Bone Machines hits all the right buttons. I was glued to the pages, cursed up a storm when my iPod died in the middle of a chapter, and was riveted to the end.
Hulk Hercules : Professional Wrestler by Catherine Schaff-Stump
January 11, 2011 by Leave a Comment
In Hulk Hercules, Schaff-Stump brings the Greek Gods into the modern era, saddling them with jobs and all the problems that us normal folk have
Template, by Matthew Hughes
October 9, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Hughes is fantastic at creating worlds, spinning together an intriguing plot all while exploring deep issues without being overly preachy.
Resident Evil: Afterlife, a film by Paul W.S. Anderson
September 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
This 2010 sci-fi action horror movie is the fourth in the Resident Evil movie franchise, following 2007’s Resident Evil: Extinction, which are adapted from the video game franchise of the same name, and is once again written and directed by Mr. Widescreen himself, Paul W.S Anderson (of Event Horizon, Mortal Kombat and Death Race fame).
The City & The City, by China Miéville
September 18, 2010 by Leave a Comment
If Miéville is starting a conversation, he’s asking a question: “How much magic makes a story fantasy?” Despite Miéville’s admonitions that crime novels inevitably end badly, I was quite satisfied with the results.
The Windup Girl, by Paolo Bacigalupi
September 17, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Lighter than air flight, pedal powered computers, liquefied coal powered luxury vehicles, giant elephants genetically engineered to efficiently convert crops into usable energy, a plague of invisible cats, and an discarded, over-engineered, beautiful young lady.
Review of Sleep Dealer, a film by Alex Rivera
September 7, 2010 by 1 Comment
Sleep Dealer is a very thoughtful and slowly paced sci-fi meditation that is more interested in the overall plot than with its special effects, with its concept rather than its conceits, much like 2004’s Primer.
The Physics of Superheroes by James Kakalios
August 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
I learned that it was Spider-Man’s webbing that killed Gwen Stacy. That Superman is able to leap 660 feet in a single bound and, surprisingly enough, Aquaman’s ability to breath underwater is not an impossibility.
The New Space Opera 2, by Dozios and Straham
August 22, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Space… is big. This anthology is at it’s best when it’s showing just how big space is
Julian Comstock: A story of 22nd-Century America by Robert Charles Wilson
August 14, 2010 by Leave a Comment
It very much doesn’t come off as science fiction, though it takes place in the future. I feel more comfortable comparing it to alternate history.
