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Book – **** The Fifth Season (2015)

rmann March 1, 2018 May 26, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Book one of N. K. Jemison’s Broken Earth series chronicling seasons of volcanic upheaval caused in part by Guardians with the power to move the earth.

Book – **** Forty Signs of Rain (2004)

rmann February 17, 2018 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Kim Stanley Robinson’s sci.fi. novel collecting stories with climate impact as a common thread and unheeded urgency as its warning.

Book – ****+ Ready Player One (2011)

rmann January 11, 2018 March 26, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Fantastic futurist romp leveraging a mystery adventure based on video gaming’s past. Totally entertaining.

Movie ****+ The Shape of Water (2017)

rmann December 26, 2017 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Lovely, surprising movie by Guillermo del Toro, but maybe not so surprising since he wrote Pacific Rim, Hellboy, and Pan’s Labyrinth ***** – one of my all time favorites which he also directed.

Movie **** Star Wars – The Last Jedi (2017)

rmann December 14, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Rey fights the First Order with the unwilling help of Luke Skywalker. Well-made addition to the franchise, but the franchise, in my opinion, is sorely in the need of breaking some new ground.

Book – ***+ Ancillary Sword (2014)

rmann October 10, 2017 May 26, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Continuing Ann Leckie sci.fi. story of human and AI minds in multiple host bodies called ancillaries. Weaker than the first book for not establishing fresh characters and plot complications, but enjoyable for the characters already established in the series.

Movie ****+ Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

rmann October 9, 2017 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Fine remake, but missing Rutger Howard’s performance and containing some logic gaps that press your willing suspension of disbelief.

Movie ***** Blade Runner – Final Cut (1990)

rmann October 8, 2017 May 27, 2018Movie and Book Reviews 0

Fine Rutger Howard performance. A classic for mood and sets.

Movie ***+ Guardians of the Galaxy – vol. 2 (2017)

rmann August 3, 2017 March 27, 2019Movie and Book Reviews 0

Good sequel, but could have benefitted from better editing. Overlong sequences of Quill’s mental-spear doing its work, and the Ego story and plot-shift comes (literally) out of the blue.

Movie ****+ Valarian – City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

rmann July 25, 2017 August 29, 2017Movie and Book Reviews 0

Absolutely loved this sci.fi. movie and would see it again for its visual beauty alone. Luc Besson does it again with an engaging story, characters, and visuals. The little matter-duplicating creature is a bit over the top (more fantasy than science), but fun.

Tag: sci-fi

Book – **** The Fifth Season (2015)

Book – **** Forty Signs of Rain (2004)

Book – ****+ Ready Player One (2011)

Movie ****+ The Shape of Water (2017)

Movie **** Star Wars – The Last Jedi (2017)

Book – ***+ Ancillary Sword (2014)

Movie ****+ Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Movie ***** Blade Runner – Final Cut (1990)

Movie ***+ Guardians of the Galaxy – vol. 2 (2017)

Movie ****+ Valarian – City of a Thousand Planets (2017)

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