The first movie I've seen this year, and it's a good one! This psychological thriller is very smart and has a unique plot element that I'd rather not spoil here, but trust me, it's sciency and thoughtful and good. The movie starts out with some friends at a dinner party, and we are told that …
Coming soon
Just finished another pass through on Oasis, the bonus story I'm putting with Queen of Bones. Once I get the okay from my editor, I'll be able to put them out on Kindle sometime in the next month! Next up is the novella, which has been sitting on my plate for nearly three years. It's …
Cyborgs on the horizon
As the world of sci fi continues to invade real life, this week a double amputee was able to control two robotic arms simultaneously using only his mind. These are arms he was wearing on his body, walking around with, with no wires leashing him to a nearby computer or anything like that. These are …
Claw of the Conciliator, by Gene Wolfe
After Name of the Wind, this book was like a cool glass of water the morning after a night out. In my review of Shadow of the Torturer, the first book in this series, I said that the main driver of wanting to read the other books was learning more about the world, not so …
Interstellar
I watched this cerebral sci fi flick over the weekend and I have to say it lived up to my expectations. In the near future, a global blight has taken out Earth's crops, and the remains of NASA plan to send the population to a new planet by traveling through a wormhole. The pilot, Cooper, …
Jonas David 