August 31, 2019
The week’s almost over! The weekend is here! How’d it go for you? Did you achieve the Holy Grail of work-life balance? Did you get to relax? Try something new? Find comfort in the familiar? No matter what, I hope you made it through the week ok! This marks my first weekend to myself in three weeks (!!) and I…
August 30, 2019
Hello friends, welcome to your last book club discussion before the relaunch (details coming soon). It’s me, your host, Merrin. Following this short review of my impressions of the book, feel free to discuss your takes in the comments! The Magicians (2009) Written by: Lev Grossman Genre: Fantasy Pages: 416 (Hardcover) Publisher: Viking Premise: In a secret world of forbidden…
August 29, 2019
Another Life (2019) Released by: Netflix Rating: TV-MA Created by: Aaron Martin Number of episodes: 10 Why I Chose It: Two words — Katee Sackhoff. Ever since the debut of the Battlestar Galactica reboot, I have been a huge fan of Sackhoff, both on- and off-screen. She and Tricia Helfer (Six) have remained great friends since BSG, and they’ve used their celeb…
August 28, 2019
One of the most common questions authors face is a deceptively difficult one to answer: “Where do you get your ideas?” Yet, the answers to that common question can be almost as interesting as the resulting story. Welcome to You’re My Inspiration, a new column dedicated to discovering what inspires a particular author and their work. Whether it be a…
August 28, 2019
The Sleeper and the Spindle (2014) Written By: Neil Gaiman Illustrated By: Chris Riddell Genre: Fantasy Pages: 67 pages (Hardcover) Publisher: Bloomsbury Why I Chose It: This had been sitting in my to-read pile for a very long time looking all gorgeous and forlorn until I finally gave in and read it. The premise: A thrillingly reimagined fairy tale from…
August 27, 2019
If you like ebooks and you’re a writer or publisher, or even just a reader, and your drug of choice is science fiction and fantasy, chances are you’ve heard of Macmillan’s TOR experiment. If you haven’t, let me catch you up on the news. Back in June 2018, Macmillan decided to embargo ebook lending uses of TOR titles. This meant…
August 26, 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 US Army Lieutenant Colonel Troy Carrol Bucher, who just returned…
August 24, 2019
Hail and well met, strangers! I have returned from a long journey through the wilds of northern Kyushu, encountering stone princesses, water dragons, white snakes, the bones of a mermaid, and a goddess with 1,000 arms — and after viewing these forbidden treasures, I’ve lived to tell the tale! If such stories drive your fancy, walking the lines of the…
August 23, 2019
Welcome to the first post in a series in which I will be examining vampire fiction — novels, film, and TV shows — through the lens of identity politics. Specifically, I’ll be looking at the concepts of white privilege and racial identity/representation in popular vampire fiction and discussing why certain tropes are problematic. As a woman of color who has…
August 22, 2019
Spider-Gwen: Ghost Spider, vol 1: Spider-Geddon (2019) Written By: Seanan McGuire Illustrated By: Rosi Kampe and Takeshi Miyazawa Genre: Superhero Pages: 112 pages Publisher: Marvel Comics Why I Chose It: Spider-Gwen is a character that I’ve been meaning to get back into, so a new writer seemed like a great place to start. The premise: Gwen Stacy makes her sensational…