The last three Hugo-nominated novelettes are stories by Sarah Pinsker, A.T. Greenblatt, and Isabel Fall. These ones are slightly more…challenging? Thought-provoking? Whatever you want to call it, we’ve got a story about memory, a story about trying to fit in with a group of super-powered heroes, and a very controversial story that I’m not sure
“It feels a kind of madness for Titan to fight Titan. We were never meant for that.” Keep reading for a review of The Transformers Annual 2021. Minor spoilers below. It sometimes feels like the primary goal of the current Transformers series is to introduce every single character who’s ever been a part of any
This week’s Watch Party is a mini-edition with just Elizabeth and Kathryn, because Kathryn’s obsessed with a big fan of Tom Hiddleston and Elizabeth just likes all things Loki, so we had to watch the first episode “Glorious Purpose” as soon as it came out, and we chatted on IM the whole time. (Warning: many
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! This week we recap a Night Vale episode that’s all about a severed, sentient human hand, and it’s not even a little creepy, it’s actually very sweet. Later on in the episode we recap a movie about several kids chatting together
“Hello, Green Lantern Sojourner Mullein. I’m Minec of the Sea, by the Streaking Ice, Until the Sun Falls.Care to get off my ship before I have you shot?” It’s the final issue! Keep reading for a review of Far Sector #12. Minor spoilers below. The issue starts out explosively, right in the middle of the
The first day of the end of the world started entirely without incident. C. Robert Cargil – author of We Are Where The Nightmares Go and screenwriter for “Doctor Strange” and “Sinister” – spun a tale of the aftermath of the Robot Apocalypse in Sea Of Rust. His latest book Day Zero tells the story
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Seriously you guys we’re not kidding this time, ALL THE SPOILER WARNINGS this episode because we’re breaking down the final season of Bojack Horseman and we’re going to spoil everything. (…yes okay the final episode dropped a year and a half
Directed by Kenneth Branagh, Thor follows the prince of Asgard (Chris Hemsworth) who is soon to inherit the throne from his aging father, Odin (Anthony Hopkins.) However, on the day that he is to be crowned, Thor reacts with brutality when the Frost Giants enter the palace in violation of their treaty. As punishment, Odin
Next up for the Hugo awards, three of the stories nominated for Best Novelette. For this group we’ve got a dystopian commentary on body image (and how society’s treatment of it is so much more poisonous than “don’t you want to be healthy?”), a tale of high school friendship mixed with genetic tampering and revenge,