Book Series Review: Firmament
I suppose, technically, watching Star Wars with my dad was my first experience with sci-fi. Or maybe it was my Dora and the Purple Planet video game, although I feel like that doesn’t count. Either way, I was little then, and I didn’t give sci-fi another thought for years. If I had thought about it, […]
TV Review: Deep Space Nine
Space. The final frontier. These are the… Plot twist, not a lot of voyages happening here. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine is the third television series in the Star Trek universe and the first to move away from the usual starship setting. It is set on a space station—the titular DS9—instead. I’ve seen mixed reviews of […]
Spock’s Brain & the Logic of Laughter
It was the best of episodes, it was the worst of episodes. I’m referring, of course, to the famous, infamous, uncreatively titled episode of the original Star Trek series: Spock’s Brain. The basic premise of the episode is that an alien woman comes onto the Enterprise, removes Spock’s brain from his body, and returns to […]
Sci-Fi Subgenres
If you follow me on social media, you’ve seen “sci-fi and mystery fan” in my bios. However, I’ve yet to make a science fiction related post on the blog. I have a few review ideas in my pocket, but I wanted to do something else since I have two more reviews coming soon in the […]