The Intergalactic Academy

Welcome to the our recap of Space Cases episode 1.04, “Spung at Heart” For an introduction, please see this post, and feel free to watch along with us on youtube! You guys, I am so excited to recap this episode. While the first three episodes of Space Cases were alright, this is where our story begins in earnest–this is where we get MYTH ARC. Funny, to think of how little we [...] More »

Preliminary Scan: Camden Pike has been grief-stricken since his girlfriend, Viv, died. Viv was the last good thing in his life: helping him rebuild his identity after a career-ending football injury, picking up the pieces when his home life shattered, and healing his pain long after the meds wore off. And now, he’d give anything for one more glimpse of her. But when Cam makes a [...] More »

If this is your first time dipping into the Animorphs Re-Read, I strongly suggest you head back to the beginning and start there unless you’re already familiar with the books. Alternatively, check out our new and improved Animorphs Re-Read index for a list of every post in the series. Welcome to yet another installment of the Animorphs re-read! Today’s entry features a book that I’ve been waiting to get to [...] More »

Due to unfortunate intrusions of Real Life, Middle Grade Monday is brought to you today by Wednesday. Please stay tuned tomorrow for our regularly scheduled Animorphs. Preliminary Scan:  Vincent Wu is Captain Stupendous’s No. 1 Fan, but even he has to admit that Captain Stupendous has been a little off lately. During Professor Mayhem’s latest attack, Captain Stupendous barely made it out alive – although he did [...] More »

Preliminary Scan: “No one can doubt that the wave of the future is not the conquest of the world by a single dogmatic creed but the liberation of the diverse energies of free nations and free men. No one can doubt that cooperation in the pursuit of knowledge must lead to freedom of the mind and freedom of the soul.” —President John F. Kennedy, from a [...] More »

If this is your first time dipping into the Animorphs Re-Read, I strongly suggest you head back to the beginning and start there unless you’re already familiar with the books. Alternatively, check out our new and improved Animorphs Re-Read index for a list of every post in the series. I was planning on reviewing the next Megamorphs book today, but then I realised that it’s actually less relevant to the overall series [...] More »

Welcome to the our recap of Space Cases episode 1.03, “A Day in the Life” For an introduction, please see this post, and feel free to watch along with us on youtube! Our totally legit copy of Space Cases episode 1.03 begins mid-sentence, with a bunch of VHS interference. You know, the lack of a remastered box-set really makes gazing in wonder at Radu’s beautiful face really difficult. (Luckily, nobody [...] More »

Preliminary Scan: Miranda wakes up alone on a park bench with no memory. In her panic, she releases a mysterious energy that incites pure terror in everyone around her. Except Peter, a boy who isn’t at all surprised by Miranda’s shocking ability. Left with no choice but to trust this stranger, Miranda discovers she was trained to be a weapon and is part of an elite [...] More »

I was supposed to do an Animorphs post today, but then I realised that I don’t feel like reading a book where the Animorphs travel through time, cross the Delaware and meet Hitler. So instead you’re getting another entry in my wildly popular widely read well-known currently extant ‘Your Science Might Be Terrible If’ series, in which I complain about topics I am wholly unqualified to talk [...] More »

Since 2005, the SFWA’s Andre Norton Award has recognized excellence in young adult fantasy and science fiction. Curious to learn more about the award, I got in touch with EC Myers, YA science fiction author of Fair Coin and Quantum Coin (Pyr, 2012) and Norton juror. Eugene was kind enough to answer a few questions for me about the award process. I should note that other than official policy [...] More »