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Tag: science fiction

  • Review: Fault Tolerance (Chilling Effect, #3)

    Fault Tolerance by Valerie Valdes My rating: 4 of 5 stars Valerie Valdes continues the Gen X/Millenial pastiche that the Chilling Effect in this third, and final, entry. A few of the references across the trilogy:– Voltron– Portal (from previous books)– Smash Bros (crash sisters)– Death Star-like weapon– Solid snake reference?– Transformers– Pokemon (in previous…

  • Review: Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 114, November 2019

    Lightspeed Magazine, Issue 114, November 2019 by John Joseph Adams My rating: 4 of 5 stars Science Fiction———————The Concubine’s Heart (Matthew Bright) – I could not even Begin to predict the turn the story would take. It was quite a fascinating story. I wonder at the culture (a sort of sci-fi Chinese culture) that would…

  • A Couple Recent Interesting Podcast Episodes

    First off, I’ve mentioned before that I enjoy listening to the science fiction short story podcast Escape Pod. Today I listened to episode 949, A Foundational Model for Talking to Girls. Large Language Models (LLMs), what we have colloquially called AI for the past few years, have been a giant source of wonder and consternation…

  • Color Trends in Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine Covers (by Magazine)

    When I was looking at my SFF magazine covers on Calibre-web, I noticed there seems to be somewhat of a house style to the images chosen for the covers. I know I could write a python program to give me a definitive answer, but I’m not currently in the mood for that. So here’s what…

  • Thoughts on Worldcon 2021 (Discon 3)

    Thoughts on Worldcon 2021 (Discon 3)

    This strange, COVID-filled year was the year WorldCon was local to me, so I figured it was the best time to check it out. I didn’t need to pay for a hotel or flight, just a few days of parking and metro line fees. Overall, I thought it was fine. I enjoyed the panels I…

  • Revew: Redshirts by John Scalzi

    Redshirts by John Scalzi My rating: 4 of 5 stars (warning: This whole review is full of spoilers!) When I first heard about this book I thought about it in the same way that I thought of the Battleship movie. The Red Shirt joke is a fun joke that’s been parodied endlessly. But is it…

  • A Short Story: Preventative Medicine

    Wrote this over the course of a few days as a creative exercise. —- “¡Carajo Coño!”  he muttered under his breath as he ran.  His wife had just started to get into the mood when the call had come in.  It was on the mobile that he never turned off, not even during moments of…