September 2, 2019
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with Gerald Brandt, who is the author of the San Angeles…
August 21, 2019
Back in June, I wrote a post discussing the fantasy adaptations currently making their way to the small screen. Long story short: Most of the books being adapted are the ones you’d expect — LOTR, Chronicles of Narnia, Wheel of Time, The Kingkiller Chronicles, etc. Classics? Sure. Predictable AF? Absolutely! The good news is that the networks are being much…
August 11, 2017
Too Like the Lightning (2016) Written by: Ada Palmer Genre: Speculative Fiction Pages: 433 (Nook) Series: Book 1 of Terra Ignota Publisher: Tor Why I Chose It: It was nominated for the Hugos. Also, a friend who knows my taste very well sent me the link and explained that I had to read this book, and I was going to…