Into the Woods
{4/5} “I was raised to be charming, not sincere.” Into the Woods, released in 2014 The baker and his wife discover that the reason they can’t have a child is because the witch who lives next door has cursed the baker. But the witch will lift the curse if they find four items by the […]
Lady of Mazes
{4.5/5} Lady of Mazes by Karl Schroeder, published in 2005 Teven Coronal is divided into manifolds, where reality has been constructed according to people’s tastes. In Westerhaven manifold Livia is stunned to receive a visit from one of the founders, who asks her to investigate something that should be impossible in Raven, a next-door manifold. […]
Star Trek: TNG — The Light Fantastic
{4.5/5} Star Trek: The Next Generation — The Light Fantastic by Jeffrey Lang, published in 2014 Data has left Starfleet and is living with his daughter Lal on Orion Prime — he inherited a casino there from his father Dr. Soong. Then Lal is kidnapped by someone he never expected to see again — Moriarty. […]
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
{4.5/5} “There is no such thing as an ending, just a place where you leave the story.” The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, released in 2015 The hotel is full, and Sonny has plans to expand to a second location — he and Sunaina also have plans to get married. Meanwhile Madge can’t decide between […]
Dead Like Me (season 1)
{4.5/5} “One desperate attempt after another to find something in common with someone else and then cling. ‘Hey, you have ten fingers, I have ten fingers, let’s be friends. We’ll make rules and slogans. Then if we find someone with nine fingers, we can beat the crap out of them.’” Dead Like Me season 1, […]
Love Minus Eighty
{4.5/5} “Rob reached out to comfort her, then remembered it was forbidden and drew back. If not for the surveillance, Rob would have reached under the silver cover and taken her hand, cold and stiff as it would have been.” Love Minus Eighty by Will McIntosh, published in 2013 In the future death is not […]
Star Trek: TNG — Immortal Coil
{4.5/5} “You can’t battle life… You have to learn to treat it like a waltz and your problems are your partner. Step lightly, try to keep time with the music and smile.” Star Trek: The Next Generation — Immortal Coil by Jeffrey Lang, published in 2002 The Enterprise is called to the Daystrom Institute on […]
The Time Ships
{5/5} “Each of us, I thought, could do little to change the course of things — indeed, anything we tried was likely to be so uncontrolled as to inflict more damage than benefit — and yet, conversely, we should not allow the huge panorama about us, the immensity of the Multiplicity of Histories, to overwhelm us. The […]
Star Trek: Heart of the Sun
{3.5/5} Star Trek: Heart of the Sun by Pamela Sargent & George Zebrowski, published in 1997 The Enterprise has been travelling to a few far flung planets whose databases fell victim to a virus. The last on the list, Tyrtaeus, proves to be a bit of a chore — the people aren’t particularly welcoming to […]
Big Eyes
{4.5/5} “It’s like a mirage. From the distance, you look like a painter, but up close there is not much there.” Big Eyes, released in 2014 Margaret paints pictures of children with big eyes. Initially when her husband Walter takes credit for the paintings she goes along with it. But she regrets that decision every […]