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Tangent Online’s review of “Greener”
Josh Roseman’s short story, “Greener,” is a love story set in the medium future (if I read the hint correctly, 2080). When Scott decides not to renew their four-year contract for a third term, Naomi is furious. Scott tries to … Continue reading
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SFRevu on “Greener”
In a near future, Scott decides not to renew his marriage contract with Naomi and look for “Greener” pastures in the story by Josh Roseman. He does not find them. There were a few features of this story that showed … Continue reading
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John’s Reading reviews “Greener”
Josh Roseman’s ‘Greener’ is basically a relationship story and the pressures such things come under while both parties come under the pressure of showing they’re clean before they’re allowed to touch. I didn’t find this a particularly pleasant story to … Continue reading
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Best SF reviews “Bring on the Rain”
Climate change brought on by an ‘event’ leads to a sort of Mad Max future, with nomaid communities of desert-adapted vehicles/ships forming, the better to protect themselves and to seek water. A tight drama is enacted, with a bit of … Continue reading
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Tagged bring on the rain, climate change, post-apocalyptic, review, sci-fi, science fiction
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SFRevu reviews “Bring on the Rain”
“Bring on the Rain” by Josh Roseman takes place sometime in the mid-22nd Century, years after Earth had been hit for two days by a solar flare, killing three-quarters of the population and rendering all the surface water undrinkable. William … Continue reading
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Tagged bring on the rain, climate change, dystopia, post-apocalyptic, review, sci-fi, science fiction
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closetpuritan reviews “Survivor”
I think I might like this one best. […] This is sort of a push-your-limits-triumph-over-adversity story, and I liked the protagonist’s struggle between pessimism–”I’m going to die”–and determination to try to survive–”I can do this”. I recently found this review … Continue reading
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Tagged fat girl in a strange land, review, sci-fi, science fiction, survivor, ya
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“Smile Time”, or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Trust in Whedon”
“Oh crap… it’s the puppet episode.” Indeed. Read about how I changed my tune by clicking here. “Smile Time”, or “How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Trust in Whedon”
Book Review: “Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion”, edited by Mary Alice Money
My review of Joss Whedon: the Complete Companion, a compendium of articles and essays on all of Whedon’s creations (and I mean all), is now on Escape Pod. Read it here. Book Review: “Joss Whedon: The Complete Companion”
Soundproof Digest 1
Several of my articles from January, February, and March are reprinted in Soundproof Digest #1. If you want to read them on your e-reading device, you can download ePub, PDF, or Mobi versions here. Oh, and there’s a bunch of … Continue reading
How Bad Technobabble Hurt A Good Episode: “Our Man Bashir”
My “review” of the Deep Space Nine episode “Our Man Bashir” is now up on Escape Pod. Read it here. How Bad Technobabble Hurt A Good Episode: “Our Man Bashir”
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Tagged deep space nine, holosuite, our man bashir, pseudoscience, star trek, technobabble, transporter, wil wheaton
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Movie Review: “Highlander III: The Sorcerer”
My review of Highlander 3 is up at Escape Pod. Film Review: Highlander III: The Sorcerer
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Tagged christopher lambert, deborah unger, french revolution, highlander, immortal, kane, kurgan, macleod, mario van peebles, review, snoopy come home, the final dimension, the prize, the quickening, the sorcerer, there can be only one
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Movie Review: “The Hunger Games”
As of this writing, Suzanne Collins’s Hunger Games series has made her the best-selling Kindle author of all time. That’s quite an accomplishment. But even before that happened, it was inevitable that the Hunger Games phenomenon would become a film. … Continue reading
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Tagged district 12, gary ross, jennifer lawrence, josh hutcherson, katniss, lenny kravitz, pg-13, review, suzanne collins, the girl on fire, the hunger games
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“Greener”
My short-story “Greener”, which I’m very proud of, is in the April/May 2012 issue of Asimov’s. Click here to put it in your eyeballs. “Greener” in Asimov’s
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Tagged asimov's, divorce, greener, medicine, relationships, sci-fi, science fiction, sex
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The Speed of Sci-Fi, Revisited
About a year and a half ago, I wrote a post about how fast data storage technology is expanding. My example was my USB drive, which holds eight hundred times as much data in something the size of my finger … Continue reading
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Tagged android, blackberry, cellphone, iphone, sci-fi, technology
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Movie Review: “Return to Oz”
I vaguely remember seeing Return to Oz in theaters as a child and deciding that the movie was good, but scary. As an adult, I’m quite surprised at how creepy and disturbing the film’s imagery was. In Oz alone, we … Continue reading
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Tagged fairuza balk, gregory maguire, judy garland, l frank baum, oz, return to oz, review, the wiz, wizard of oz
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Portrait of a Slayer at Fifteen: the 15th Anniversary Buffy Retrospective (part 2 of 3)
No retrospective of a beloved television show would be complete without a countdown, so here’s the first part of my top 25 episodes. Portrait of a Slayer at Fifteen: the 15th Anniversary Buffy Retrospective (part 2 of 3)
How Not to Be a Clever Writer
I know, you want to be Joss Whedon so bad it hurts. (And, quite possibly, it’ll hurt your readers, too.) How Not to Be a Clever Writer I’d like to think that I don’t try too hard to be Joss … Continue reading
Album Review: “Once More, With Feeling”
I really liked the Buffy series, and “Once More, With Feeling” was a really good episode — on Facebook, my friend Dave said, “to this day I consider this to be the greatest single episode of a series I’ve ever … Continue reading
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Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 