Science Fiction, Television, Writing
Lightspeed Review: Devs & Years and Years
Neither of the shows I reviewed in this month’s Lightspeed are likely to lift your spirits much (OH, THE DARKNESS), but…
September 17, 2020-
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Fantasy, FilmFilm: I’m Thinking of Ending Things
Charlie Kaufman has been channeling his depression into strange entertainments for decades, but I can’t think of one better…
September 5, 2020 -
History, TelevisionTV: Chernobyl
So, if you’ll pardon the indirect wind-up for a moment: I’ll never forget discovering Band of Brothers. It was…
June 23, 2020 -
Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Gamechanger by L.X. Beckett
It’s quite possible L.X. Beckett’s Gamechanger (2019) was exactly the novel I needed to be reading at this moment…
May 17, 2020 -
Fantasy, Television, WritingLightspeed Review: Lodge 49
Not many shows have captured my heart quite so thoroughly as Lodge 49, a smart, funny, thought-provoking series that…
April 23, 2020 -
Spies, TelevisionTV: The Bureau (Season 1)
There’s nothing top secret about my mission to watch every great spy show ever made. I’ve logged many, many…
April 20, 2020 -
Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, WritingThe XVIII Anthology is Out
Greetings from coronavirus quarantine, everyone! The world has descended into a deeply weird state of world-altering chaos these past…
March 21, 2020 -
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: Star Wars Rebels
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the Star Wars franchise stopped speaking to me. Oh,…
February 19, 2020 -
Fiction, Science Fiction, Writing“The Men Who Change the World” is Live at Lightspeed
Happy New Year! The first issue of Lightspeed for 2020 is available this morning, and I’m thrilled to report that my…
January 1, 2020 -
Life, Photos, WritingLifting the Veil in 2019
Another year in the books! (Exclamation point added, signaling enthusiasm!) Perhaps it’s just my subconscious desperately trying to break…
December 31, 2019 -
Fantasy, Science Fiction, TelevisionLightspeed Review: The Twilight Zone & Black Mirror
My latest Lightspeed media review went live this morning. The genre anthology series is making a comeback lately, and…
September 19, 2019 -
Fantasy, FictionNovel: Jade City by Fonda Lee
I’ve never read anything quite like Fonda Lee’s Jade City (2017), a lengthy but blazingly fast-paced novel that feels…
September 7, 2019 -
Fiction, Science FictionCollection: Exhalation by Ted Chiang
For a good long while, Ted Chiang has been considered one of speculative fiction’s best short fiction writers. On…
August 17, 2019 -
History, TelevisionTV: The Terror
The Terror (2018), AMC’s stunning historical horror about intrepid British explorers searching for the Northwest Passage in the 1840s,…
June 23, 2019 -
Fantasy, Film, TelevisionLightspeed Review: Watership Down
It’s fair to say that Watership Down by Richard Adams was one of my favorite novels growing up. I…
May 16, 2019