The Twilight Zone launches one of its stronger episodes, and one that wouldn’t be out of place (and time and space) in a revival of The Outer Limits….
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Peter Mayhew, Requiescat in pace
Peter Mayhew, best-known for playing the 200-year-old Wookie in the Star Wars saga, is dead at the age of 74. The very tall (7’3″) actor leaves behind a wife and three children.
Game of Thrones Review– “The Long Night”
Game of Thrones seems determined to keep its title as the darkest show in fantasy. The week’s ep is really dark. No, really, as in, can anyone tell me what’s going on? Who just died? Do we have another light in the house we can turn off? Wait, let me adjust the screen settings a little…
On the plus side, the total cast will be easier to track in the remaining episodes.
Novel Review: Space Opera
Catherynne M. Valente has penned a range of works and won numerous awards and accolades. Her 2018 novel, Space Opera, channels some version of Douglas Adams in a twisted tale of an interstellar song competition—with the future of humanity in the balance.
Universal has purchased the movie rights, and the book has been nominated for a 2019 Hugo.
Does it measure up to the hype?
The Twilight Zone Review– “The Wunderkind”
The Twilight Zone follows up its strongest episode thus far with its weakest—and, yet, curiously, one which suggests the show is finding its contemporary voice.
Game of Thrones Review: “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms”
Two episodes into a very short final season, and we have a very long, final night of the Seven Kingdoms.
Weekend Review: Annihilation (2018)
Last weekend, we reviewed Sorry to Bother You, a Hugo-nominated indie film that we missed the first time around. This Weekend Review looks at another genre-warping Hugo-nominee that many people ignored on first run, Annihilation.
Star Trek: Discovery Review– “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2”
Things explode, fans get serviced, and Discovery changes its direction in the final episode of Season Two.
The Twilight Zone Review– “The Traveler”
Just in time for the Easter weekend, The Twilight Zone releases a Christmas episode, and it’s the strongest of the first four episodes. If you haven’t been watching the show, consider starting with this one.
Gene Wolfe, RIP
Gene Wolfe, one of the greatest writers of SF and Fantasy, died April 14 at the age of 87. His first SF novel (category in fact a bit problematic), The Fifth Head of Cerberus, appeared in 1972. He may be best remembered for the series, The Book of the New Sun