The Hugo Award finalists for 2020 have been announced! The convention (July 29 – August 2) will be online only, for obvious reasons. So there’s less than three months before the award ceremony, and between this year and the retro 1945 awards there are 186 separate finalists and I’ve read…two of the novellas, and a
Why don’t you swallow broken glass. Late at night in the Hotel Caiette, someone writes a vicious and weirdly specific message on the lobby’s glass wall. The strangest part of the whole incident is that it happens so late at night that hardly anyone sees it. The grafitti disturbs the night manager, upsets an insomniac
Directed by Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia, The Platform is a Spanish sci-fi horror/thriller film that takes place in a dystopian future, in a facility where the residents, who are periodically switched at random between floors, are fed by means of a platform filled with food that gradually descends through the levels of the tower. The inmates at
More comfort reading time! This week I’m only going back to 2012 (or forward to the 2400’s) with John Scalzi’s Redshirts. (Courtesy of a free ebook from Tor Books this month. Thanks guys!) It’s Ensign Andrew Dahl’s first posting, and as luck would have it a position just opened on the Intrepid, flagship of the
“I SINCERELY APOLOGIZE FOR ANY TABOOS I’VE VIOLATED!” I fell behind on my reviews last week because, uh, time has no meaning? I know, excuses excuses. After the announcements by Diamond Comics and IDW, this may be the last Transformers book we get for a little while. Luckily for us it’s the final issue of
One lone soldier against the endless armies of Hell resulting in bloody bloody carnage with heavy metal music playing? IT’S DOOM TIME BABY!!! I mean what can I say about this beloved franchise, it truly has made its mark in history as one of the oldest and greatest first person shooters to exist. Without Doom
“Something’s peculiar.” “Can you be more specific, Councilor? Because to me, “peculiar” is already covered by “She ate a guy.” Keep reading for a review of Far Sector #5.
So, anyone up for some comfort reading? BECAUSE I SURE AM. This week we’re going all the way back to 1991, and a book I’ve been meaning to read for a while now: Ray Aldridge’s first novel, The Pharaoh Contract, book 1 of The Emancipator series. It follows reluctant enforcer Ruiz Aw, who’s been sent
The final film in the Skywalker Saga, Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, is currently available digitally, and comes to Blu-Ray, DVD and 4k on March 31st. This review is of the Blu-Ray/Digital Multi-Screen Edition, which gives fans access to the film in high-definition and disc and digital, along with all the great bonus features.