Manga Review: Dr. Stone written by Riichiro Inagaki, art by Boichi It is 2019, and young lug Taiju Ooku is finally going to confess his love to his crush, Yuzuriha Ogawa (who it’s hinted likes him back.) Taiju’s encouraged by his best buddy, science whiz Senku Ishigami, but Senku’s attention is drawn to the puzzle… Continue reading Manga Review: Dr. Stone
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Book Review: New Tales of Space and Time
Book Review: New Tales of Space and Time edited by Raymond J. Healy This 1951 anthology opens with an introduction by Anthony Boucher. In it he notes the proliferation of science fiction anthologies at the time, most of which were reprints of magazine stories. Often the same stories, over and over–not bad because they are… Continue reading Book Review: New Tales of Space and Time
Webtoon Review: Kid Cosmic Season Three
Webtoon Review: Kid Cosmic Season Three SPOILERS for Seasons One and Two, you might want to check the earlier reviews. Having gathered the thirteen Stones of Power, the Local Heroes have at last defeated Erodius the Planet Killer and saved Earth. But pieces of the destroyed planets have fallen all over our green world, and… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Kid Cosmic Season Three
Book Review: Flash Gordon Book Four: Forces from the Federation
Book Review: Flash Gordon Book Four: Forces from the Federation by David Hagberg At long last, Colonel Steve “Flash” Gordon and his companions Dr. Hans Zarkov and Dale Arden are headed home in their refurbished starship, the Intrepid. They’re looking forward to briefing the Federation government about their adventures fighting the android robot warlord Martin… Continue reading Book Review: Flash Gordon Book Four: Forces from the Federation
Magazine Review: Fantastic August 1969
Magazine Review: Fantastic August 1969 edited by Sol Cohen The opening editorial is by Ted White, the new managing editor. He talks about the decline in “fiction magazines” (the Saturday Evening Post had recently ceased publication for the first time) and is sad, but points out that times are always changing. He also mentions his… Continue reading Magazine Review: Fantastic August 1969
Movie Review: 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
Movie Review: 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End (2008) directed by Yukihiko Tsutsumi When Kenji Endo (Toshiaka Karisawa) was a teenager, he loved rock music, especially “20th Century Boy” by T. Rex. He thought rock, and in particular his own music, could change the world. But some twenty years on in the late 1990s,… Continue reading Movie Review: 20th Century Boys 1: Beginning of the End
Open Thread: 2021 Roundup!
Open Thread: 2021 Roundup! Another year over here at SKJAM! Reviews, so it’s time to look at the posts you, the readers, voted for with your clicks. Most Viewed Posts of 2021 Book Review: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round TableOpen Thread: RIP George JamisonWebtoon Review: Onyx EquinoxManga Review: The Promised NeverlandBook Review:… Continue reading Open Thread: 2021 Roundup!
Book Review: Blade of Mad Vision
Book Review: Blade of Mad Vision by Danith McPherson Austin Swiftbrooke’s sister Skylar disappeared two years ago on the planet Callister. Practicing his fencing alone in the natural “arena” near the human colony without her seems hollow, but is a connection to her, and a way of showing he hasn’t given up hope Skylar’s alive.… Continue reading Book Review: Blade of Mad Vision
Book Review: The Peregrine
Book Review: The Peregrine by Poul Anderson It is the distant future, and humanity has scattered to the stars. Spacefaring human civilization is currently focused in one of two groups, the Solarian Union, which is focused on mental development and social stability (helped by their troubleshooting Coordinators), and the Nomads, eternal wanderers who are constantly… Continue reading Book Review: The Peregrine
Magazine Review: Analog Science Fiction Science Fact November 1965
Magazine Review: Analog Science Fiction Science Fact November 1965 edited by John W. Campbell It’s time for another random issue of the classic science fiction magazine. “Colloid and Crystalloid” by John W. Campbell starts the issue off with an editorial beginning with the notion that humanoid killer robots probably aren’t going to be a thing… Continue reading Magazine Review: Analog Science Fiction Science Fact November 1965