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 Lee Murray, whose latest release, […]
hobbiton – Speculative Chic
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 Lee Murray, whose latest release, […]
Sound Off! John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum – Speculative Chic
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, arm yourself and discuss John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum, which premiered in the United States on Friday, May 17, 2019. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily […]
May 15, 2019 – Speculative Chic
At the end of March, I moved. I quit my corporate, soul-sucking job and moved to the countryside, to a small, run-down farm that my grandfather left me in his will. Since then, I have spent most of my waking hours at this new life, cultivating the farm, getting married, having some slightly creepy children, […]
Con Season on a Budget: Staying There – Speculative Chic
Last month, we talked about getting there: getting to your favorite conventions more cheaply (because I am the queen of cheap travel!). This month, let’s talk about staying there! The Age-Old Question: Host Hotel or Cheap Hotel? In an effort to cut costs, it’s completely understandable to shop around for a better price on lodgings, […]
My Favorite Things with Christopher Golden – Speculative Chic
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 New York Times bestselling author, […]
gather the daughters – Speculative Chic
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 […]
Sound Off! Avengers: Endgame – Speculative Chic
Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, come to the end of an era and discuss Avengers: Endgame, which premiered in the United States on Friday, April 26, 2019. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but […]
yevgeny zamyatin – Speculative Chic
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 […]
the handmaid’s tale – Speculative Chic
September 24, 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 author Christina […]
anthony burgess – Speculative Chic
Stories about class struggle are not new. In fact, these plots have been around for a long time, and we’re familiar with most of them: the Matrix trilogy, The Handmaid’s Tale, The Hunger Games, Escape from New York, The Grapes of Wrath, The Outsiders, Jane Eyre, We, Equilibrium, almost any Philip K. Dick story, The Dispossessed, […]
Breaking The First & Second Rules of Victorian Faerie Fight Club: Sparrowhawk #2 by Delilah S. Dawson – Speculative Chic
Sparrowhawk #2 (2018) Written by: Delilah S. Dawson Genre: Fantasy Series: Sparrowhawk Publisher: Boom Studios Why I Chose It: I really, really loved the first issue of this comic series and was thrilled to continue the adventure with Art in the world of Faerie. The premise: Teen Victorian fairy fight club! As the illegitimate daughter […]
the gate to women’s country – Speculative Chic
This Month On Changing the Map Last October, I woke to the news that much-loved feminist spec fic author Sheri S. Tepper had died. It hit me hard, not because her death was untimely (87? Hardly.), but because at one time she’d been my favorite author but I didn’t even know she was still alive. […]
Octavia Butler’s Kindred: How the Nuances of Relationships Can Teach Us About People – Speculative Chic
This month we put Changing the Map into the capable hands of writer and reviewer Ronya F. McCool for her discussion of Octavia E. Butler’s groundbreaking novel, Kindred. Part slave narrative, part time travel story, read on to see what Ronya has to say about how Kindred changed the map. –Sharon When I was asked […]