Let's Get Off This Rock Already!
An Author's Adventures in Space Travel, Science Fiction, and Worlds Beyond
Harry Turtledove is a big fish in a small pond. He may not be widely known outside of alternate history circles, but within them everybody knows his name, and has probably read some of his work. Dust jackets have proclaimed him the "Master of Alternate History" for about three decades now. He was my personal... Continue Reading →
The longer one hangs out in alternate history circles, the more one starts to hear a common lament: "Our genre is about so much more than World War II and the American Civil War! Why do our most popular stories always involve Confederates or Nazis?" My own showcases of the genre have not exactly helped... Continue Reading →
Hello, all! I'm following up on last week's book review with... another book review! I've been reading a ton lately, so you're probably going to get a lot of these---and where Deep Black was sci-fi, the usual theme for this blog, today's exploration is in another genre entirely: alternate history. We will be taking a... Continue Reading →
I really don't watch much TV. Movies, sure; books, I'll devour; but TV is a medium that I've found difficult to get into, with very few shows holding my attention. Partly, this is because most modern television is very popular and I'm the sort of ivory-tower nerd who prefers obscure things, but it's also because... Continue Reading →
Hello, everyone! You might have noticed that there have been a lot of film reviews lately. That's because, going by traffic and likes, they are by far the most popular content on this site---so why not make more? Besides, it's a lot of fun putting them together, especially when I'm talking about my favorite movies.... Continue Reading →
