Caliban's War (Expanse Series #2)

When Mad Max: Fury Road opened, pretty much everyone agreed it was one of the best films of the year, and a new classic of the post-apocalyptic genre. Everyone, that is, save for a subset of dudes from one of the internet’s darkest corners, who lash out at anything that suggests that women can be just as […]

It’s March 2015, and I am standing on the bridge of a starship. The crew work stations look worn, the walls are covered with warning signs, and the grated floor looks like something designed to be functional. If I didn’t know better, I’d think that I was standing on a real ship, hurtling through space. Instead, I am on […]

Syfy wasn’t kidding about wanting to get back into geeks’ good graces: if the pilot episode of December’s The Expanse is any indication, they’re bound and determined to give us the successor to Battlestar Galactica we’ve been clamoring for since the abrupt cancelation of Stargate Universe. The slick new space opera, based on the book series […]

It’s a rich time for those of us who pine for excellent science fiction and fantasy stories about women and girls. Across all the medium, you’ll find them having adventures, becoming the heroes, and saving the day. The best of them care deeply about their homes, their families (biological or families of choice), and protecting the people […]