Foreigner
{4.5/5} “And yet, whoever the ark-makers were, they, too, had failed. One of their arks had crashed, the crew killed, its cargo of lifeforms never released. If something could defeat the ark-makers, what chance did Quintaglios have against the fate that awaited them?” Foreigner by Robert J. Sawyer, published in 1994 Novato is exploring the […]
Fossil Hunter
{4.5/5} “We’re trying to save our entire race! It’s only knowledge that will let us do that. We have to shed our superstitions and fears the way a snake sheds its skin. We can’t cower in the face of what we might discover.” Fossil Hunter by Robert J. Sawyer, published in 1993 Afsan had convinced […]
Tomorrowland
{4.5/5} “I did it myself because I got tired of waiting for someone to do it for me.” Tomorrowland, released in 2015 NASA is dismantling a launchpad and when they do Casey’s dad will be out of a job. Casey sneaks out at night to sabotage the dismantling equipment. After a brief visit to jail, […]
Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome
{4/5} “In your last letter you questioned whether it’s my responsibility to join this fight. The truth is, we all became responsible the day we created the Cylons.” Battlestar Galactica: Blood & Chrome, aired in 2012 William Adama has joined the war against the Cylons as a pilot. After boarding the Battlestar Galactica he finds […]
The Signal
{3.5/5} “What I’m about to tell you, Nic, you may find a bit disturbing.” The Signal, released in 2014 Nic and Jonah are helping their friend Haley move across the country. While they’re on the road they notice that a hacker has gotten into their computer. They — capable of hacking, themselves — trace the […]
Far-Seer
{4.5/5} “Some of the moons moved quickly across the sky, others took several tens of nights to cross from horizon to horizon. All went through phases, waxing and waning between the extremes of showing a fulling lit circular shape and appearing as simply a black circle covering the stars. What did it all mean?” Far-Seer […]
Jupiter Ascending
{2/5} “Time is the single most precious commodity in the universe.” Jupiter Ascending, released in 2015 Jupiter Jones works cleaning houses. One day she’s stunned to find out that people from another planet are trying to kill her. She’s even more stunned to find out that she’s the reincarnation of a queen who lived for […]
Accelerando
{4.5/5} “His ideas are informed by a painfully honest humanism, and everyone — even his enemies — agrees that he is one of the greatest theoreticians of the post-EU era. But his intellectual integrity prevents him from rising to the very top, and his fellow travelers are much ruder about him than his ideological enemies, […]
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
{4.5/5} “Apes not kill apes.” Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, released in 2014 Somehow I forgot to review this movie when I saw it, so I’m reviewing it now. The apes and the humans have left each other alone for years. But one town of humans is fast running out of electricity and […]
Inception
{5/5} “An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. And even the smallest seed of an idea can grow. It can grow to define or destroy you.” Inception, released in 2010 There are people who go into other people’s dreams and steal things from them. They can even create dreams within dreams. But what […]