“…this little girl is far from normal, and there’s a darkness in there I really don’t like…” Keep reading for a review of The Magic Order 3, issue #3. Spoilers below. Somehow I missed reviewing issue 2, so here’s a quick recap: we met Salome, the wife of the former head of the Order, Leonard.
I seem to have made a real habit of reading a Natasha Pulley novel during a big summer vacation. So it’s not a huge surprise that our trip to Yosemite National Park this year matched up almost perfectly with the release of Pulley’s latest novel, The Half Life of Valery K. And this book was
Directed by Julius Avery, Samaritan follows the story of thirteen-year-old Sam Cleary (Javon Walton) who suspects that his mysterious and reclusive neighbor, Joe Smith (Sylvester Stallone), is actually a legend hiding in plain sight. Twenty-five years ago, Granite City’s superpowered vigilante, Samaritan, was reported dead after a fiery warehouse battle with his rival, Nemesis. Most
I never need an excuse to read one of Becky Chambers’s stories, with her whimsical world-building and unique brand of optimistic science-fiction. But after the first book in her Monk and Robot series won the Hugo award for Best Novella, it seems like a particularly good time to read the sequel. So let’s dive back
This past week I had the opportunity to attend the Star Trek Las Vegas Con hosted by Creation. Being a long term “Trekkie”, I have never once been able attend an official Trek con. So was very looking forward to it: got myself a hotel room for the long weekend, got my Lower Decks uniform
Alix E. Harrow returns us to the world of Fractured Fables with a new adventure for the fairy tale troubleshooter and former Sleeping Beauty. When we last saw Zinnia Grey she’d been given, well, not a cure for the genetic disease that was supposed to kill her by her 21st birthday, but definitely a stay
Directed by Roland Emmerich, Moonfall follows the world as it stands on the brink of annihilation when a mysterious force knocks the moon from its orbit and sends it hurtling toward a collision course with Earth. With only weeks before impact, NASA executive Jocinda “Jo” Fowler (Halle Berry) teams up with a man from her
Directed by Baltasar Kormákur, Beast follows a recently widowed husband (Idris Elba) who returns to South Africa, where he first met his wife, on a long-planned trip with his two young daughters to a game reserve managed by an old family friend and fellow wildlife biologist. Soon a ferocious wild lion, craving human flesh, begins
I saved the short stories for last this year, hoping for a little light summer reading to wrap up the Hugo Award reviews. Things didn’t quite work out as planned, because there’s a surprising amount of death in this year’s finalists. Also transformation, and working through grief, and an in-depth study of a folk song,