July 20, 2018
For my 2018 Resolution Project, I decided to take a page out of Lane’s book and do my own Silver Screen Resolution (hence the Take Two part of the title). There are a lot of movies out there I haven’t seen but feel like I should have, or movies that I’ve simply wanted to see and have yet to get around to it.…
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July 19, 2018
Grab your umbrellas, because Netflix’s original series The Rain is the latest sci-fi show set in the apocalypse. The Danish series debuted in May and a second season has already been announced. It follows siblings, Simone and Rasmus, who are in search of their scientist father who may have the answers to why the apocalypse started in the first place.…
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July 18, 2018
Back in May, five months late, I joined Speculative Chic’s New Year’s Resolution Project. My goal was/is to read all forty-seven books and eight novellas in the In Death series by J.D. Robb, aka Nora Roberts. Since then, I’ve been a little…preoccupied with the series. See my last two monthly posts examining the series. (For those keeping count: I’m on…
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July 17, 2018
Dystopias have been a part of the map since the start of the 20th century – a grim set of countries and worlds lying under a gray fog, ready to remind us of our potential follies. If utopias are our dreams, dystopias are our nightmare realms. Regular dystopian fiction focuses on the Everyman. If a feminist utopia imagines a…
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July 16, 2018
They might not be raindrops on roses or whiskers on kittens, but that doesn’t mean that we love them any less. Welcome back to My Favorite Things, the weekly column where we grab someone in speculative circles to gab about the greatest in geek. This week, we sit down with James R. Tuck, who also writes as Levi Black and…
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July 14, 2018
Happy weekend! Have you recovered from the week yet? No? That’s okay! It was a long week for me, too. We are entitled to a little rest and relaxation. Take all the time that you need. Grab a drink, settle down, and let’s look at what the awesome writers here at Speculative Chic did last week!
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July 13, 2018
Hello everyone! It’s that time again when we at Speculative Chic come together to discuss timely and important matters! This month’s roundtable was suggested by Kristina Elyse Butke. A little while after Kristina suggested this topic, Nicole Taft announced something on Twitter that I had no idea that I needed: Mortal Kombat was available to stream on Netflix. Readers, I…
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July 12, 2018
In our ongoing quest to attend as many cons as humanly possible (that’s your ongoing quest, too, right?), today we’re going to talk about how to get there without breaking the bank! Ready? Set? Go!
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July 11, 2018
It is time again to announce the next book for book club. After popular vote, the choice for August is . . . Among Others Author: Jo Walton Discussion Date: 8/24/18 The premise: Startling, unusual, and yet irresistably readable, Among Others is at once the compelling story of a young woman struggling to escape a troubled childhood, a brilliant diary of first…
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July 11, 2018
“Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar” (2013) Written by: Neil Gaiman Narrated by: Neil Gaiman Genre: Lovecraftian Surrealism Length: 1 hour, 6 minutes Publisher: Harper Audio Why I Chose It: For starting out reading audiobooks, I wanted to start with something by an author I know and love. The premise: “Shoggoth’s Old Peculiar”, a short story from Neil Gaiman’s collection Smoke and Mirrors, follows…
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