Book Review: Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation edited by Groff Conklin Mutation and the mutants resulting from it have long been a popular subject of science fiction stories, but really took off as a topic after World War II and the atomic bomb made exposure to radiation much more a public fear. This collection was… Continue reading Book Review: Science Fiction Adventures in Mutation
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Movie Review: 984: Prisoner of the Future
Movie Review: 984: Prisoner of the Future (1982) directed by Tibor Takacs It is the indefinite near future, and 984 is a prisoner…somewhere. Previously, he’d been Tom Weston (Stephen Markle), a slightly smarmy corporate executive. It’s not clear what his corporation did, as the flashbacks are maddeningly vague, but they were somehow either involved with or… Continue reading Movie Review: 984: Prisoner of the Future
Book Review: Worst Hero Ever
Book Review: Worst Hero Ever by Archer Thorn Disclaimer: I received a download of this book through the Booksirens program for the purpose of writing this review. No other compensation was offered or requested. Jim Riven used to be a minor superhero along with his sister Summer. She was Lock, with computer powers, while he… Continue reading Book Review: Worst Hero Ever
Anime Review: God Mazinger
Anime Review: God Mazinger In a time before history as we know it, the ancient kingdom of Mu is under attack by the Dragonian Empire. King Dorado, leader of Dragonia, has slain the previous rulers for refusing to give in to his demands, and the modified dinosaurs he creates using superscience are nearly unstoppable with… Continue reading Anime Review: God Mazinger
Book Review: The Moon Maid
Book Review: The Moon Maid by Edgar Rice Burroughs It is the 2020s, and it is at last time for the humans of Earth to visit their neighbors on Mars, or as its natives call it, Barsoom. The first spaceship to essay the journey is also named the Barsoom. It carries a crew of five,… Continue reading Book Review: The Moon Maid
Magazine Review: Analog Science Fiction Science Fact June 1969
Magazine Review: Analog Science Fiction Science Fact June 1969 edited by John W. Campbell The editorial for this issue of the venerable science fiction magazine talks about two “elegant solutions” to technical problems, the first one being a better spacesuit, and the other being a better microphone. Neither of these notions worked out in real… Continue reading Magazine Review: Analog Science Fiction Science Fact June 1969
Book Review: The Automaton
Book Review: The Automaton by Ian Young XR-345x awakens to find itself apparently the last of its kind. According to his holographic AI helper Holographic Automaton Navigation Console (Hank for short) humans left the surface of the earth around five thousand years ago, and the other automatons eventually followed suit. But an anomaly has arisen… Continue reading Book Review: The Automaton
Book Review: Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2025
Book Review: Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2025 edited by Robert Greenberger Disclaimer: I contributed to the Kickstarter for this book. A lesser known aspect of pulp fandom is the creation of new stories in the tradition of the pulp magazines of old, action-packed and exciting. Thus this series of books which feature modern authors trying their… Continue reading Book Review: Thrilling Adventure Yarns 2025
Manga Review: Attack on Titan Vols. 1 & 2
Manga Review: Attack on Titan Vols. 1 & 2 by Hajime Isayama One hundred years ago, humanity lost its war with the Titans. The gigantic humanoid anthropophages were just too powerful and numerous. What remained of the human race withdrew into a city-state guarded by three circles of fifty-meter tall walls. The Titans found these… Continue reading Manga Review: Attack on Titan Vols. 1 & 2
Manga Retrospective: Undead Unluck
Manga Retrospective: Undead Unluck by Yoshifumi Tozuka Fuuko Izumo has had a miserable life due to her curse of Unluck. Anyone Fuuko touches suffers a statistically improbable misfortune, often to lethal effect, with the first victims being her own parents. At age 18, the only thing that has kept her alive has been wanting to… Continue reading Manga Retrospective: Undead Unluck