REVIEW: The Edge of Sleep by Jake Emmanuel and Willie Block
Before it was a novel, The Edge of Sleep by Jake Emmanuel and Willie Block, was one of the best SF podcasts in recent memory. I remember being utterly riveted when I first listened...
REVIEW: Replika: Sky’s Mission by Hugo Bernard
Replika: Sky’s Mission by Hugo Bernard is about that popular science fiction topic of a simulated reality. We’re all familiar with The Matrix but it reminds me a lot more of The Thirteenth Floor, which...
REVIEW: City of Last Chances by Adrian Tchaikovsky
The City of Last Chances is Ilmar and it’s currently under Palleseen occupation, which the majority of the city’s inhabitants are unimpressed with. To assist with keeping the city in order the Palleseen use...
What is Cyberpunk?
When embarking on a new genre, it’s important to familiarize yourself with the kind of tropes and expectations of them. One of my favorite subgenres is also one of the most influential and, sadly,...
REVIEW: Saturnalia by Stephanie Feldman
The slow-motion collapse of modern civilization is reason to party in Saturnalia, the new sci-fi horror by Stephanie Feldman, which takes place in a near-future Philadelphia amid growing climate disaster. As the world gradually...
Another Eight Indie Cyberpunk Novel Recommendations
Cyberpunk as a genre arguably hit its heyday during the Eighties as a cultural force with Neuromancer and reached its zentih in social acceptance in the Nineties with The Matrix movies. After that, it...
REVIEW: Beyond a Steel Sky
Beyond a Steel Sky is the follow-up to the classic cyberpunk point and click adventure game Beneath a Steel Sky. I really enjoyed that game and it’s rusted Australian vision of the future as...
REVIEW: Auxiliary: London 2039 by Jon Richter
Auxiliary: London 2039 is a dark, seedy, and depressing story about a cyberpunk future as well as a broken/damaged detective investigating a murder. The thing is that I’m not actually complaining about these things....
REVIEW: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners
I had a lot of hope for the 2022 anime season, but to be perfectly honest had spent most the year being disappointed. Until Cyberpunk: Edgerunners dropped. Based on the best-selling videogame Cyberpunk 2077,...
REVIEW: Watch Dogs Legion: Daybreak Legacy
Watch Dogs: Legion was a video game with a fantastic premise that was undermined by poor systems handling. The post-Brexit London turned to a fascist dystopia by a false flag operation arranged by unknown...