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Top 5 Celebrity Guest Appearances on The Simpsons

The Simpsons will soon be entering into its 26th season. Throughout the course of its run, the show has been the recipient of an unprecedented 31 Primetime Emmys, a Peabody, and countless other awards. There are many things that distinguish the series as one of the the best shows of all time: the scripts, the voice actors, and the creative use of celebrity guest stars. And while there have been many appearances over the course of the 500+ episode run, here are the top five all-time celebrity...

Book Review: WORLD OF FIRE by James Lovegrove

The story you’ll find in James Lovegrove’s WORLD OF FIREis a familiar one. A special agent has been recruited to find out what’s gone wrong on a planet with its own rules, political system, and no small amount of problems from its magma-rock mining infrastructure.Oh yeah, and there’s a race of AIs called the […]

Book Review: The Ultra Thin Man by Patrick Swenson

THIS REVIEWS CONTAINS WHAT SOME MAY CONSIDER MINOR SPOILERS. Blending elements of noir crime and science fiction isn’t a new thing, but Patrick Swenson in The Ultra Thin Man (Tor), tackles the mashup with enormous talent and verve. The author also throws in elements of the espionage thriller just so readers don’t get bored. Not […]

AISFP 273 – Lou Anders and a Book Giveaway

Lou Anders joins us to discuss his new middle grade fantasy novel, THRONES AND BONES: FROSTBORN. More than a book, we discuss the many games being released along with the novel, including the Thrones and Bones board game, a developing RPG, and online games at the novels official website.

SF Book Releases This Week: August 26, 2014

Need a good book to read? Robert Junker once again compiles a select list of books being published this week, including new books by Brent Weeks, Simon Green, John Scalzi, Kevin J. Anderson and James Maxwell, to name a few. It's going to be a good week of reading!

AISFP 272 – Fake Reviews

With Shaun, Moses, and Brent back behind the microphones, we felt it appropriate to get together for a little topic discussion, as we used to do quite often. This episode is brought to you by the new middle grade novel THRONES AND BONES: FROSTBORN, by Lou Anders. Smelly trolls, the walking dead, and a fire-breathing […]

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Book Review: Dead Man’s Hand: An Anthology of The Weird West, ed. John Joseph Adams

I enjoy a good Western now and then. Mainly cinematic ones, though I have read a number of novels over the years. The weird western is a relatively new phenomenon, emerging probably from some of the writings of Joe R. Landsdale and others, though he writes a more contemporary version, not to mention the recent […]

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Book Review: Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage by Haruki Murakami

Haruki Murakamiis not known asa genre writer, but his dabbling in the fantastika shares many of the common tropes found in modern fantasy. His novels feature gateways to other worlds, ghosts, monsters, and ordinary characters that embark on their own form of the hero’s quests. When his previous novel, 1Q84, was released in the US, […]

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SF Book Releases This Week: August 19, 2014

This week's newly published titles include Scorched Earth; The Godless: Children; and a Peter F. Hamilton bundle!

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AISFP Podcast 271 – Special Announcement

Hey folks… well I’m not going to ruin the surprise in the shownotes, so you’ll have to have a listen.

A couple special announcements about our team that I can share. First, John Dodds, an irreplaceable reviewer and cohost, just released his paranormal comedy, Dead Boyfriends.

About Dead Boyfriends:

Some guys won’t take “no” for an answer – even from beyond the grave.

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