Streaming has really changed the way we watch TV, and what would have (over the last few years) been considered “midseason” — I.e. the time when networks bring out new/returning shows to replace the ones that have already been cancelled or taken an early break — is now a bit more free-flowing. Netflix (and other…
Category: Books
Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Movie Review
This is my most anticipated movie of 2016, and I have been looking forward to seeing it ever since they announced that we would be returning to JK Rowling’s wizarding world (without Harry). Just like they did with Tolkien’s The Hobbit, they took a thin book, with story set in the same universe, and made…
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Movie Review
It’s not because I loved the book (click here to read my short yet dissatisfied review) that I had high hopes for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. A movie version, directed by the very creative Tim Burton, and featuring a cast of excellent actors including one of my favourites, Eva Green, as the titular…
Midseason TV 2016 – Plenty of Sci-fi & Fantasy
This is a pretty big year for mid-season sci-fi/fantasy shows. We already had the debut of The Expanse, but there are a bunch more new genre shows that run the gamut from glossy comic-book super-heroes, to Anglo-Saxon legends. Many of them are adaptations of successful books. While I can’t say that any of them stand…
Firefight by Brandon Sanderson – Book Review
I’m enjoying all this super-powers/super-hero stuff on TV and in the movies, but I admit I’m also getting tired of how they are very similar and blending into each other. That’s one of the things I loved about Brandon Sanderson’s novel, Steelheart, and a big part of why I also loved the sequel, Firefight. In…
Summer 2015 Sci-fi & Fantasy capsule book reviews
I’ve been reading a number of books over the summer: tales of magical lawyers, medieval samurai, peculiar children, interplanetary missionaries, and blade-carrying death-gods really run the gamut, but sadly most of them have been disappointments. (Given that they all had good reviews out there, maybe it’s just me.) Nevertheless, I think they’re all worth checking…
Armada by Ernest Cline – Book Review
When I found out that Ernest Cline, author of Ready Player One, was putting out another novel, I was so eager that I didn’t even bother to read anything about , this tale of aliens invading Earth and the humans who defend us by playing videogames. I just put it on my Audible pre-order list,…
Hyperion by Dan Simmons – Book Review
Featured image – “The Shrike” by Edouard Noisette Hyperion is one of my favourite science fiction novels. It’s one of the few books I’ve actually read twice (I’m not one of those re-reader types). When I wanted to start the sequel, Fall of Hyperion, I realized that I needed to refresh myself on all the…
A Feast For Crows by George R.R. Martin – Book Review
Featured image is Cersei turns to Ash by Duncan Dewar As I typically do, I read books to prepare for movies and tv seasons, so I was eager to catch up with our friends in Westeros before Game of Thrones season 5 returns in a couple of weeks. However, as I read/listened, I also started…
