You Like It Darker Copyright 2024 Stephen King 502 pages, Hardcover. First published May 21, 2024, Simon & Schuster, LLC The first collection of short stories by Stephen King since 2015 (he has over 140 short stories published now), this latest is a bit uneven, ranging from readable to outstanding. Many of them are straight-up …
The Simulacrum ISBN-13 : 979-8328077170 Copyright 2024, Peter Cawdron, 391 pages, English What happens when an AI computer system decides it wants something? Well, it immediately becomes worthless as a computer because there is now an inherent bias. That “want” is also called “volition” and it exists in all known life. A want, …
by Phil Bailey (Author) Format: Kindle Edition Kelvoo’s Testimonial: Surviving the aftermath of human first contact (Kelvoo’s Chronicles Book 1) 4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 69 ratings 4.2 on Goodreads 43 ratings Book 1 of 2: Kelvoo’s Chronicles Aliens aren’t what they used to be. Back in the pulp fiction days, aliens were Bug-Eyed …
Golden Kamuy First tankōbon volume cover, featuring Saichi Sugimoto ゴールデンカムイ (Gōruden Kamui) Manga Written by Satoru Noda Published by Shueisha English publisher Viz Media Imprint Young Jump Comics Magazine Weekly Young Jump Demographic Seinen Original run August 21, 2014 – April 28, 2022 Volumes 31 (List of volumes) Anime television series Directed by Hitoshi Nanba …
3 Body Problem Created by David Benioff, D. B. Weiss, Alexander Woo Based on The Three-Body Problem, Dark Forest, Death’s End by Liu Cixin Music by Ramin Djawadi No. of seasons 1 No. of episodes 8 Cast: Main Jovan Adepo as Dr. Saul Durand (based on the character of Luo Ji)[1] John Bradley as Jack …
Peter Cawdron, 2024, 366 pages. These are frightening times. Vladimir Putin and Benjamin Netanyahu seem set on a course that could easily lead to wider wars in Europe and the Middle East. We’re already witness to the terrifying impact of drones and artificial intelligence in vast areas surrounding the conflicts in the Ukraine and Gaza, …
Waiting for the Galactic Bus Author Parke Godwin Cover artist Chris Hopkins Series The Snake Oil Series Genre Science fiction Publisher Doubleday Publication date 1988 Media type Print (hardcover) Pages 244 pages Preceded by A Truce With Time Followed by The Snake Oil Wars Yes, I’m writing a review of a book that was first …
by Isaac Peterson 193 pages, publication date December 8, 2023. Isaac Peterson was lucky in that his verbal and intellectual abilities survived a major stroke intact. The rest of us are lucky in that Isaac always had superior verbal and intellectual skills, and was more than willing to share with us what it means to …
by Paul Dixon Print length 544 pages Publication date September 27, 2023 Carpathians is a very sure-footed novel with several intriguing character stories that blend into a beautifully-constructed first contact scenario. Humanity has reached the stars, and while life abounds, there is no sapient life. Disturbingly, what they have found are a dozen or so …
A Year in review: a review of 2023 2023 was another great year for television. Among other great shows we watched (and I reviewed) this year were Gen V (outrageous spin-off of The Boys), One Piece (excellent live-action version of a rather dumb anime), a new BBC remake of War of the Worlds, an engaging …