Tag Archives: sci-fi

The end of the world as a whole is reflected brilliantly in the end of the world for just one man in Adam Nevill's dark and brutal 'Lost Girl.'

'Luna: New Moon' is a western that just happens to take place on Earth’s moon in the 22nd Century. Ian McDonald set the debut novel of his epic saga on a dangerous world with its own versions of a gold rush and range wars. This is a classic empire story about rival families looking to out-compete—and out-fight—each other for control of the moon’s natural resources.

The most emotional moments in 'The Martian' aren't when we hear Whatney talk about his family, or see the crew react to his being stranded, they're when we watch the characters figure out how to make impossible things possible. 'The Martian' has many such moments.

Ann Leckie refreshes space opera tropes in 'Ancillary Justice' to create a unique world and genderless future. Not only doe the book succeed in rendering a spaceship human, it challenges our very notion of gender and does so with little more than a clever use of pronouns. Few works of literature boast of a similar achievement.

'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails' is a repetitive movie. A repetitive movie is 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails.' 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials' repeats itself. Hey you, wanna see a repetitive movie? 'Maze Runner: The Scorch Trails' is a repetitive movie.

The story is serviceable at best, but plot was never a strong point of the Mad Max franchise. Instead, 'Mad Max' delivers all the bone crunching, car slamming, sawed-off shotgun blasting action any fan could possibly want.

Rather than weigh itself down with the logical quandaries of its genre, 'Chrononauts,' like its heroes, just has itself a grand ol' time. And so do we.

'Starlight' starts by building pathos for one of Mark Millar's best characters and then takes us on a rambunctious sci-fi pulp adventure. It's wonderful.

While a bit light on the science, 'Voyagers: Project Alpha' is a great start for a sci-fi series aimed at getting kids interested in science and the environment.

'The Fifth Season' is N.K. Jemisin's most political work yet. But she doesn’t sacrifice storytelling in the service of a broader message in this enlightening and entertaining novel.

While I wouldn't recommend 'Oemnibus' as an introduction to Michael Avon Oeming's work, for those who are already fans it's a worthy collection to own.

'Dark Orbit' is an unpredictable, thought-provoking tale of exploration, heavy on both physics and philosophy. It's a page-turning blend of adventure and ideas.

A disaster at Bartok Industries threatens to unleash a plague of human/fly hybrids on the world. Will Martin’s last-ditch effort stop the swarm or is the insect apocalypse upon us?

Pop Mythology's John Kirk sat down to interview Richard Hatch about the highly-awaited film 'Star Trek: Axanar' and, among other things, the art of success.

The new trailer for 'Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2' has Katniss looking very much to be in Hawkeye/superhero mode.