Fiction, Science Fiction
Novel: Sweep of Stars by Maurice Broaddus
I love an inventive, close-to-home space opera with political edge–think The Expanse, or Ian McDonald’s Luna trilogy. Maurice Broaddus’s…
October 18, 2022
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: The Expanse (Season 6)
Part of me envies future fans of The Expanse, who will get to experience one of science fiction’s best…
January 27, 2022
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: The Expanse (Season 5)
After spreading its wings beyond the ring gate in season four, The Expanse comes home in season five, from…
February 4, 2021
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: The Expanse (Season 4)
With season four, we can consider The Expanse’s jump from SyFy to Amazon Prime a success. (Or should I…
January 25, 2020
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: The Expanse (Season 3)
I was already pleased that Amazon stepped in to rescue The Expanse after its Syfy cancellation, but I’m even…
February 23, 2019
Science Fiction, TelevisionTV: The Expanse (Season 2)
With season two, The Expanse builds further on its impressive, growing legacy as first-rate science fiction television. Tensions between…
August 6, 2018
Fiction, Science FictionNovel: Luna: New Moon by Ian McDonald
Ian McDonald’s impressive body of work expands with Luna: New Moon (2015), the first half of an inventive, intense…
May 9, 2016
Drama, Science Fiction, Television, ThrillerTV: The Expanse (Season 1)
For years, I’ve waited for Syfy to green-light a series that might realize the early, if ultimately squandered, promise…
March 21, 2016