Ken Liu is an author of both long and short-form speculative fiction; his short story collections The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories each won...
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An Interview With Ken Liu
December 4, 2021
Horrific dark SciFi at Bad Space...
December 3, 2021
REVIEW: Game of Thrones S4
December 2, 2021
REVIEW: We Break Immortals by Thomas...
December 1, 2021
REVIEW: Cowboy Bebop
November 30, 2021
REVIEW: The Sun Casts No Shadow...
November 29, 2021
REVIEW: The Wheel of Time E4:...
November 28, 2021
REVIEW: Parliament of Knives
November 27, 2021
REVIEW: Risen by Benedict Jacka
November 26, 2021
REVIEW: The Wheel of Time E3:...
November 26, 2021
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Ken Liu is an author of both long and short-form speculative fiction; his short story collections The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories and The Hidden Girl and Other Stories each won Locus awards for best collections. And his silkpunk epic fantasy series, The Dandelion Dynasty, won a Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy Award. Aside from being a prolific writer, Liu has worked as a translator, software engineer, and lawyer. I had the great honor of chatting with Liu about some of his approaches to...
I was introduced to New Zealand based artist Scott Base’s Bad Space Comics when I was mindlessly scrolling Facebook one night and saw the below image. Immediately hooked, I went through the story panes...
Returning for a fourth season, Game of Thrones S4 hits new heights that only dragons can reach as tight storytelling, amazing production values, and a cast fully deserving all the awards thrown their way...
An exciting debut by a new fantasy author, We Break Immortals by Thomas Howard Riley held nothing back and left me eager for more. Everything is dialed up to eleven, and nothing is certain....
Cowboy Bebop is one of the most beloved anime of all time. It was never one of the most popular or widely watched but it was unique and its fans have managed to keep...
The Sun Casts No Shadow by Mark Richardson follows Wellington Thorneycroft, a pickpocket doing his best to survive the soul-crushing urban dystopia of the City. Surrounded by unscalable walls, scorched with stifling heat, and...
The Wheel of Time E4: The Dragon Reborn is the best episode so far. Adapting Robert Jordan’s classic fantasy tome was always going to be a difficult task with fans divided over decisions made...
Parliament of Knives is an interactive novel from Choice of Games and the third such choose-your-own adventure-esque game set in White Wolf’s World of Darkness. I enjoyed Night Road and Out for Blood but...
Risen is a shattering final book of the Alex Versus series by Benedict Jacka; we say goodbye to the titular character Alex. It is all done. Finito. Endings can be difficult; it is hard...
The Wheel of Time E3: A Place of Safety continues the improvements made in the previous episode as we follow the separate journeys of our heroes following their split in the shadow city. Comparisons...
