[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE] Robert McCall has been doing bad work for good reasons almost as long as I’ve been alive. When I was a kid, that thumping Stewart Copeland electro-parp theme tune and the photo negative streets of a lawless New York haunted my dreams. Firstly because it’s a brilliant credit sequence that sets up the …
The Rosetta mission has been sending back some astounding photos for a while now. This one though, capturing both one of the probe’s massive solar wings and it’s destination, is absolutely stunning. It’s also this week’s Sunday Moment of Zen. Find more at Space.com and thanks to io9 for the original story.
The Relic Guild, by Ed Cox is out later today. It’s colossal fun, exactly the sort of exuberant, foot-to-the-floor fantasy that I’m finding I really enjoy. This has officially been the year I finally get over myself regarding fantasy and Ed, along with Jen Williams, Liz De Jager, Antony Johnston and others have been a …
God Is Dead has exactly the sort of deliciously chewy premise that Jonathan Hickman and Mike Costa known for. It’s the story of what happens when every single God in human history is revealed to not only be real but returns to Earth. All at once. Today. Hickman and Costa’s story follows two principle …
The Slingers series, by my friend Matt Wallace, has been a highlight of the year for me. I’ve talked about it, at length, for months now and the reason for that’s really simple; it’s brilliant. No one else would have dared to combine a unique narrative voice with every dystopian SF death sport archetype …
(Written just over a week ago, with no spoiler info so this is all flagrant speculation) Let’s play spot the Doctor Who plot arc! Specifically, just what the plan is for the increasingly interesting Danny Pink. Below are some of the major theories, with evidence for and against. Activate the Speculatron 5000!
So I’m now two episodes into the era of Unbelivably Grumpy Scottish Doctor and I’m having an awful lot of fun. Capaldi’s an effortlessly great actor and he’s already starting to find lots of nuances and interesting corners to his version of the Doctor. Even better, at this point in the season, there’s a real …