A neat little slice of science fiction from Robin Sloan, published in MIT Technology Review: Elyse Flayme and the final flood. Molly Khan had written six books in as many years, starting with Elyse Flayme and the Ice Queen, surprise best seller, first in the series that became the heir—at last—to Potter. Even better, this… Continue reading The Billion-Dollar Book of the Dead
Tag: speculative fiction
The Peripheral
I’ve not read William Gibson’s source novel, but after seeing the first two episodes I can safely say that The Peripheral on Amazon Prime looks right up my street. I’ll certainly give them the first season to see if the mix of high technology, alternative time lines and rich, powerful people from the future with… Continue reading The Peripheral
And an owlbear?
Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves looks as cheesy as hell, and all the better for it. [Via @scalzi]
Target Acquired
I was curious about the TV adaptation of The Time Traveler’s Wife and had it on my list of shows I’d take a look at somewhere down the line. Then I came across Abigail Nussbaum’s review of the first season at Strange Horizons: At this point, the reader might be forgiven for thinking that this… Continue reading Target Acquired
Emulation
Thanks to Charlie Stross for pointing out Lena, an short story by qntm written in the format of excerpt from a version of Wikipedia hailing from a distinctly nightmarish timeline: This article is about the standard test brain image. For the original human, see Miguel Acevedo. MMAcevedo (Mnemonic Map/Acevedo), also known as Miguel, is the… Continue reading Emulation
Archived
A couple of years ago I posted about reading Incorruptible, a Peter Watts story from the X-Prize’s Seat 14C competition1. I was pleased to find earlier today that a couple of years ago the DUST podcast/film network put out audio adaptations2 of some of the stories from the competition. Unfortunately Incorruptible wasn’t one of the… Continue reading Archived
The Inheritors
Worth supporting? The Inheritors is an intimate science-fiction short film exploring themes of race, family and belonging. Reflecting on the experiences of people with multiple-heritage, it’s a story about how societal polarisation creates walls that divide us, deprive us of love, of community, of a sense of identity, and ultimately of our deepest humanity. [Via Orbital Operations]
Picard Season 2
Season 2 of Star Trek: Picard has been a poorly-paced tale that is so busy looking backwards that I have very little confidence that the coming third season will be worth my time, even if they are reuniting the TNG-era bridge crew and promising us “Federation starships galore”.1 On the other hand, sometimes it prompts… Continue reading Picard Season 2
Station Eleven ended
I’ll have more to say about this, but first just a quick note to confirm that now that the STARZPLAY stream of HBO’s Station Eleven has come to an end I’m delighted I went to the trouble of seeking the show out. The story and the way they chose to tell it took a few… Continue reading Station Eleven ended
Station Eleven
Given the largely positive reviews that Station Eleven got, regular readers may not be surprised to learn that I ended up shelling out for a STARZPLAY subscription with the plan of watching the ten episodes then deciding whether to let my subscription roll over for another month. There’s other content I’d been meaning to watch1… Continue reading Station Eleven