Featured 2/22/13 at Daily Science Fiction We’ve all been there before, or at least seen it happen: Girl’s at the bar, a guy walks up to her, asks to buy her a drink. And everyone certainly knows what happens next: Girl says no, the guy keeps talking anyway, usually about how awesome he is. (“Would … [Read more…]
As an attempt to offer a survey of (mostly 20th century) short science fiction, The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction is quite successful. Since with a book like this it’s almost impossible to make any significant assessment that doesn’t boil down to simply preference, I will simply list those stories I liked best out of … [Read more…]
This is an excellent story. I appreciated Willis’ ability to pace the story so that it moved along quickly, while still focusing on specific actions, events, dialogue in sufficient detail to present the full effect of the events and circumstances in which Kivrin and Dunworthy each find themselves. Near the end of the book, I … [Read more…]
If there is any topic writers like to write about more than any other, it’s writers. Hemingway wrote about writers; John Irving writes about writers; now, John Scalzi has written about a writer. (“But wait!” you protest, “I thought this story was about a bunch of redshirts?” It is, until…well, dammit, read the book!) It’s … [Read more…]
It’s a sad day. Another Joss Whedon show is canceled. And while it’s not surprising, considering Fox put it in time out during November sweeps, it sure is upsetting. There are a slough of commenters on various blogs saying things like, “At least they are going to air the whole second season.” Yes, there is … [Read more…]