Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts
Showing posts with label science fiction. Show all posts
Thursday, September 04, 2025

Fevre Dream

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A science-fiction explanation for vampire biology. Richly detailed historical fiction set in the antebellum South. A bond of friendship deve...
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Thursday, August 21, 2025

Attack of the Bloodsucking Plants

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The September-October issue of SKEPTICAL INQUIRER contains an article about the "Vegetable Man of West Virginia." This alleged cry...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

The Vampire as Alien

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In horror fiction and dark fantasy, we encounter two main types of scientifically explained vampires -- vampirism as an infectious disease o...
Friday, July 18, 2025

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Island of Dr. Moreau by H. G. Wells by Karen S. Wiesner     ...
Thursday, July 17, 2025

Breaking Encryption

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Cory Doctorow begins his latest LOCUS column with a discussion of technorealism and "nontechnical technothrillers": Rubber-Hose ...
Friday, July 11, 2025

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Time Machine by H. G. Wells by Karen S. Wiesner   Be aware th...
Friday, May 23, 2025

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Terror by Dan Simmons by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Terror by Dan Simmons by Karen S. Wiesner     Be aware tha...
Thursday, May 01, 2025

RavenCon 18

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RavenCon occurred this past weekend in a hotel near Richmond, Virginia. The weather was a bit weird for Virginia in late April. While the da...
Friday, February 14, 2025

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Hunter's Run by Gardner Dozois, George R. R. Martin, and Daniel Abraham by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Hunter's Run by Gardner Dozois, George R. R. Martin, and Daniel Abraham by Karen S. W...
Friday, January 24, 2025

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, Book 1) by James S. A. Corey by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War, Book 1) by James S. A. Corey by Karen S. Wie...
Thursday, December 05, 2024

Welcome to the Future

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Recommended for fans and writers of near-future science fiction: YOU CALL THIS THE FUTURE? THE GREATEST INVENTIONS SCI-FI IMAGINED AND SCIEN...
Friday, November 08, 2024

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Micro by Michael Crichton and Richard Preston by Karen S. Wiesner ...
Friday, November 01, 2024

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Next by Michael Crichton by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: Next by Michael Crichton by Karen S. Wiesner       Be aware th...
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