Tag Archives: sci-fi

The Ophelia Prophecy has a very good sense of pace and moves along smartly. The action is well-drawn and keeps the reader engaged. And our infatuates, Pax and Asha, are affable but endearingly flawed enough to create the requisite amatory tensions.

As a teacher, I can confidently say that Spaced Out is a book I’d recommend for any kid who enjoys a good space story with a unique hero. Plus, it's got poop bombs. What kid doesn’t like a good poop-bomb joke?

If you've read my previous review of Debs & Errol's latest EP, CTRL+ALT+DUETS, then you know how big a fan I am. Well, I'm thrilled to share a brand new video they've just put out of their original song called "Wheatley," based on the immensely celebrated game Portal 2.

Last week we opened the polls for our very first, very own awards ceremony, the Mythies, celebrating the best in genre movies and fringe movie categories. Well, our readers have spoken and the results are in.

The Fuse is definitely a thinking person’s story. You aren’t just thinking about the crime – you wonder about every single aspect of this comic: the setting is a mystery, the main characters, the socio-political background of this Earth in the future – everything.

The combination of these two minds, Benford’s Cal Tech-level astrophysics and Niven’s stunning Ringworld-style imagination, results in a series that is everything good science fiction should be: a plausible and even probable vision of the future.

The full message contained within On Such a Full Sea is not only the stark, wintery warnings of the dystopian genre, but the spring-like hope of how to find a better path.

RoboCop is not only as good as the 1987 original, it’s even better.

For an Alien-based story, Out of the Shadows does exactly what it’s supposed to do. It’s Ripley and pals vs. Aliens, with all the face-huggering, hive-resinning, chest-bursting mayhem you can shake a plasma torch at.

Snowpiercer is a well-timed re-release of a tightly presented, compelling story that considers the plight of one man caught inside a class struggle that has implications for the very survival of the human race.

Although beautifully filmed, acted, and realized, one’s enjoyment of Her is based on how deeply one buys into the film’s central conceit: the love between a man and his operating system.

'Venus on the Half Shell' is fun to read, and very interesting from the perspective of the history of science fiction. But from a feminine perspective much of the sex, and the accompanying quest for erudition, bears more than a passing resemblance to a sci-fi version of Erica Jong’s search for the “ultimate zip-less f**k.”

Fiction anthologies tend to be a little uneven. Not Dangerous Women. Every piece in the collection is written by a heavy hitter with strong-selling novels under his or her belt. If you’ve had your fill of damsels in distress, I encourage you to give Dangerous Women a try.

Action-packed art that wonderfully recreates the original no-holds barred mentality that I grew up reading and the same gritty characterization that Judge Dredd is known for. Great read.

As the editor-in-chief of Pop Mythology, I thought a list of our most popular posts this year was in order. The result is a pretty good representation of our efforts to provide a balanced mix of thoughtful, probing commentary with fun, lighthearted content that you can enjoy during your coffee breaks.