June 28, 2017
The Philip K. Dick Awards have been announced. The Nebulas have been announced. We didn’t cover them, but the Stokers, the Tiptree, and so many other awards have been announced. What’s left? There’s a few, but the biggest one on Spec Chic’s radar is the Hugos! You may think that blogging the Hugos would be a daunting project for the…
May 16, 2017
Every Heart a Doorway (2016) Written by: Seanan McGuire Genre: Dark Fantasy Pages: 174 (Kindle) Publisher: Tor.com Why I chose it: I first heard of Seanan McGuire back in 2009 when I picked up Feed by Mira Grant at the bookstore. Feed is a novel about an internet blogging team covering a presidential campaign about 25 years or so after…
April 17, 2017
Over the weekend, the Philip K. Dick winner was announced, but before that winner was even announced, we’ve already had our sights set on the Nebulas! In fact, some of our reviewers have already gotten started, so I thought this was the perfect time to go ahead and provide our index for you to follow along. However, we will not…
April 10, 2017
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, a weekly column where we gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we’re got quite an assortment. There’s not one, but two top notch speculative books, a podcast perfect for sci-fi fans,…
February 6, 2017
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, a weekly column where we gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we’re all about a successful remake of a childhood favorite, a touching urban ghost story, a timely dystopian novel, and…
November 1, 2016
Halloween might be over, but that doesn’t mean we stop embracing the scary around here. Welcome back to my soon-to-be-completed romp through the world of Mira Grant’s Newsflesh series. Today, we are discussing the newest addition to the series, Feedback. In Grant’s own words, This standalone entry in the Newsflesh world follows a new blogging team through a new adventure…and…
October 11, 2016
“Great,” Shaun said, clapping his hands together. “Let’s go through decon, get in there, and change the world. And then? Cookies” (p 620). What a wonderful time of year it is. The weather grows crisp. Halloween is just around the corner, and just in time for more scary fiction. I hope that you’re caught up on your Newsflesh reading, ladies…
October 4, 2016
Welcome! Usually, this is where you would find my monthly write-up of my experience rereading Mira Grant’s Newsflesh series. Perhaps some of you, having read this series, have been reading along and either nodding or shaking your respective heads at what I’ve written. Some of you, I’m sure, have been skipping the pieces because you haven’t read the series. Well. …
October 3, 2016
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, a weekly column where we gab about the greatest in geek. This week includes a long awaited Emmy win for one of Speculative Chic’s favorite actresses, a novella where fairy tales meet reality,…
September 13, 2016
So if you’re just tuning in, welcome! This is the second in a multi-part series highlighting Mira Grant’s excellent political thriller/zombie series, Newsflesh. If you’ve read the series and want to read my thoughts on the first book, Feed, you may do so here. If you are unfamiliar with the novels, I insist that you please stop reading this, find…