After twenty-two years of adventuring, Viv had reached her limit of blood and mud and bullshit. An orc’s life was strength and violence and a sudden, sharp end – but she’d be damned if she’d let hers finish that way. It was time for something new. Once upon a time, in the long-ago era known
It’s an interesting situation with this year’s fiction nominations. We’ve already seen that one of the nominated novelettes isn’t available in English. It turns out that four of the nominated short stories are also only available in Chinese. I haven’t been able to find a reason why these either weren’t released in English or weren’t
God had entrusted her father with the labor of perfecting creation and delivering us all from sin, and thus the doctor had created the hybrids. Dr. Moreau was therefore a prophet, a holy man. Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Hugo-nominated book takes a new look at H.G. Wells’s classic. The island setting has now been moved to a
“…we were raised to protect the human race. Not make a fast buck while we can.” Keep reading for a review of The Magic Order 4, issue #6. Warning, I’m spoiling just about everything in this review. After a two-month hiatus, The Magic Order is back with the final issue of the 4th arc, and
Directed by Angel Manuel Soto, Blue Beetle follows recent college graduate Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) who, after returning to his hometown Palmera City, suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab (Becky G). When the Scarab chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he’s bestowed with an incredible
The last three Hugo-nominated novelettes for 2023 are something of a mixed bag. You’ve got a real-life problem that’s almost guaranteed to get worse, a future technology that highlights the very best that humanity has to offer to its descendants, and one more that I can’t actually describe because no one knows how to find
Directed by André Øvredal and based on a single chapter, the Captain’s Log, from Bram Stoker’s classic 1897 novel Dracula, The Last Voyage of the Demeter follows the story of the crew of the Russian schooner Demeter, which was chartered to carry private cargo from Transylvania to London. Strange and horrifying events befall the crew
“I need you to find the White City Vampire…” It was supposed to be a quick job. All Helen Brandt had to do was examine the crime scene, maybe take some photos (after performing an augury and casting a spell to make the blood traces visible during the moon’s Chaldean hour. You know, the usual).
Directed by Jeff Rowed and produced by permanent teenager Seth Rogen, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem follows the four Turtle brothers who, after years of being sheltered from the human world, set out on a quest to be accepted as normal teenagers by the people of New York City through acts of heroism. With