Category: Features

Exploring the Cold, Desolate Cosmos: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell

December 30, 2016
8 mins to read

Known for heralding in the ‘Golden Age’ of Science-Fiction, John W. Campbell edited Astounding Stories of Super-Science (later Analog Science Fiction and Fact) from 1937 until his death in 1971. Showcasing writers like Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, Campbell introduced the world to the pioneers of science-fiction. With a hard-scientific background, Campbell also wrote …

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Look Out For … Little Heaven by Nick Cutter

December 29, 2016
2 mins to read

Look Out For … Little Heaven by Nick Cutter “Hell or the closest thing to it invades Little Heaven.” A trio of mismatched mercenaries is hired by a young woman for a deceptively simple task: check in on her nephew, who may have been taken against his will to a remote New Mexico backwoods settlement …

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Carrie Fisher: American Icon, 1956-2016

December 29, 2016
3 mins to read

Carrie Francis Fisher passed away December 27th, 2016 from complications due to cardiac arrest. She was 60 years old, and she was an American Icon. Born into Hollywood royalty, Fisher worked many years in Hollywood as an actress, writer, and producer. She also wrote several books which have been adapted into film and television. She …

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Tattered Tomes: High Toned Son of a Bitch: Stephen King’s The Dark Half, Revisited

December 28, 2016
10 mins to read

As we close out this year’s Tattered Tomes column, I thought it would only be fitting to cover Stephen King’s The Dark Half. It is the first of his novels to feature Sheriff Alan Pangborn, the last of King’s big books during my formative reading years, and probably my all-time favorite Stephen King book. To …