Science Fiction and Fantasy Comment and Reviews
Breach of Peace is the debut novella from YouTuber Daniel Greene. Daniel is a fan of the Wheel of Time and has run a YouTube channel for several years covering Robert Jordans work and all manner of Sci-fi and Fantasy literature as well as a regular news feature. As such Daniel has a great platform... Continue Reading →
Lower Decks Episode 2 introduces us to the Cerritos' new Security Chief. In a great call back to TNG we get our first Tamarian Starfleet officer. Kayshon is an entertaining addition to the crew even if he spent most of the show as puppet. Although the main plot involving Mariner on a Collectors vessel contained... Continue Reading →
This nominee for the Arthur C. Clarke Award should not be confused with Margaret Atwood's poem of the same name. There is a link here. The author, Laura Jean McKay references Atwood's work in the introduction and as you read this book you definitely feel a link between the two works. The Animals in that... Continue Reading →
Lower Decks is back and hopefully this is the start of 6 months of new Star Trek with hopefully Picard and Discovery to follow. I found Season 1 somewhat mediocre but was surprisingly excited about this week’s premiere. Perhaps it was because it was shown only 1 day later than the US in the UK... Continue Reading →
Mass Effect was the first game I ever played on x-box. It came free with the console which I had primarily bought to play Star Wars the Force Unleashed. I had a great time playing Mass Effect and was completely drawn in by the story. Its gameplay and branching storylines were completely engaging and more... Continue Reading →
The Vanished Birds was an odd story to summarise. In essence it is a novel of two parts, one in which a crew of a ship ply their trade across the galaxy and the second about a young, abandoned boy who eventually becomes capable of personal transportation through space. There are a lot of ideas... Continue Reading →
Loki, what a revelation. It’s taken me a little while to write this review as I wanted to get my thoughts in order because I found this Marvel series a challenging one, in a good way. To start off with I must state that without equivocation I love Tom Hiddleston’s portrayal of Loki in the... Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year again the nominees for the Arthur C Clarke Award have dropped once more. This year there is an even more eclectic mix of books most of which I would never have thought of reading were it not for this award. None of this year’s authors are known to me but... Continue Reading →
Jupiter’s Legacy is yet another superhero comic book adaptation. Television and film seem to be awash with these and whilst is nice to see authors other than those at Marvel or DC coming to the fore I do feel a saturation point is coming. It was with this mindset that I approached this series. It... Continue Reading →
As a spin off from the Clones Wars animated series ‘The Bad Batch’ is Star Wars latest offering. The series kicks off directly during Order 66 and we get to see a young Kanan Jarrus or rather Caleb Duune in action. The series relies somewhat on the familiarity of viewers with the members of the... Continue Reading →
