Hits all the right notes, all the inside jokes, all the nostalgia of the 1990s. I was gripped by The Rome of Fall for a quick day and a half. Told in two threads, thirty years apart, in the life of Marcus Brinks, high school senior/ washed up rock star... 1994: Marcus is forced to... Continue Reading →
Astronauts: Women on the Final Frontier by Jim Ottaviani & Maris Wicks
Jim Ottaviani and Maris Wicks have written a book in Astronauts that is educational, inspirational and entertaining. The narrative is told through the point of view of Mary Cleave, astronaut and Science Mission Directorate as NASA. Astronauts begins by describing the initial push to send women into space, including Valentina Tereshkova in the USSR and... Continue Reading →
The Raven’s Toll: Episode 1, The Raven’s Dream. R.E.M. Verberg
Epsiode 1 – The Raven’s dream: The Raven tries to deal with a recent loss, but receives a rude awakening at the hands of his old friend, The Sparrow. Writing: R.E.M. VerbergNarration: Diana MooreMusic: Alex Lew The story opens with Raven entering a dream... a dream of what the world once was. But he's met... Continue Reading →
Finna by Nino Cipri
A flytrap chair, dozens of cra-cra clones, and portals into the multiverse... Ava and Jules are chasing a grandmother who has stumbled through the breach... The freshly broken-up queer couple take a futuro-compass into the void that has appeared in the middle of their build-your-own Swedish furniture store. Steeped in bureaucratic corporate culture, relationship possibilities,... Continue Reading →
Jan Shakedown… Feb Outlook
Hi all- A quick post to highlight some of the books I read in January and peek at some of the reviews I'll get to in Feb. Blogging news: I've scaled back a bit. I'm now posting every other day, and oh, what a difference it makes. Two other things: I've become more selective in... Continue Reading →