Book Like the Pros… Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury review 1 Aug 2019 Firefighter Guy Montag doesn't put out fires, he starts them. In his futuristic America, Montag must burn books and other illegal material. When his neighbor introduces a new idea, Montag…
Choice Reads Green Valley by Louis Greenberg Review 26 Jul 2019 Stanton and Green Valley couldn't be more different. By public vote, Stanton has banned all cell phones, the internet, and most forms of technology and surveillance. Stanton grudgingly allows nearby…
Choice Reads Wanderers by Chuck Wendig Review 19 Jul 201915 Aug 2019 One morning, Shana's younger sister walks out the front door, apparently sleepwalking in what will be the first of hundreds of cases across the United States, but Shana only knows…
Vlog Fall, or Dodge in Hell Book Review 21 Jun 201925 Jun 2019 Fall, or Dodge in Hell is Neil Stephenson's June 2019 release. Dodge, an eccentric billionaire dies after a routine procedure and his family discovers his will directs them to cryogenically…
The Close Up Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers from Wisconsin 7 Jun 201926 Jul 2019 There’s about 130,000 professional authors in the United States and somewhere in the ballpark of 560 live in the State of Wisconsin, where Nicole and Rebecca live. If we narrow…
Vlog Paper Girls Graphic Novel Review 31 May 20192 Jun 2019 Four girls, delivering the paper, riding their bikes, fighting time travelers. Writer Brian K. Vaughan and illustrator Cliff Chiang teamed up to create this Stranger Things-style coming-of-age tale. Rebecca from…
Vlog The Powder Mage Trilogy – mini vlog 23 May 201923 May 2019 We are now including mini vlogs in our book review series! In these less-than-three minute book reviews, one of us will share about a book we just read. While our…
Vlog Exhalation by Ted Chiang Review 17 May 2019 Exhalation is a collection of sci-fi short stories by Ted Chiang. With four Hugos, four Nebulas, and four Locus awards, you know this collection by the author of the short…
Choice Reads… The Light Brigade by Kameron Hurley 19 Apr 2019 The Light Brigade, Kameron Hurley's newest science fiction book, is original and action-packed. Dietz, the most recent soldier roped into the war between Mars and Earth, undergoes training and genetic…
The Speculative in Fiction Our Top 10 African-Inspired SFF Novels 27 Mar 2019 I was a Peace Corps Volunteer for two years in eSwatini (previously Swaziland) so it was with a backdrop of African scrub bush that I read Wizard of the Crow…
