Speculiction is going on vacation for a couple of weeks.  Upon return, we'll be putting some of the big series we've been reading fo...

Brain-in-a-vat is a common enough concept in science fiction. Do we exist in reality, or are our brains in vats attached to sensory stimuli...

As they were conceived as a single volume, I will review Dust of Dreams (2009) and The Crippled God (2011) as a single volume, despite they ...

This is it. The arrowhead striking home. The mushroom cloud rising. The supernova erupting from the Horus Heresy series. Sixty-four boo...

Utopia/dystopia is a popular science fiction theme. It would be hyperbole to say 'innumerable' books have been written on the subje...

Gardens of the Moon , first book in the Malazan series, was centered around Darujhistan. A city featuring an Arabian vibe, its streets glow...

As a teen, I would amuse myself with the classic thought experiment of observing life on Earth through the eyes of fictional aliens. Undoub...

Volume I of Dan Abnett's The End & the Death was largely about setting tone and yes, getting the two Bigs off their idle asses. It...

Guy Gavriel Kay has become, like many aging writers, a one note tune. He has been churning out the same cut/paste novels for the past decad...

In case you missed it, 100% it bears repeating. We are living in a golden age of culture. Each media form is producing so much content it...