March 31, 2018
Time, time, who’s got the time? And how did the week slip away so quickly? It’s amazing how swiftly time really does fly. Let’s take a quick stroll through what was what last week here at Speculative Chic, before it’s time for me to do this for next week!
March 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, get into a treasure-hunting frame of mind and discuss Tomb Raider, which premiered in the United States on Friday, March 16, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After…
March 30, 2018
I had the flu a few weeks ago and while I lay in bed groaning, I thought, “This is the perfect time to catch up on some reading.” Except I only wanted to read one thing and it definitely wasn’t what I was supposed to be reading. But I knew it would make me feel better. A comfort book, if…
March 29, 2018
It seems like it’s always award season somewhere, and right now the Speculative Chic crew is reading the nominees for the Philip K. Dick Award! After the Flare (2017) Written by: Deji Bryce Olukotun Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 275 (kindle) Publisher: The Unnamed Press Why I chose it: I picked this particular book from the list of nominees because I…
March 29, 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…
March 28, 2018
Revenger (2017) Written by: Alastair Reynolds Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 432 Publisher: Orbit Why I Chose It: Christopher Walken needs more cowbell, I need more Alastair Reynolds. The premise: The galaxy has seen great empires rise and fall. Planets have shattered and been remade. Amongst the ruins of alien civilisations, building our own from the rubble, humanity still thrives. And…
March 28, 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 written…
March 27, 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, hop into your Jaeger and discuss Pacific Rim: Uprising, which premiered in the United States on Friday, March 23, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while…
March 27, 2018
It’s March! It may be two more weeks before we can work in our yards, and there may be snow in the East, but let’s talk about growing things. Because spring. We all need something to look forward to. Reading stories about people with green thumbs, and the business of magically growing things, ought to help usher in that necessary…
March 26, 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 author Kate Jarvik Birch, whose forthcoming novel, Unraveled, comes out…