May 22, 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, break the fourth wall and discuss Deadpool 2, which premiered in the United States on Friday, May 18, 2018. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily a review. After all, while we…
May 22, 2018
Among the many accusations leveled against the Internet is that too much of life takes place online. Between Facebook, Instagram, other social media sites, MMORPGs, and a host of other distractions, one person can spend a lot of their waking hours (and supposed-to-be-sleeping hours) online. (I’m not even going to talk about data mining and censorship.) But, truth: the “ignoring…
May 21, 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 Entangled Teen author Lisa Brown Roberts, who writes young adult…
May 19, 2018
Hello on this rainy (for me) Saturday! There’s no need to ask what you’re up to this weekend. It’s Deadpool weekend, and a little Deadpool makes anything better, doesn’t he? This music video proves my statement. But anyway, what did we do over the last week? Let’s find out!
May 18, 2018
The Black Tides of Heaven (2017) Written by: JY Yang Genre: Fantasy/Silkpunk Pages: 240 (Trade Paperback) Publisher: Tor Why I Chose It: Several reasons. First, it’s another contender for the Nebula award. Second, I’ve been admiring that glorious cover since the release of the Publisher’s Weekly review last August. Lastly, I I’m drawn to books by female authors, authors of…
May 18, 2018
The Stone Sky (2017) Written by: N K Jemisin Genre: Fantasy Pages: 464 (Trade Paperback) Series: The Broken Earth, Book 3 Publisher: Orbit Why I Chose It: So this was a no-brainer. I was absolutely going to read this book after I’d read the first two. I bought it and it sat on my shelf, waiting for the right time…
May 17, 2018
Borne (2017) Written by: Jeff VanderMeer Genre: Science Fiction Pages: 336 (Hardcover) Publisher: Macmillan Why I Chose It: I was in the middle of reading Annihilation when one of my co-workers came up with this book and bought it. Curious, I read the summary and decided to add it to my list. What was Borne? How would he change things? I wanted…
May 17, 2018
Imagine a world where making a sound will literally get you killed by creatures with hyper-sensitive hearing. That’s the synopsis of the film, A Quiet Place, the first surprise horror hit this year. Written and directed by John Krasinski, the movie centers on a family living in this new world. Krasinski and real-life wife, Emily Blunt, play the parents of…
May 16, 2018
Jade City (2017) Written by: Fonda Lee Genre: Fantasy Pages: 495 (Hardback) Series: The Green Bone Saga Book #1 Publisher: Orbit Why I Chose It: I picked up Jade City because it is nominated in the novel category of the 2017 Nebula Awards, which Speculative Chic is covering. Fortunately for me, it also fits into my 2018 resolution to read…
May 16, 2018
So, back around the turn of the year, several of our contributors here at Speculative Chic made New Year’s Resolutions, committing to movies or books or authors that, at some point, they’d given short shrift, or moments in pop culture that had passed them by. At the time, I was at a loss for my own resolution. But that was…