April 30, 2018
Thanks to everyone who participated in Speculative Chic’s very first giveaway! That went so well that we’re hoping to do another one. In the meantime, however, it’s time to announce the winner for Lisa Brown Roberts’ Spies, Lies, and Allies, don’t you think?
April 30, 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 the award-winning Erica L. Satifka, whose debut novel Stay Crazy…
April 28, 2018
Greetings and well-met! It’s that time again when we peer back into the shadows of space and time to see the week that was. Gaze with me into the crystal ball. Who knows what mysteries await!
April 27, 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. Following a short review, please feel free to discuss the book in the comments! Redshirts (2012) Author: John Scalzi Pages: 316 pages (Kindle) Publisher: Tor Why I nominated this for book club: I…
April 26, 2018
Autonomous (2017) Written by: Annalee Newitz Genre: Science Fiction Pages: (301) Hardback Publisher: Tom Doherty Associates Why I Chose It: Speculative Chic is covering the 2017 Nebula Awards and Autonomous is nominated in the novel category. I was also drawn to the intriguing cover, which features a severed robot arm with a chain around the wrist. Premise: When anything can…
April 26, 2018
Amberlough (2017) Written by: Lara Elena Donnelly Narrated by: Mary Robinette Kowal Genre: Fantasy Length: 11h, 26m (Audiobook) Series: The Amberlough Dossier Publisher: Macmillan Audio Why I Chose It: When I first heard about Amberlough, I was intrigued by its unique, cross-genre premise (the fact that one of my favorite authors narrated the audiobook was a bonus!). When it was nominated…
April 25, 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…
April 24, 2018
Murder on the Titania & Other Steam-Powered Adventures (2018) Written by: Alex Acks Genre: Steampunk Kindle pages: 257 Publisher: Queen of Swords Press Why I chose it: One of my favorite formats of fiction writing is the same-character short story collection. There’s something wonderful about those to me. I get a whole slew of stories that gives me lots of…
April 24, 2018
I’m deviating from my usual format to talk about something that I can’t stop thinking about since I saw the most recent Tomb Raider movie (see Shara’s Sound Off). Specifically, the lost island trope. And while I enjoyed the movie (kudos to Alicia Vikander for playing Lara Croft as if she were a real woman [sorry Angelina]), I kept thinking…
April 23, 2018
Happy Monday! I hope your week has gotten off to a great start! As you know, we normally celebrate our Mondays with a dose of My Favorite Things, and sometimes, like today, we bring you a little something extra. Today’s extra comes to you courtesy of Entangled Teen, an excerpt of Lisa Brown Roberts’ Spies, Lies, and Allies: A Love Story…