From Enterainment Weekly: Fox is pulling the plug on Almost Human. The robot cop drama will not return for a second season. As we draw closer to May we’re getting news about which shows will live on for another season and which will be axed, never to see the light of […]
Authors and Readers – Friend or Foes? [Guest Post]
As part of our tour stop for Expiration Day we’ve got a guest post from the author, William Campbell Powell! We asked him to muse on what it’s like to be a new author in a time where participatory fandom has become the norm. Fans and authors have become used to immediate […]
William Campbell Powell’s Expiration Day is a Hidden Gem Among YA Sci-Fi
Don’t forget to ENTER HERE for a chance to win your own copy of Expiration Day and an awesome Tor Teen bag! Three winners will be selected at the end of the book tour so check it out. Expiration Day Author: William Campbell Powell Release Date: April 22, 2014 Publisher: Tor Teen Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): YA Science […]
Nowhere Men Imagines A World Where Scientists Are Bigger Rockstars Than the Beatles
Nowhere Men: Fates Worse Than Death Vol. 1 Author: Eric Stephenson Illustrator: Nate Bellegarde and Jordie Bellair Release Date: November 20, 2013 Publisher: Image Comics Source: NetGalley DRC Genre(s): Science Fiction, Alternate History, Graphic Novel Rating: ★★★★☆ Review Spoilers: Low GoodReads | Amazon All right, so, Nowhere Men was going to get put into one of my comic book […]
Upcoming Awesome Con Highlights
After putting on a successful convention for the Maryland/Virginia/DC area in 2013, Awesome Con turned to Kickstarter to make 2014 an even greater success. The campaign was fully funded in July of 2013 and, looking at this year’s activities, it’s obvious that the people behind Awesome Con have worked hard to […]
Salvage Sets the Bar for World Building for YA Sci-Fi to Come
ENTER OUR GIVEAWAY: As part of the book tour there are ten (10) finished copies of Salvage. This is a book you definitely need to own so you should all enter. Click HERE to enter! Salvage Author: Alexandra Duncan Series: Salvage #1 Release Date: April 1, 2014 Publisher: Greenwillow Source: Edelweiss DRC Genre(s): YA Science Fiction Rating: ★★★★★ […]
Now That Snowpiercer is Out of Limbo Check out the Comic That Inspired It All
Written in the 1980s, there’s a lot of political subtext in this book but the social commentary it provides on class structures and the privileges of the wealthy could just as easily describe some of the current political issues and social movements.
Divergent May Just Be One of the Best YA Adaptations of the Year
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plKjRVg8g-8] Divergent Release Date: March 21, 2014 Cast: Shailene Woodley, Theo James, Zoe Kravtiz, Ansel Elgort, Maggie Q, Mekhi Phifer, Jai Courtney, Miles Teler, Kate Winslet Director: Neil Burger Studio: Summit Entertainment, Red Wagon Entertainment Distributor: Summit Entertainment, Lionsgate Genre(s): YA Adaptation, Science Fiction, Dystopian Fiction Based On the Divergent series by Veronica Roth Rating: ★★★★☆ […]
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars Returns With The Empire Striketh Back
William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: The Empire Striketh Back Author: Ian Doescher Series: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars #2 Release Date: March 18, 2014 Publisher: Quirk Books Source: Quirk Books Genre(s): Parody, Science Fiction, Media Tie-In Rating: ★★★★★ Review Spoilers: Moderate GoodReads | Amazon William Shakespeare’s Star Wars was probably my favorite book of 2013. I’m not even exaggerating when […]
Del Rey’s Red Rising Release Day Flash Giveaway is Happening Now!
So Red Rising from Del Rey is probably one of my most anticipated books of the year. I have review copy sitting at the top of my digital book stack right now. Once I’m done with Fire & Blood it’s the next on my list. I would have read this […]
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