So the Hugo Awards shortlist just went live and, well, Marguerite put it best: For the first time in our 14 year existence, ESCAPE ARTISTS HAS A HUGO NOMINATION!!!! ESCAPE POD IS A FINALIST FOR SEMIPROZINE!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Click on the amazing logo for our press kit) A huge thank you to the voters for the …
The first season of The Punisher was infinitely better than I’d dared to hope for. Instead of the chest pounding gun toting hoo-ra fest it could so easily have become it ended up being a 13 Episode descent into both one man’s very particular Hell and the horrors of being a soldier without a war. In the …
So, I saw the Justice League movie. Confirmation bias is most definitely a thing but when a big movie is playing in a 40 person screen, that is not full, a week after release? That’s not a good thing. It’s easy to see why too. The thing is an egregious mess of terrible CGI with a …
Jen Williams’ books are some of the most impressive work in modern genre fiction. Her combination of epic scale, gleeful invention, nuanced emotional character arcs and occasional gigantic stone mechs punching things VERY hard means they read like nothing else in the field. Her novels are heavy on invention, light on their feet and grounded …
Andrew Reid does the best work not enough people have heard of. His combination of rigid intellectual discipline, espresso black sense of humor and massive enthusiasm for colossal action pieces doesn’t just make him a great writer, it makes him one of my closest friends and favorite humans. The Hunter is Andrew’s debut novel. It’s …
(Spoilers Abound so don’t proceed past the nice Canadian time travelers if you don’t want to know)We devoured the second season of Travelers, or Grumpy Canadian Quantum Leap as it’s known here, on Netflix last week. Which means we’re now patiently waiting for the third to arrive now thank you please. It’s a profoundly weird, gripping, clever …
Ahh Sugar Chicken. A band I am 90% certain I have albums by. Also the game I played on Tuesday. We are both currently slightly addicted to Pret A Manger popcorn bars. These are bars made ofpopcorn, white chocolate, Rice Krispies and love. Not much love, they are a corporate snack after all, but some. …
AL DENTE: Sugar Chicken Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Make Caramel…Ish
(Spoilers abound so if you haven’t seen Discovery yet, don’t scroll past the remarkably photogenic crew down there. Also, as ever, hello to Jason Isaacs.) Star Trek: Discovery has wrapped its first season. It’s never been less than good, usually been excellent and has never, once failed to be the most interesting version of Star Trek we could …
Good news, everyone! Despite appearances to the contrary, youtube is actually good for more than sociopaths screaming at people, classic MMA matches and movie trailers. First off, of course, the magnificent Matt Wallace has his constellation of channels. Start with The Angry Writer which is his daily, blisteringly funny and profoundly clear-eyed vlog. And then, step across to Binging with …
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson announces his candidacy for the Presidency of the United States. He does so with the full force of every movie studio he’s ever worked for, and the WWE behind him. All of them know that Johnson is money; an articulate, beloved leading man with physicality, intelligence and a massive following. He …