I finished up listening to 7th Son this morning on my way to work, and it was a little like what I imagine it must feel like to come down off a high. Three novels’ worth of hard-hitting, gut-wrenching action ends with a bittersweet goodbye to our heroes and a feeling of loss that says, [...]
Speculative Fiction
7th Son
I’m really enjoying getting caught up on J.C. Hutchins’ 7th Son podcast novel trilogy. I’m about a third of the way through listening to his second book now and really loving every minute of the show.
For those of you who aren’t familiar with 7th Son, the trilogy follows the story of seven clones as they [...]
Favorite Future Technology
Here’s a poll for your Thursday:
If you could pick any technology of the future to adopt right now (assuming, of course, such a thing was possible), what would you choose?
For me, I’ve always loved the notion of neural implants, particularly the neural nanonics in Peter F. Hamilton’s Emberverse series. The idea of having a computer embedded right [...]
No Heroes
From the sounds of this review (Warning! Spoilers!) of the Heroes season premier, I’m not at all sorry I’m ignoring the show this year. Sounds as though Kring is still writing flimsy plotlines, and I think I’d find myself ranting on and on about that. I had (very) small hopes that the writing might improve [...]
Reuniting Tencendor
I’m currently working my way through Sara Douglass’ The Wayfarer Redemption series. It’s a maddeningly enjoyable 6-volume fantasy series about a warrior’s magical quest to reunite the land Tencendor and defeat an evil monster bent on total destruction.
The series is maddening in two ways. The first is in the style of storytelling that Douglass employs. The [...]
There Are Others
As it turns out, I’m not the only one who’s bugged about Heroes going on extended hiatus again. It seems that viewers are all a bit annoyed at the way our favorite TV shows are being handled with their scheduling. From the viewers’ perspective, breaking up TV show broadcasts is suicide – it’s a good way to [...]
Heroes Voice-overs
Just a quick thought as something of a longer-than-usual aside: In the beginning of Heroes, Mohinder Suresh did these contemplative voice-overs, both at the beginning and at the ending. They were beautiful and rich, even if I didn’t necessarily agree with the some of the ideologies behind them. They set a certain kind of [...]
Callout for Flash Fiction Stories
With the Flashes of Speculation redesign complete, I’m putting the callout again for submissions. If you write science fiction, fantasy, or horror and are looking for an outlet for your writing, then please consider Flashes of Speculation. Stories need to be 1000 words or less.
FoS could use a little promotion, as well. If you’re a contributing [...]