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Just my usual thoughts on a number of shows I've been watching. The third season of Wheel of Time is six episodes in. It starts off with a lot of action and movement. I'm still enjoying the series, particularly since we now appear to be well past what I might have read in the books … Continue reading Severance and other TV notes
I've recently come across a couple of writing podcasts that are worth checking out for any aspiring sci-fi or fantasy authors. The first is On Writing With Brandon Sanderson. Sanderson is a bestselling epic fantasy author with a number of major series under his belt, not the least of which was completing Robert Jordan's Wheel … Continue reading Sci-fi and fantasy writing podcasts and advice worth checking out
It's been awhile since I've done a TV notes so this one is going to cover a lot of territory. I enjoyed the first season of The Rings of Power, but was an outlier. Most people hated it. Some have come around for the second season due to its increased action, but it remains pretty … Continue reading Dune Prophecy and other TV notes
The Mercy of Gods is the first book in James S. A. Corey's new space opera series: The Captive's War. James S. A. Corey is the pen name for the writing duo Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, the authors of The Expanse book series. This new series appears to be either in a brand new … Continue reading The Mercy of Gods
Last week I watched Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes. I've mentioned before that I'm a long term fan of the Planet of the Apes franchise. The reboot film series and its updated imagining of the overall premise have revived the franchise in an impressive manner. The new movies in many ways are very … Continue reading Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and other TV notes
Adrian Tchaikovsky's Service Model is a fresh take on what can go wrong in a world of robots and AI. Charles is a robot valet. He works in a manor performing personal services for his human master, checking his travel arrangements, laying out his clothes, shaving him, serving meals, etc. However, it appears to have … Continue reading Service Model
This week I came across Scavenger's Reign, a sci-fi animated series on Netflix. The show is about a crew stranded on an alien planet, Vesta, with an interesting ecosystem. It chronicles the efforts of isolated groups to survive. The groups have little hope of a rescue. It's revealed upfront that the company they work for … Continue reading Scavenger’s Reign, and other TV notes
The new Doctor Who season is starting off with maximum silliness, and an emphasis on fantasy over science fiction. One nice benefit of Doctor Who moving to Disney+ (at least in the US) and being available for streaming first, even in the UK, is that the episodes now drop for me on Friday evenings, a … Continue reading Doctor Who, science fiction and fantasy
Fallout, like many recent TV shows, demonstrates the old rule, of video game adaptations always being awful, is obsolete. At first Fallout seems similar to a lot of other post-apocalyptic shows. There's been a nuclear war and the world is a wasteland. Life on the surface is a brutal battle for survival, even two hundred … Continue reading Fallout
Shows based on video games have gotten better in recent years, and Halo seems to fit this trend. I never got into the games, so my knowledge of the premise only comes from the show. Humanity is at war with an alien civilization known as the "Covenant". The Covenant seems determined to eradicate humanity for … Continue reading Halo
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