Anime Review: Humanity Has Declined In the indefinite future, homo sapiens as we know it is slowly going extinct. Not to worry, though, our successors have already appeared, the New Humans, also commonly referred to as “fairies.” The Mediator is a young woman who works for what’s left of the UN, acting as an intermediary between… Continue reading Anime Review: Humanity Has Declined
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Book Review: Tigerman
Book Review: Tigerman by Nick Harkaway Disclaimer: I received an uncorrected proof of this book as a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Mancreu is dying. This island in the Arabian Sea was once a quiet backwater, last colonized by the British Empire. But a combination of industrial waste and volcanic… Continue reading Book Review: Tigerman
Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents Super Friends
Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents Super Friends by Various Back in the 1970s, there was a Saturday morning cartoon titled Superfriends. It featured several superheroes from DC Comics,, plus “Junior Super Friends” Wendy and Marvin, trainee superheroes with their pet Wonderdog. Each episode taught valuable life lessons to kids across America. While reruns of the… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Showcase Presents Super Friends
Book Review: After the Vikings
Book Review: After the Vikings by G. David Nordley This collection of “tales of future Mars” was first published as an adjunct to a conference on possible first contact and the planet Mars.; the stories had individually appeared in Analog and Asimov’s magazines. When the author realized he’d written them from furthest in time to closest, he decided… Continue reading Book Review: After the Vikings