Feeling down? Check out the Hopepunk and Noblebright sub-genres
Hopepunk and Noblebright are terms I just learned about, and after reading a lot of grimdark stuff, I will be checking them out more than I inadvertently already have. I’m … Read More
Tag: Books
Storm Front: Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
The Dresden Files series has been recommended to me about a million times. Even by people who don’t particularly like the fantasy genre. The series is technically urban fantasy and … Read More
Life, the Universe and Forbidden Planet 42
Good news everyone! This coming Saturday, the 29th of August is a positive nerd fest / cool scifi fan fest as Forbidden Planet turns 42 years old. The great thing … Read More
Free on Amazon for the next 3 days!
For the good of mankind, and a hope of some reviews, I have decided to make my collection of short stories, The Uneven Passage of Time, free on Amazon for … Read More
Brandon Sanderson free lectures on Scifi and Fantasy
Brandon Sanderson is a fantasy legend. He has written some of the most famous fantasy stories around and annoyingly, is a little bit younger than me. Probably the best known … Read More
4000 Jules Verne illustrations now online
As someone who loves adventure books and science fiction, I have read numerous Jules Verne novels and stories. If you want plucky groups of stiff lipped explorers (usually accompanied by … Read More
I have become an influencer and other news
The other day I got an email about being an influencer on Amazon. I hate the term influencer and all it entails but I do love sharing great science fiction, … Read More
New Year, New Scifi book reading frenzy
Happy New Year! 2018 sounds pretty futuristic. Next year is original Blade Runner’s year, we are already further in the future than Marty McFly has ever been, and we have … Read More
Visual guide to the Expanse
I have made no secret about the fact that I think the Expanse is bloody great. I am currently in that painful period between both Expanse books and TV series. … Read More
The future as predicted by science fiction authors
Apart from things like Alternate History, Star Wars, and science fiction written in the past about a date that was the future then, but in the past now, (like 1984,) … Read More