All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change. I put off reading Parable of the Sower because dystopian is a genre that I have a hard time reading. I’m already fighting off my pessimism about the future, I don’t need a constant […]
“Just what does science fiction have to do with black people?” Throughout Ytasha Womack’s Afrofuturism the author recounts stories from different Black creators, and one from Octavia Butler stuck with me early on. Author Butler said it never failed that when she attended different conferences that at least one person would ask the above question, […]
I’m shocked by how quickly this month has gone by and that October is tomorrow. Since March I have felt like time has slowed down, and I’m liking the normalcy it brings, just wish this month wasn’t so chaotic. I was able to get the reading I wanted done for my First Contact month, I […]
As I was researching first contact stories for this month, Signs kept coming up. I vividly remember seeing Signs in the theaters roughly 18 years ago and that I liked it, just not as much as M. Night’s prior movies. I had some of the same complaints that other viewers had, which is probably why […]
“It was impossible to expect a moral awakening from humankind itself, just like it was impossible to expect humans to lift off the earth by pulling up on their own hair. To achieve moral awakening required a force outside the human race.” Before I started The Three Body Problem I prepared myself for a hard-core […]
Over the summer I decided to stop blogging for a while. I felt like I was going through the same cycle and was just stuck. I wasn’t giving myself the time I needed to figure out how I wanted to go forward and if I wanted to write anymore. One of the books I read […]
A week ago the nominations for the 2020 Hugo Awards were announced and I’m ready to start reading! The Hugo Awards is probably one of the more well known Science Fiction and Fantasy awards, with its Award Ceremony being one of the highlights ofWorldCon. This year I want to read (and watch) all the selections […]
Next week my ‘Top Ten’ lists are all dropping so I wanted to take a moment to highlight some Sci-Fi and Fantasy media that just missed a spot on those lists. ForHorror Highlights my list was 95% movies, and today my list is completely the opposite, featuring mostly books and shows. I hope some of […]
Hey Hey Hey! The beginning of last month, I talked about my favorites in Fantasy, and now it’s time for Sci-Fi. Books: 1 Ender’s Game – Orson Scott Card I know this is a controversial pick, because the author is a straight up asshat, but I would be lying if I left it off the […]
