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
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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
Webtoon Review: Inside Job
Webtoon Review: Inside Job The world is not as it appears on the surface. Strange beings exist just out of sight. The reptoids are in favor of global warming. Chemtrails really do have psychoactive properties. And a secret conspiracy controls the world. Kind of. Turns out the world is hard to control properly, and the… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Inside Job
Comic Book Review: The Hypernaturals Volume One
Comic Book Review: The Hypernaturals Volume One written by Dan Abnett & Andy Lanning In the far future, humans have spread across the galaxy thanks to the Trip System that allows near-instantaneous teleportation across galactic distances. Artificial intelligence has also reached a singularity point where it essentially runs civilization, so the dating system has reset,… Continue reading Comic Book Review: The Hypernaturals Volume One
Webtoon Review: Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters
Webtoon Review: Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters In the near future of Charter City, the metropolis has been largely transformed by the innovations of tech billionaire Jonathan Rook. Rook Unlimited supplies the maglev trains, communications devices and security systems the city uses, and even sponsors a top high school. But within the city lurks… Continue reading Webtoon Review: Stretch Armstrong and the Flex Fighters