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,
By guest columnist dyron_rises1988. After jungles, a drug war-torn LA, and small towns, 20th Century Studios takes its famed cinematic monster the Predator to a new territory in the prequel titled Prey, a period sci-fi action-horror film set in 1719 where a young Comanche woman named Naru (Amber Midthunder) strives to become a warrior like
Directed by Dan Trachtenberg, Prey takes place in 1719 and follows a skilled Comanche warrior named Naru (Amber Midthunder), who is protecting her tribe from a highly evolved alien predator (Dane DiLiegro) that hunts humans for sport. Using all that she knows, she ends up having to fight against the wilderness, dangerous colonizers, and this
After two and half years of waiting Midsummer Scream is back and scarier than ever. Held once again at the Long Beach convention center, the three-day event marked its Fifth Anniversary of Midsummer Scream with special panels, its famous Hall of Shadows, and much more! Brand-new for 2022 found a variety of vintage collectibles, costumes, and more, alongside