What happens when a bunch of super power teenagers, a dog, alternate dimensions, a woman who may or may not be the devil, and the military all smash together? Time Spent happens.
The history of the United Federation of Planets, as seen in the Star Trek universe, is told through the stories of the men and women of the Federation’s galaxy renowned Starfleet. But just how did Starfleet, and the Federation, come to be?
Space western. Those two words usually bring to mind Joss Whedon’s Firefly or something like Cowboys and Aliens. Occasionally one might think of Star Wars, but Star Wars is more epic space fantasy. Star Wars: Kenobi is a classic western with all the elements: the natives, the outlaws, the farmers, the mysterious stranger and is thoroughly Star Wars at the same time.
H.G. Well’s alien invasion novel, The War of the Worlds, is well known. It has been adapted for film, theater, and most infamously radio, but with Eric S. Brown, we get a new life breathed into the old story. The War of the Worlds always was a commentary on the fragility of life, the arrogance of human superiority and the triumph of the common man, but Brown takes it one step further: it is now a reflection on the old mores of science fiction and how even something done to death can be reanimated to terrifying appeal.
The fantastic West as we know it was perhaps born in a nineteen year old Stephen King’s observation that gonzo Westerns were set in an absurdly majestic land of …
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A bit of a departure from writer Kurtis Wiebe’s usually somewhat more serious work, Rat Queens is a fantasy-comedy by Wiebe and co-creator/artist Roc Upchurch. The titular Rat Queens are an all-female group of adventurers that …
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“Life,” said Marvin dolefully, “loathe it or ignore it, you can’t like it.” – from Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Sci-Fidelity is a little weird and a lot entertaining. The novella is populated with multi-faceted characters and vivid descriptions of a life at a crossroads.
While the One Ring and all events related to it have made Tolkien world famous, it often seems that his little stories and retellings of old myths were his favorites to write. Both are worth the time it takes to read them, especially if all you know of Tolkien are hobbits, wizards, and elves.
Ren is a fantasy series, and I love fantasy! Whether it’s books, games, movies, TV, web series or music. To me it’s all about escaping to different worlds, battles between …
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Prepare for a high-flying steampunk adventure in this all-new sci-fi/fantasy series about a pair of talented inventors called, the TINKERS. Set in an alternate history in the late 19th century, …
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Alan Dean Foster returns to the world of Star Trek, no doubt following the screenplay, but this time around fails to enrich the story. Reading the Into Darkness novelization is exactly like watching the film, but with words.
Invisibility: the wet dream of military scientists, voyeurs, and thieves everywhere. But, is it really a blessing, a great disguise, and a solution to incurable ugliness? H.G. Wells apparently didn’t think so when he explored the phenomenon and its impact on human life in his novella The Invisible Man.
