June 1, 2018
A Storm of Swords (2004) Written By: George R.R. Martin Narrated by: Roy Dotrice Genre: Epic Fantasy Length: 47 h 37 m (Audiobook) Series: A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3 Publisher: Random House Audio via Audible The premise: Of the five contenders for power, one is dead, another in disfavor, and still the wars rage, as alliances are made and…
May 31, 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…
May 29, 2018
A Wind in the Door (1973) Written by: Madeleine L’Engle Series: Time Quintet #2 Genre: Science Fantasy/Young Adult Pages: 240 (Paperback) Publisher: Macmillan Why I Chose This: My 2018 Resolution Project for Speculative Chic was to read and review both the novel and film versions of A Wrinkle in Time. But I’m a completionist, so it should come as no surprise that I’d have…
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 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…
May 8, 2018
This year, I resolved to fix one of the gaping holes in my life as a fantasy reader and tackle the words of NK Jemisin. The entire works, no exceptions. After finishing the Inheritance Trilogy, I’ve worked on reading all of the short stories and novellas that are associated with that series. “Not the End” (2011) “The Awakened Kingdom” (2014)…
May 4, 2018
This year I resolved to read George R. R. Martin‘s A Song of Ice and Fire and watch HBO’s Game of Thrones, both series. For all of you who have seen the entire series and/or read all the books, here is your chance to experience it for the first time all over again! Why I Chose it: I had tried watching…
May 3, 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…
May 2, 2018
After last year’s successful resolution, I decided to dip my toes into a new-to-me spec-fic area — podcasts. The rules as I laid them out originally* for 2018: I will listen to twelve spec-fic oriented podcasts, one per month. For each podcast, I will listen to a minimum of five episodes per podcast before I either give up or add…