Science Fiction and Fantasy Comment and Reviews
Shadow Captain is the sequel to a new series of books by Alastair Reynolds set in a new universe. Reynolds is a master of the space opera, his back catalogue is filled with interesting characters and well imagined civilisations. The Revenger series is no different. The first book in the series established the new universe... Continue Reading →
On the face of it this episode should have been top notch. Discovery rarely spends much time planetside nor takes the time o explore the background of alien races. Here we had the chance to delve deeply into Saru’s race and see more of his home planet Kaminar what we got was somehow less than... Continue Reading →
Season 3 of The Expanse has just dropped on Amazon Prime after being canned on Netflix. This show is perhaps the best modern Sci-fi on television. I first encountered the series through the novels and was very nervous about its translation to the screen. I need not have worried the showrunners imagining of the series... Continue Reading →
We are now getting deep in to Season 2 and things are still progressing well for Discovery in terms of storytelling. Whilst there remain elements of the series that need work this episode feels like Star Trek and looked amazing. Focusing for once on a single plot we got to see where Tilly had gone... Continue Reading →
Nightflyers is a Netflix original series based on a series of short stories by George RR Martin. This ten part series is an interesting one with a second series on the horizon. The show suffers from a couple of problems, mainly too many Sci-fi/horror tropes and some overly used plot points. Firstly their is an... Continue Reading →
The title of this weeks episode relates to the coin placed in the mouth of a person to be buried as payment to Charon the ferryman who takes them to the land of the dead. This is quite apt given the themes in this episode regarding death and final acts. Instead of the mash of... Continue Reading →
Big Damn Hero is the first of a new line of original novels featuring the Firefly cast. The book is written by James Lovegrove and based on concepts by Nancy Holder and backed by the creator Joss Whedon. Firefly was an excellent short-lived series and it is a delight to see it revived here. The... Continue Reading →
Point of Light, episode 3 of the second season highlights one of the problems of an ongoing plot thread. Every now and again you need an exposition episode to get people in the right places for the following episodes. This is particular so with a series that has a limited number of episodes per season.... Continue Reading →
Into the Nebula 