The Croods, in case you’ve been living in a cave, is a new animated film about a family of cavemen who come face to face with the end of the world. You’ve pretty much met all the characters in other movies and even on sitcoms.
Movie Review: “The Croods”
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Tagged bell, curry ford road, da da da, fleetwood mac, marching band, review, the croods, tusk, usc trojans
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“The Travel Agent” by Ray Banks
My performance of Ray Banks’s “The Travel Agent” is up at Crime City Central. Listen here.
It’s not for youngsters. Take note.
TV Review: “Orphan Black”
My review of the new show Orphan Black is now up at Escape Pod. Read it here.
Posted in escape pod, nonfiction, review, sci-fi, television, writing
Tagged bbc america, doppelganger, orphan black, review, rot13, tatiana maslany, vic the dick
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Book Review: “Soon I Will Be Invincible” by Austin Grossman
My review of Soon I Will Be Invincible by Austin Grossman is now up at Escape Pod. Read it here.
Posted in book, escape pod, nonfiction, review, superhero, writing
Tagged austin grossman, doctor impossible, fatale, genre awareness, lynda carter, review, soon i will be invincible, superhero, superman, wonder woman
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Movie Review: “Oz the Great and Powerful”
My review of Oz the Great and Powerful is up at Escape Pod. I did enjoy it… but don’t look too far behind the curtain.
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Tagged dorothy of oz, emerald city, james franco, l frank baum, margaret hamilton, michelle williams, mila kunis, movie, oz the great and powerful, rachel weisz, return to oz, review, the wizard of oz, wicked, wicked witch
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Book Review: “The Mirage” by Matt Ruff
Sometimes, alternate history doesn’t require telling the reader what the crisis point was that got changed. Sometimes, the reader just needs to know things are different. And that’s where The Mirage by Matt Ruff begins.
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Tagged 9/11, alternate history, harry turtledove, library of alexandria, matt ruff, review, terrorism, the mirage
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Book Review: “The Graveyard Book” by Neil Gaiman
It’s been a while since I’ve read any Neil Gaiman, and that’s a shame — he is one of the greatest working writers of our time, either in spec-fic or out of it. Whenever I read one of his books, I’m reminded just how good he is. If you haven’t read The Graveyard Book, now would be an excellent time to pick it up and take a look. You won’t be disappointed.
From my review of The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, now up at Escape Pod.
Posted in book, escape pod, fantasy, horror, nonfiction, review, writing, ya
Tagged american gods, dave mckean, neil gaiman, neverwhere, nobody owens, review, sandman, the graveyard book
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Book Review: “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline
Every now and then, a book comes along with a great premise and solid execution that a lot of people like and recommend with great gusto. Ready Player One by Ernest Kline is such a book. And it is good — very good — except for the places where it can’t get out of its own way fast enough.
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Tagged 1980s, ernest cline, gunter, headcrash, ioi, oasis, parzival, ready player one, review, sixers
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“The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance (part 2)
Posted in audio, district of wonders, narration, starship sofa
Tagged district of wonders, jack vance, masks, music, podcast, sci-fi, science fiction, starshipsofa, the moon moth
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Book Review: “John Dies at the End” by David Wong
If you’ve seen the trailer for the film, you may already know that John Dies at the End is ostensibly about a drug called soy sauce that immensely sharpens a person’s perception of reality. But the book is about so much more than that.
Posted in book, escape pod, horror, nonfiction, review, writing
Tagged bratwurst poltergeist, cracked, david wong, john dies at the end, korrok, mad magazine, review, soy sauce, undisclosed
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“The Moon Moth” by Jack Vance (part 1)
The first half of my performance of Jack Vance’s “The Moon Moth” is now available at StarShipSofa.
Please forgive my singing voice.
Posted in audio, district of wonders, narration, starship sofa
Tagged district of wonders, jack vance, music, podcast, sci-fi, science fiction, starshipsofa, the moon moth
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Fan Film Review: “Sonic”
My review of the fan film Sonic is now up at Escape Pod.
Posted in escape pod, fan film, nonfiction, review, writing
Tagged eddie lebron, fan fiction, fan film, fanfic, jaleel white, mega man, review, robotnik, sonic, sonic the hedgehog
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“The Boneless One” by Alec Nevala-Lee (part 2)
I’m performing Part 2 of “The Boneless One” by Alec Nevala-Lee in StarShipSofa #270.
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Tagged alec nevala-lee, boat, horror, ocean, octopus, podcast, starshipsofa, the boneless one
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Movie Review: “TiMER”
The very first film I put into my Netflix instant queue was TiMER. At the time it seemed like a cute little sci-fi film. It sat there, right at the top of my queue, for… geez, must be two years now… before I finally decided that it was time to watch it.
Posted in escape pod, movie, nonfiction, review, romance, sci-fi, writing
Tagged emma caulfield, netflix, review, soulmate, TiMER
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“Secret Santa”
My novella/novelette/long-short-story “Secret Santa” has been published by the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine. I’d say it’s rated PG – no sex, a little violence, some bad language but nothing extreme. Listen here.
Posted in fiction, novella/novelette, writing
Tagged christmas, dunesteef, fantasy, myth, santa claus, secret santa, the dunesteef audio fiction magazine
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Book Review: “Serpent’s Storm” by Amber Benson
So here’s the thing about Serpent’s Storm, the third Death’s Daughter book by Amber Benson: at first I thought she’d turned into Laurell K. Hamilton. Then I thought she was writing a madcap roller-coaster adventure. Then I got completely lost. Once I got to the end, I was really pleased with the destination… but unfortunately the journey didn’t work for me.
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Tagged amber benson, bast, calliope reaper-jones, cats claw, deaths daughter, laurell k. hamilton, review, sea serpent, serpents storm, sex
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“The Boneless One” by Alec Nevala-Lee (part 1)
I’m performing “The Boneless One” by Alec Nevala-Lee on StarShipSofa. Click here for Part One.
Warning – it’s kind of a horror story.
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Tagged alec nevala-lee, boat, district of wonders, horror, ocean, octopus, starshipsofa, the boneless one
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Book Review: “Cat’s Claw” by Amber Benson
Following her enjoyable adventure through Hell with Calliope Reaper-Jones, Death’s middle daughter, I think it was pretty much understood that actress and author Amber Benson would return to her Death’s Daughter universe. She did so in 2010 with Cat’s Claw, a sequel that pretty much depends upon the main character making bad decisions for the story to succeed. Make no mistake, I still had fun reading the book, but there was an awful lot of narrative convenience in it.
“Ichabod Crane: Master of the Occult” by DK Thompson
I’m narrating “Ichabod Crane: Master of the Occult”, a continuation of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. The story was written by DK Thompson and is a full-cast production.
Posted in audio, journey into podcast, narration
Tagged dk thompson, horror, ichabod crane, journey into, master of the occult, podcast
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Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 