasy for decades, and it doesn’t seem like it will let up any time soon. With each passing moment, new ideas spring into the collective consciousness of SF/F fans, who, in turn, impart their selective, subgenre-crazed minds on […]
Disney Buys Marvel For $4 Billion
Matt Staggs brought this to my attention, but apparently Disney has purchased Marvel Comics for $4 billion USD. That’s right, the massive corporation that brought you Peter Pan and Hanna Montana now owns the rights to over 5,000 Marvel characters, or something of that nature. Might not sound like a big deal to all you […]
Animals and Empathy: Social Imperatives and the Future
Disclaimer: No, this will not be a long diatribe about why we shouldn’t eat animals and other such animal rights topics. It’s a brief look at our attitudes towards animals and where the future will likely take us. It’s related to science fiction. Honest. We live in a curious world where humans clash with the […]