September 14, 2020
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 Amy Ravenel, author of White Spirit. The sequel, Cursed Spirit,…
October 16, 2019
Happy October, Chicers! The air is crisp, everything is pumpkin-spice flavor, and my boots and sweaters are back in rotation. In other words, it’s decorative gourd season, mofos! (FYI, that article is a classic, but probably NSFW.) Not to mention, this awesome month comes with a prominent holiday: Columbus Day, where we celebrate the raping, plundering, and enslavement of… Wait. We…
May 15, 2018
There’s a magical side to the element of sexuality that can be found only in fantasy. These lands include (drum roll, please) the mystical land of Imajica, Embassytown, and … Oz. Oz? Surely, I jest. The fluid nature of sexuality is usually the provenance of science fiction – from Ursula’s K. LeGuin (The Left Hand of Darkness), through the 90’s…
April 20, 2018
“April showers bring May flowers.” It’s an old saying, and one that got me thinking about the nature of storms in storytelling. Storms are perhaps one of, if not the most, versatile of narrative devices. First of all, there are plenty of storm flavors: thunderstorms, tornadoes, blizzards, hail, hurricanes, etc. And in speculative fiction, they can be brought on by…
December 26, 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 we have not one, but two exciting trailers for great looking new TV shows, love for the biggest sci-fi movie…