Book Trailer: Way of the Gun (Wyrd West Chronicles #4)
I’m excited to announce the book trailer for Wyrd West #4, releasing Halloween 2017!
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What Does the Higgs-Boson Look Like?
By Kate Kershner In July 2012, the whole world came face to face with the Higgs boson: a sparkly, little light that danced across our screens like Tinker Bell. Wait, that’s not right. While physicists jumped for joy to “see” the Higgs boson — that elusive particle that composes the Higgs field, which allows particles […]
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Dragonwriter: A Tribute to Anne McCaffrey and Pern by Todd J. McCaffrey My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the Genre Non-Fiction Challenge. This is a tribute to Anne McCaffrey, author of the Pern series, the Acorna series, the Pegasus series, and the Crystal Singer series, among many others. McCaffrey has long been a […]
Read More Book Review: Dragonwriter by Todd McCaffreyBook Review: Ubik by Philip K. Dick
Ubik by Philip K. Dick My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the SF Masterworks Reading Challenge and the Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club here on Goodreads. So far, my acquaintance with PKD has been strictly through this determination of mine to read through the entirety of the SF Masterworks imprint, which has spawned […]
Read More Book Review: Ubik by Philip K. DickBook Review: Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes My rating: 5 of 5 stars Read for the SF Masterworks Reading Challenge and Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club here on Goodreads, and also for the 12 Awards in 12 Months Challenge. This novel won both the Hugo (1967) and Nebula (1966) Awards for Best Novel. Did you read […]
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Originally posted on Mephit James Blog:
After I posted my last thoughts about Sci-Fi adaptations, I got a few very helpful responses from people. In an effort to leave no moonrock unturned (see what I did there?) I’m back with a few more additions. First off, I want to make it clear that I’m concentrating…
Book Review: The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells My rating: 5 of 5 stars I read a combined edition of these two books for the SF Masterworks Reading Challenge and the Science Fiction Masterworks Book Club here on Goodreads. The Time Machine Read for the Need to Reread Challenge. I have, […]
Read More Book Review: The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsA Philip K. Dick Primer
By Sam Reader In 1982, Ridley Scott loosely adapted Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? into the classic science fiction film Blade Runner, a detective story that kept the novel’s dark aesthetic, odd symbolism, and meditations on empathy. With sequel, Blade Runner 2049 on the horizon, there’s no better time to get acquainted with the author of […]
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The Book of Skulls by Robert Silverberg My rating: 4 of 5 stars Read for the Science Fiction Masterworks Challenge, the Second Best Challenge, and the LGBTQ Speculative Fiction Challenge. This novel was nominated for the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus in 72-73, but won none of them. This book gave me a bit of a […]
Read More Book Review: The Book of Skulls by Robert SilverbergBook Review: Slow Apocalypse by John Varley
Slow Apocalypse by John Varley My rating: 3 of 5 stars Read for the Apocalypse Now! Reading Challenge and the Second Best Reading Challenge. Method of the world’s destruction: an engineered bacteria is released into Iraqi oil fields by a lovelorn scientist as vengeance, which mutates to become an airborne pathogen that solidifies all liquid […]
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