Monthly Archives: February 2018

Can’t-Wait Wednesday: The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford

Posted on February 28, 2018 by H.P.

Here I am, flouting social convention and breaking the rules once again.  So The Dragon Waiting isn’t a book yet to be released.  But I am waiting on it.  And I can’t wait. (Can’t-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Wishful Thinking.) … Continue reading →

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Zero Day Brings the Spiderpocalypse to a Satisfying, Terrifying Close

Posted on February 27, 2018 by H.P.

Now complete with book 3, Zero Day, holy shit Ezekiel Boone’s The Hatching series is good.  Boone absolutely fulfills the promise from the first book in the trilogy, The Hatching.  The Spiderpocalypse reaches its endgame and the fate of humanity … Continue reading →

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Three Distinct Visions for the Future of Wakanda Underlie Black Panther

Posted on February 20, 2018 by H.P.

Black Panther does two things very, very well.  It throws a lot of crazy-ass Afro-Futurism into the mix, resulting in something that is both fresh and looks great, and it undergirds the plot with thematic weight.  The actors are having … Continue reading →

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Gemmell Awards Longlist Announced

Posted on February 17, 2018 by H.P.

The Gemmell Awards longlist has been announced.  Voting on the Gemmell Awards is open to the public.  Voting to narrow the longlist opened on Friday, February 16 and closes at midnight on Friday, March 30.  The awards administrators will announce … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: David Lynch’s Dune is gorgeous and weird and epic and I love it

Posted on February 15, 2018 by H.P.

I already talked about rereading Dune.  But Vintage Science Fiction Month also led me to watch the 1984 David Lynch adaptation of Dune for the first time in a group watch.  Well, it was supposed to be a group watch, … Continue reading →

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Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Zero Day by Ezekiel Boone

Posted on February 14, 2018 by H.P.

Can’t-Wait Wednesday is hosted by Wishful Endings.  My pick for this week is Zero Day by Ezekiel Boone.  I actually just finished reading my advance copy this weekend–holy shit Zero Day is good.  Zero Day concludes Boone’s Hatching series, an … Continue reading →

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Gunpowder Moon is a Fine Example of the Sort of Near-ish Future Hard Science Fction I’ve Been Digging Lately

Posted on February 13, 2018 by H.P.

I walked into Gunpowder Moon thinking of it as a mystery, but it is really more of a thriller.  It benefits the most from the strength of the lead—Caden Dechert—and the carefully drawn vision of a plausible future on the … Continue reading →

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Throwback SF Thursday: Amazon Announces Option on Conan TV Show

Posted on February 8, 2018 by H.P.

If there was any fantasy movie boom post-Lord of the Rings, it was a disappointing one.  Will Game of Thrones produce a fantasy TV boom that fares any better?  It has taken several seasons, but it looks like a boom … Continue reading →

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State of the ARC: February

Posted on February 6, 2018 by H.P.

State of the ARC is a meme hosted by Avalinah’s Books.  The idea being to publicly shame ourselves as book bloggers for our paltry progress reading and reviewing all of the ARCs that accumulate.  I last joined in November.  At that … Continue reading →

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Vintage Science Fiction Month: Dune Reread Report

Posted on February 1, 2018 by H.P.

I read Dune for the first time one summer while I was in college way back when.  Bounced off of it hard.  So hard I never bothered to read the copy of Dune Messiah I picked up at the same … Continue reading →

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