Author: Christa Faust Paperback: 320 pages Publisher: Titan Books ISBN-10: 1781163138 ISBN-13: 978-1781163139 Synopsis: Never-before-revealed secrets of the characters, leading to the creation of the government’s covert Fringe Division. In 2008, Peter Bishop is estranged from his father and running shady operations in Southeast Asia. His latest [...]
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Book Review: Steampunk LEGO
Author: Guy Himber Hardcover: 200 pages Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN-10: 1593275285 ISBN-13: 978-1593275280 Synopsis: Filled with dirigibles and floating cities, penny-farthings and pirate ships, curiosities and robots galore, Steampunk LEGO is an illustrated collection of Victorian-era sci-fi treasures, all built from LEGO. Curated by award-winning LEGO [...]
Read moreBook Review: Rabbitback Literature Society
Author: Pasi Ilmari Jääskeläinen Hardcover: 352 pages Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books ISBN-10: 125006192X ISBN-13: 978-1250061928 Synopsis: Only nine people have ever been chosen by renowned children’s author Laura White to join the Rabbit Back Literature Society, an elite group of writers in the small town of [...]
Read moreTV Review: HELIX, Season 2 Episode 1 “San Jose”
Genre: Sci-Fi | Thriller Network: Syfy Air Date/Time: January 16, 2015 10/9c(Two-Hour Season Premiere) Synopsis: The second season of Helix finds the doctors of the Centers for Disease Control, still haunted by the Narvik outbreak and the events that took place in Arctic Biosystems, [...]
Read moreTV Review: 12 MONKEYS, Season 1 Episode 1 “Splinter”
Genre: Sci-Fi | Adventure | Mystery Director: Jeffrey Reiner Writers: Terry Matalas & Travis Fickett Network: Syfy Air Date/Time: January 16, 2015, 9/8c Synopsis: Inspired by the classic blockbuster film, which commemorates its 20th anniversary next year, Syfy’s anticipated adventure thriller 12 Monkeys explores the provocative [...]
Read moreDVD Review: Extant: The First Season
Genre: Sci-Fi | Action | Drama Creator: Mickey Fisher Original Broadcast Network: CBS Discs: 4 Run time: Approximately 540 minutes (13 episodes) Synopsis: Extant is a serialized mystery thriller about a female astronaut (Halle Berry) trying to reconnect with her family after returning from a year in [...]
Read moreBook Review: The Art of the Brick: A Life in LEGO
Author: Nathan Sawaya Hardcover: 248 pages Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN-10: 1593275889 ISBN-13: 978-1593275884 Synopsis: Nathan Sawaya is renowned for his incredible, sometimes surreal, sculptures and portraits—all made from LEGO bricks. The Art of the Brick is a stunning, full-color showcase of the work that has made [...]
Read moreSoundtrack Review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, Special Edition
Original Score Composed, Orchestrated and Conducted by: Howard Shore Performed by: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra Release Date: December 16, 2014 Format: Audio CD and digital download Number of Discs: 2 (Special Edition 23 tracks, Standard Edition 21 tracks) Label: WaterTower Music WaterTower Music has announced the release of the soundtrack [...]
Read moreBook Review: The Art of LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 Programming
Author: Terry Griffin Paperback: 276 pages Publisher: No Starch Press ISBN-10: 1593275684 ISBN-13: 978-1593275686 Synopsis: With its colorful, block-based interface, The LEGO® MINDSTORMS® EV3 programming language is designed to allow anyone to program intelligent robots, but its powerful features can be intimidating at first. The Art [...]
Read moreTV Review: Ascension, Night One
Genre: Drama | Sci-Fi Writer: Adrian Cruz Network: Syfy Air Date/Time: December 15, 2014, 9/8 (1st 2 hours of 6, 3 consecutive nights) Synopsis: Ascension is an ambitious original drama following a covert U.S. space mission launched in the 1960’s that sent hundreds of men, [...]
Read moreTV Review: The Librarians, Season 1 Episode 1 “And the Crown of King Arthur” and Episode 2 “And the Sword in the Stone”
Genre: Action | Fantasy Director: Dean Devlin Writer: John Rogers Network: TNT Air Date/Time: December 7, 2014, 8/7c (Two-Hour Season Premiere) Synopsis: The Librarians centers on an ancient organization hidden beneath the Metropolitan Public Library dedicated to protecting an unknowing world from the secret, magical reality [...]
Read moreSciFi Mafia Talks #GamerGate on OUT OF THE GAME: FANBOYS LAMENT
We were super excited to feature the web series Out of the Game: Fanboys Lament back in our Web Series Wednesday posts. They continue to to bring all things geektastic with games, comics, movies and more. Luckily they just so [...]
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