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Book Review: “Death’s Daughter” by Amber Benson
I have a thing about Death stories. My favorite is, of course, the Death of the Discworld (black cloak, scythe, TALKS LIKE THIS), followed by Neil Gaiman’s perky goth-girl Death of the Endless. Somewhere on the continuum is Piers Anthony’s … Continue reading
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Tagged amber benson, calliope reaper-jones, chick lit, death, deaths daughter, deus ex machina, indra, kali, neil gaiman, piers anthony, review, susan sto helit
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Movie Review: “Ted”
Sometimes movie trailers try to be too cute. That is to say, they hide the entire story from the viewer, or try to create mystery where there is none. And sometimes movie trailers tell you exactly what the movie is … Continue reading
Posted in comedy, escape pod, fantasy, movie, nonfiction, review, writing
Tagged boston, cgi, enterprise, family guy, farts, flash gordon, mark wahlberg, mila kunis, movie, review, romantic comedy, seth mcfarlane, ted, thunder buddies, trailer
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Book Review: “Hunter and Fox” by Philippa Ballantine
My review of Philippa Ballantine’s Hunter and Fox is now up. TLDR version: it was a good book, but it wasn’t really up my alley. Book Review: Hunter and Fox by Philippa Ballantine
Posted in book, escape pod, fantasy, nonfiction, review, urban, writing
Tagged cliffhanger, doorstop, geist, hunter and fox, philippa ballantine, review, spectyr
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Movie Review: “Another Earth”
Imagine that, a year or so ago, you saw a trailer for a film in which humanity discovered another planet Earth growing slowly closer. Humanity made contact with Earth Two, as they called it, and realized that each and every … Continue reading
Posted in escape pod, indie (or indie-style), movie, nonfiction, review, sci-fi, writing
Tagged another earth, brit marling, fall on your sword, review, richard berendzen, rot13, william mapother
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Book Review: “Railsea” by China Mieville
When I first downloaded the book, I thought there was something wrong with my copy, so I went over to Amazon & checked the first chapter. Nope, it was that way on purpose. In fact, one of the shorter chapters … Continue reading
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Tagged ampersand, china mieville, moby-dick, mocker-jack, rails, railsea, review, trains
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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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Tagged greener, medicine, relationships, review, sci-fi, science fiction, sex
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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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Tagged greener, review, sci-fi, science fiction
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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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Tagged greener, review, sci-fi, science fiction
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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”
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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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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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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Tagged buffy the vampire slayer, musical, once more with feeling, review, soundtrack
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Movie Review: “The Secret World of Arrietty”
Overall, I found The Secret World of Arrietty to be a good film for kids. It’s not too violent, there’s no on-screen death, the subject matter is age-appropriate, and the good guys win (mostly because there really aren’t any bad … Continue reading
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Tagged amy poehler, carol burnett, cecile corbel, film, miyazaki, review, studio ghibli, the borrowers, the secret world of arrietty, will arnett
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Librarything reviews “Survivor”
My two favourites were both on the science fiction side, one about a group of terraformers and one about a survivor of a crashed spaceship. Another nice mention for “Survivor”, which is in the upcoming Fat Girl In A Strange … Continue reading
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Tagged fat girl in a strange land, librarything, review, survivor
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Josh Roseman: Writer, Voice Guy, Dad, Human 