{No audio this week. We apologize for the inconvenience.} The nice thing about not being an official or professional movie critic is I can be surprised by things. I’ll read, watch and listen to other reviews and keep an eye and ear on the upcoming stuff hitting cinemas, but for the most part when I… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Predators
Tag: sci-fi
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! HALO Legends
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/halo.mp3] So a few years ago this new sci-fi franchise got started. It had some interesting ideas based on established literature and the first entry did a lot better than anybody could have expected. It spawned a couple of sequels that really didn’t measure up to the original but people really ate it up anyway… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! HALO Legends
Book Review: Irregular Creatures
There have been doorstopper fantasies and sci-fi epics that have kept me enraptured for every page. Short fiction has a bigger task, as it needs to grab me, pull me in and keep me in the nuances of its story not with every page, but with every single word. Not every writer can do it.… Continue reading Book Review: Irregular Creatures
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Splice
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/splice.mp3] When I was growing up I would hear of stories, movies or episodes of television that were touted as ‘not for the faint of heart.’ They promised thrills and surprises aimed at an adult audience, one that could handle the nature of the material. Not that they wouldn’t have nightmares afterward, mind you, just… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Splice
Powers Cosmic
I grew up on the old Buck Rogers and Battlestar Galactica TV series, at least until Star Trek: the Next Generation started. There’s a lot of good science fiction out there to be read, and while I definitely enjoy and appreciate harder sci-fi, from Niven & Pournelle’s The Mote in God’s Eye to Moon, the… Continue reading Powers Cosmic
Free Fiction: The Jovian Gambit
Continuing experiments in cross-pollination between old myths and newer storytelling genres. They didn’t have spaceships and ray guns in ancient Greece, after all. As always, you can download the PDF or read the text after the spoiler tags. However you enjoy your fiction, this is how to do it. [spoiler] Tranquility Base was a misleading… Continue reading Free Fiction: The Jovian Gambit
Why I Write
If you ask a writer for advice, quite a few of them will simply tell you to read. I’m reading the second novel in A Song of Ice and Fire and I may start the new year with a fresh read of Lord of the Rings. I also read articles on Fark and the Escapist.… Continue reading Why I Write
IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Gamer
[audio:http://www.blueinkalchemy.com/uploads/gamer.mp3] The last time I reviewed a movie that had any connection to a video game, things did not end well. On the other hand, I’ve been meaning to watch Tron, WarGames and The Last Starfighter again to see if the “holy trinity” of movies about gamers stand the test of time, especially with the… Continue reading IT CAME FROM NETFLIX! Gamer
The Free Fiction Section
I think I’ve needed to do this for a while. I fancy myself a writer of speculative fiction. Sure, I’ll write non-fiction articles, read & edit the work of others, even toil in fields completely unrelated to writing. But my first and foremost desire is to use my grasp of language and imagination to provide… Continue reading The Free Fiction Section
DLC Review: Lair of the Shadow Broker
The character of Liara T’soni in the original Mass Effect wasn’t an overall fan favorite. Aside from being a source of controversy and leading some phenomenally ignorant people to call the game “a sex simulator”, Liara’s tendency to be both loquacious and seemingly naive could get on people’s nerves, while others (like myself) found her… Continue reading DLC Review: Lair of the Shadow Broker
