Author: Van Jensen Artist: Pete Woods Release Date: June 29, 2016 Publisher: Dark Horse Comics Genre(s): Action, Sci-Fi Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild Somewhere around the middle of the first issue of Cryptocracy, I was hit with such a nostalgic feeling that took me until the aliens showed up to place: Men in Black. Between the […]
‘Too Like The Lightning’ is A Rewarding, New Sci-Fi Novel That Imagines An Incredibly Unique Future
Too Like The Lightning Author: Ada Palmer Series: Terra Ignota #1 Release Date: May 10, 2016 Publisher: Tor Books Genre(s): Science Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon Before I start this review I want to say one thing: this will not be the last you hear of this book. If ever there was […]
Rockstar Book Tours: Robison Wells Gives Us Insight on the Influences Behind His Upcoming Sci-Fi Novel “Dark Energy”
Dark Energy Author: Robison Wells Release Date: March 29, 2016 Publisher: HarperTeen Formats: Hardcover, eBook Genre(s): Young Adult, Science Fiction Goodreads | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | iBooks Aliens are pretty awesome. They open up an incredible opportunity for storytelling and in the hands of someone like Robison Wells you’ve got to imagine you’re in […]
Defeating Alien Overlords is only the Beginning in Paknadel & Trakhanov’s Turncoat #1
Paknadel & Trakhanov’s Turncoat #1 Author: Alex Paknadel Artists: Artyom Trakhanov Release Date: March 16, 2016 Publisher: BOOM! Studios Genre(s): Dark Sci-fi, Noir Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild I am an unabashed fan of Alex Paknadel’s writing. His ability to take common genre tropes and expectations and turn them inside out makes him one of my favorite […]
“Alive” is a Wonderfully Enigmatic Sci-Fi Thriller
Alive Author: Scott Sigler Release Date: July 14, 2015 Series: The Generations Trilogy #1 Publisher: Del Rey Genre(s): Science Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon I need to be careful in how I approach this review. Alive is one of those books that it’s really better for […]
‘Last Sons of America’ Highlights Lowkey Sci-Fi & Brotherly Bonding
Last Sons of America #1 Author: Phillip Kennedy Johnson Artists: Matthew Dow Smith Release Date: November 11, 2015 Publisher: BOOM! Studios Genre(s): Sci-Fi Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild Last Sons of America will easily draw comparisons to Children of Men with its infertility issues, the twist here being that a biological attack of Agent Pink on […]
Doctor Who: Before The Flood Recap
Synopsis 9×04: The Doctor and Clara are separated as ghosts threaten the Drum. In the past, Twelve faces off with the Fisher King. In the future, Clara deals with the Doctor’s impending death. Rating: ★★☆☆☆ Paradox (noun): Previously, a self-contradictory event that could rip apart the very fabric of space […]
Rockstar Book Tours: ‘An Inheritance of Ashes’ is a Delightful Standalone Fantasy
An Inheritance of Ashes Author: Leah Bobet Release Date: October 6, 2015 Publisher: Clarion Books Source: Rockstar Book Tours, Clarion Books Genre(s): Young Adult, Fantasy, Science Fiction Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low Goodreads | Amazon |BN | iBooks I’ve really been enjoying the recent resurgence in young adult fantasy. As someone who grew up with Harry Potter, fantasy […]
King #1 is An Okay Start to What Will Probably Be an Okay Series
King #1 Author: Joshua Hale Fialkov Artists: Bernard Chang and Marcelo Maiolo Release Date: August 19, 2015 Publisher: Jet City Comics Genre(s): Sci-Fi Rating: ★★★☆☆ Review Spoilers: Mild King is the last man on Earth. He’s not exactly the most stellar example of humanity but he’s all that’s left in a world that has in some […]
Broken World #1 Reveals A World We Want More Of
Broken World #1 Author: Frank J. Barbiere Artist: Christopher Peterson, Marissa Louise Release Date: June 3, 2015 Publisher: BOOM! Studios Source: BOOM! Studios DRC Genre(s): Sci-Fi Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Mild The premise behind Broken World isn’t exactly earth shattering (terrible pun totally intended), but the immediacy of the extinction event – an asteroid hitting Earth in two […]
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