The title plays off of a decades-old murder mystery by Agatha Christie, but this Hugo-nominated novella is something quite new. Sarah Pinsker (yes, the main character has the same name as the author. It doesn’t really play into the story as much as you’d think) has been invited to attend a convention. Specifically, an alternate-universe
I adore short stories; it’s my favorite medium. A really good short story can convey an entire world and the backstory of the characters in the shortest amount of space, and make you care about all of it. This year’s Hugo Nominees are all excellent examples, while being as different from each other as possible. Click
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Alice isn’t Dead returns for its final season! While recapping the first chapter of Part 3 we also wander into some brief thoughts on gun ownership (spoilers: we do not want them to take your guns away) and then we jump
The Rare Earth Hypothesis means well, but it’s colossally, spectacularly, gloriously wrong. In one afternoon not too far off from today, every one of the seven billion people on planet Earth is visited by a representative from an alien race bearing a message for humanity: Prepare to be destroyed. OR…prove that you’re sentient. Convince us
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! The plan was to talk about two topics this episode: the latest season of Doctor Who, and the first season of American Gods. And then we remembered that we never usually plan things, so why should we stick with a plan
Bah-weep-graaaaagnah wheep nini bong! Big things are on the horizon with two all new Combiners joining the ranks in Transformers: Earth Wars! Click the jump for ALL the details on the latest Combiner technology, as well as how to get free stuff through the Transformers Earth Wars Facebook page today!
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! This week we’re recapping the final (?) episode of Night Vale’s “A Door Ajar” story arc. (We’re wondering if there’s still one more episode in the arc, because we’ve got a lot of unanswered questions: what’s Carlos hiding? What exactly killed
R.S. Belcher returns to his popular urban fantasy world with The Night Dahlia, the latest adventure of peerless (and reckless) modern-day wizard, Laytham Ballard. Remember how the book Nightwise ended with Laytham having bartered three years of his life to the Devil? It’s a few years later and things have gotten, if possible, even worse. The former member
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! It’s a Mostly-Marvel episode this week since Kathryn finally saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 and we had to fangirl all over the place about it, followed by a lot of speculation about our hopes and fears for Infinity War.