Planet of the Nukes and TV-Watchers

This is the third of four articles that were originally written for a class assignment. Click here to see Parts 1 and 2 of this series if you missed them. The title Planet of the Apes brings about ideations of a comedy: creatures we normally see in zoo, instead walking around in clothes and talking. […]

Commies and Hippies: Fahrenheit 451

(This critique was originally written for course credit at Western Connecticut State university and the format reflects that. However, it is my expectation that the subjects and content appeal to readers of this blog, so here it is! Thank you to Dr. Oscar De Los Santos for your guidance.) Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 examined the […]

Novel Review: Blood’s Pride by Eve Manieri

Military fantasy. It’s a genre dominated by men, both inside and out. The characters are distinguished by their accomplishments in battle, their thirst for glory, the amounts of testosterone that drive them (especially the women) and their physical appearances. Your species informs a huge part of your character, both in terms of what you are […]

Novel Review: Dreams and Shadows by C Robert Cargill

I almost passed over Dreams and Shadows. The cover and the title give the idea of a world of rainbows and lollipops darkened by the glimmer of “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”. Apparently the British cover, distributed by a different publishing house, paints a bit of a darker picture, but I didn’t have that on hand […]

Book Review: Robogenesis by Daniel Wilson

Daniel Wilson is to the robot apocalypse what Mira Grant is to the zombie. At least, that’s what I gather from my very, very short history with his work. I’m fairly certain I had heard of his 2011 novel Robopocalypse before I was given the sequel, Robogenesis, as a gift, but I had never read […]