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Category: Reviews
Movie Review: A Big Bold Beautiful Journey
I love going to the movie theatre, but I don’t go out…
#321/A – The Last Dangerous Visions edited by Harlan Ellison
The Dangerous Visions anthology series was a turning point in modern science…
#320/B – The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers
I never knew that “cozy science fiction” existed. I mean, I’ve heard…
#320/A – Space Academy Series by C.T. Phipps and Michael Suttkus
Storytelling is like cooking. Unlike baking (and especially pastry), cooking is very…
#319/B – Shatter Dark by R. Graeme Cameron
Imagine Mad Max, only instead of intimidating tyrants like Lord Humungus or…
#319/a – Welcome to the Multiverse* by Ira Nayman
(*sorry for the inconvenience) KODT moved from a monthly to a bi-monthly…
#318 – Humankind by Rutger Bregman
Things aren’t looking great right now, are they? The kind of chaos…
Movie Review: Superman
Just saw the new Superman movie. Very good. Very timely. It’s the…
#317 – Assistant to the Villain by Hannah Nicole Maehrer
For this column, I like to cover a wide variety of books…
#316 – The Apollo Murders by Chris Hadfield
I went into this novel knowing literally nothing about it other than…
#315 – Caliban by Lorina Stephens
When I first started reading Caliban, I was instantly reminded of a…
All For One!
I went to see The Three Musketeers at the Arts Club Theatre…
#314 – The Rules of Supervillainy by CT Phipps
Subverting superhero stories is old news. You had movies like Mystery Men…
Short Movie Review: The Wild Robot
(I should really do more movie reviews, I think) I was pleasantly…
#313 – Just Stab Me Now by Jill Bearup
“Writers can treat their mental illnesses every day.”—Kurt Vonnegut Meta is a…
Interview with the Author: Arlene F. Marks
Every so often I like to ask other science fiction writers to…
Other Review: Dodger by Terry Pratchett
Another pre-Off The Shelf mini review I’m bringing back to the main…
Other Review: The Woman Who Died A Lot by Jasper Fforde
Note this isn’t an Off The Shelf review, but just a casual…
From the Dusty Mental Archives: Zen in the Art of Writing
(Slightly edited from a post I made in 2012) Ray Bradbury talked…
#311—Trouble Wore Red by Chris Lewis
So… what if you were to drag Sam Spade out of the…
#309—Legends & Lattes by Travis Baldree
Have you ever retired a character in HackMaster or D&D? Ever wondered…
#308—Reprise by Zilla Novikov
There are several types of readers I feel Reprise is aimed at,…
#307—The Adventure Zone by Clint McElroy and Carey Pietsch
I had never even heard of The Adventure Zone when my wife…
#306—Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows by James Lovegrove
I had mixed feelings about this book. On the one hand, Sherlock…
#304 – The Imposters by Toby Frost
Ten years ago (May 2013) I wrote my first book review for…
#303 — Roll for Initiative by Jamie Formato
A couple of years ago, I reviewed a book called Fangirl by…
#301 — Decision at Thunder Rift by William H. Keith
I recently wrote an article about a fan made update to the…
#310—Contravention by Drew Wagar
Back in issue #277, I reviewed Drew Wagar’s Shadeward Saga. That series…
#305—Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Mur Lafferty is no stranger to KODT. Aside from her column Geek…
#302 — Galaxy Cruise by Marcus Alexander Hart
This is the second book I’ve reviewed by Marcus Alexander Hart. The…
#300 – Noah Chinn (It’s Self Indulgence Time!)
I didn’t plan it this way, but I’m not going to complain…
#299—Mouse Guard by David Peterson
What if Beatrix Potter had illustrated a serious medieval fantasy series? That’s…
#297—Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
Graphic novels can be a tricky beast to review. While some are…
#296 – The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
I’m not a huge fan of kaiju (literally “strange beast” in Japanese—aka…
#295 – The Dark Gift by Trevor Jones
Novels set in roleplaying worlds are a tricky thing. On the one…
#294 – Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
This review is dedicated to Amber Blackburn, who loved this story, and…
Mythulu Creation Cards: A tool for writers—and gamers!
Mythulu isn’t a game, but it can be used by game designers…
#293 – Tiger and the Robot by Grahame Shannon
It’s interesting to think about how the mystery genre has adapted over…
#292 – Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
Journey to the Centre of the Earth is the kind of story…
#291 – The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Everyone knows the name of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle because of Sherlock…
#290 – Dune by Frank Herbert
I feel like I should hand in my nerd card for not…
#289 – Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
It seems only fair that if I dealt with Ernest Cline last…
#288 – Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
I don’t often deal with sequels because, well, I only get to…
#286 – Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer by J. Michael Straczynski
Way back in issue #206, I reviewed Stephen King’s book On Writing.…
#285 – We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
In anime, one of the prevalent genres right now is isekai, which…
#284 – Will Save the Galaxy for Food by “Yahtzee” Croshaw
“Yahtzee” Croshaw is best known for his video game reviews series Zero…
#283 – The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney
If you woke up in the body of a robot, having died…
#282 – Wotakoi (Love is Hard for Otaku)
We’re all familiar with the stereotype of the nerd who can’t find…
#281 – Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
More than once I’ve reviewed books that have been adapted to the…