Commander Koenig and the Lost Planet Airmen
You could get a hernia trying to suspend your disbelief high enough for this premise. Read More »
All Aboard for Mars! A True Story
This is not fiction. Your mission, should you accept it, is to go to Mars and die there. I get a bit cynical about this sort of thing, Read More »
The Alternate History Masterpiece You’ve Never Read
Satire is no longer being written in America. It’s still on television via Saturday Night Live, South Park, and the great, unsung animation series Squidbillies. (I’d lump Superjail in there, but it’s not for the squeamish and satire works best if an... Read More »
Review: The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling
I can’t think of a better novel to start my exploration of steampunk then The Difference Engine by William Gibson and Bruce Sterling. This award-winning novel, written by two controversial authors has been on my radar for a long time, but for w... Read More »
Steampunk: An Overview of an Up and Coming Genre
Strap on your goggles, fire up the boiler and let’s lift off toward adventure. Its time to tackle the wonderful world of steampunk! So what is steampunk exactly? Surprisingly it is difficult to describe, even steampunk.com couldn’t give m... Read More »
Review: Zombie Jesus and Other True Stories
Horror and alternate history are difficult genres to mash up. You just don’t see them together very often and despite my firm belief in the adaptability of alternate history, it is rare when you see an author effectively combine horror and alte... Read More »
Anime roundup 4/14/2013: This Will Be on the Test
A big stack of first looks this week, and then it’ll be time to make decisions about what to add for the regular weekly commentary. Those of you worried about the absence of Attack on Titan, fear not– there have just been announcements th... Read More »
Spring 2013 Anime Preview
Every three months, like clockwork, Japanese TV remakes itself. A bunch of shows end, a bunch more start, and many continuing series bring out new opening and closing sequences. Most anime series run for only three or six months. Throw in that there&... Read More »
Pixels and Panels
A look a two comics you won't have to bag or board Read More »
In Magnificat, There’s a New Pope. And She Changes…Everything
The lead article in the Review section of the March 9 Wall Street Journal began “The next pope should be a man who…” But, wait. Before you start to fill in the characteristics: What if the next pope is a woman? In Chelsea Quinn Yarb... Read More »
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