Mind Machines by Dima Zales and Anna Zaires
Jessica Juby
I’ll confess: I’ve still not made the switch from physical book to ebook. I’m lingering on the border still, but more on the side of print. I only really step…
science fiction
The Coilhunter Chronicles by Dean F. Wilson – Spoiler Free Series Review
JC Kang
Steampunk Batman meets A Fistful of Dollars (and later, the Borg). Despite Fantasy-Faction originally being a British website, I am pretty sure that everyone knows Americans romanticize the Wild West:…
Is Voltron: Legendary Defender Worth Watching?
Emma Rose Hollands
The final season of Dreamworks’ Voltron: Legendary Defender dropped on 14th December 2018. Originally launching on Netflix in 2016, this re-boot of the 80s sci-fi adventure cartoon captured the hearts…
Firefly: A Traveler’s Companion to the ‘Verse
Kellie Doherty
I am a huge Firefly nerd. Like, seriously huge. I’ve watched the show and the movie many times. I took a movie criticism class in college and compared Star Wars…
Karen Lord Interview – 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival
Jonathan Thornton
Karen Lord is an exciting writer of speculative fiction from Barbados. Her novel The Best of All Possible Worlds (2013) is a powerful science fiction novel that explores two people…
Skyward by Brandon Sanderson
As a big fan of titles by Becky Chambers and Pierce Brown, this space adventure by Sanderson sounded like a no brainer. In the online announcement that Sanderson made, he…
Neuromancer by William Gibson
As debut novels go, this one kicks arse. Written in 1984, Gibson’s cyberpunk tale was a culmination of various cult influences and pressure from a looming deadline. We’re introduced to…
Rise of the Seer by Brandon Barr
Completed while the author was undergoing chemotherapy for leukemia, Brandon Barr’s Rise of the Seer captures the essence of holding onto hope when things seem dark. It’s part Game of…
The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells
Toby Frost
The late Victorian era was a time of new and dangerous ideas. The concept of evolution challenged traditional religious belief. The first few voices were questioning the politics of Empire.…
Brandon Barr Interview – Song of the Worlds
Brandon Barr is a beloved figure in Indie Author circles, being an active member of several online communities and having spoken at the 20BooksTo50k® conference. He has inspired many of…
Of Lead and Plastic: Tabletop Wargaming In 2018
Wargaming and miniatures games have got a pretty bad rep in the past for being dry, intense and hard to enjoy. However, if the stereotypes were ever true, they aren’t…
El Ministerio del Tiempo (Ministry of Time) – TV Series Review
A. M. Justice
I am a sucker for costume dramas. If a show involves somebody wearing farthingales, I will give it a try, and I’ll usually hang in there even if it’s not…