January 31, 2018
As I mentioned when I reviewed Leia: Princess of Alderaan, I am all in on the new Star Wars Expanded Universe. Yes, I am very sorry to fans of the old Expanded Universe that Disney basically threw out with the bathwater when they purchased Lucasfilm. Yes, I hope it doesn’t happen to me to twenty years down the line. But…
January 30, 2018
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, stop running and discuss Maze Runner: The Death Cure, which premiered in the United States on Friday, January 26, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while…
January 30, 2018
For my 2018 Resolution Project, I decided to take a page out of Lane’s book and do my own Silver Screen Resolution (hence the Take Two part of the title). There are a lot of movies out there I haven’t seen but feel like I should have, or movies that I’ve simply wanted to see and have yet to get…
January 29, 2018
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 editor, writer, and Speculative Chic contributor Venessa Giunta. What does…
January 27, 2018
Hello all! Welcome to the weekend! We are still firmly in January’s grip, but February is just around the corner. Hard to believe that the month is nearly over. Time flies, and all that. Feels like only yesterday that I was working on last week’s update. But here we are again, and there’s a whole new week to look back…
January 26, 2018
Welcome to the Speculative Chic Book Club! Each month, we invite you to join us in reading a book that is voted on by YOU, our readers. We’re still experimenting with the format, so just like last month, this month we’re just doing a review followed by your discussion in the comments! Dawn (1987) Author: Octavia E. Butler Pages: 256…
January 25, 2018
Dust (2007) Written By: Elizabeth Bear Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 368 (Mass Market Paperback) Series: Jacob’s Ladder Book 1 Publisher: Spectra Why I Chose It: I was intrigued with the melding of angels and religion with space travel and nanotechnology. Also, I’ve never read anything by Elizabeth Bear and I keep meaning to. Premise: On a broken ship orbiting a…
January 25, 2018
The future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe has never looked brighter. With the incredibly cool-looking Black Panther and the much hyped Avengers: Infinity War set to hit the screen before the summer, the short term is sure to be filled with excitement. And the long term looks just as good, thanks to Marvel’s acquisition of Fox, the studio which owns…
January 24, 2018
This year I resolved to read more classic science fiction and fantasy, hopefully making a dent in that stack of books I really should have read by now. Mostly because they should be good books, but also to be better informed about my genre and its history. I decided that this meant reading six science fiction and six fantasy books…
January 23, 2018
A Wrinkle in Time (1962) Written by: Madeleine L’Engle Genre: Science Fantasy/Young Adult Pages: 228 (Paperback) Publisher: Macmillan Why I Chose This: I missed out on this classic while growing up, so my 2018 Resolution Project was to read the book before the movie is released in March. Success! The premise: It was a dark and stormy night; Meg Murry, her…