Why Goosebumps Is Such A Good Horror Series
Goosebumps cannot be ignored for the power it holds in modern culture.
By Brandon Scott on Nov 18th, 2020
Goosebumps cannot be ignored for the power it holds in modern culture.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 19th, 2020
In a deviation from my usual rules, for Brave New World, I watched it all. The entire nine episodes. I did this so I could properly cover how it fits the original tale.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 12th, 2020
Megatomic Battle Rabbit is a little out of my usual purview for a few reasons. The first simply because it’s a comic book. I’m predominantly a movie and television critic, but I know instances of good writing when I see it.
By Brandon Scott on Oct 5th, 2020
He is a delightful person, with a wealth of knowledge about the craft of writing. He has a tremendous understanding of what it takes for new writers to make it in the wild industry of publishing books.
By Brandon Scott on Jul 1st, 2020
Artemis Fowl Is An Abysmally Bad Watch Artemis Fowl is a travesty. It is an insult to those that we’re excited about it, those that had hope for it, and is simply a bad watch. And, yes, I’m a fan of the books, and, also yes, I was disappointed with how poorly they adapted it….
By Brandon Scott on Jun 17th, 2020
The Price of Safety Is More Action Than Sci-Fi The Price of Safety is a book full of good ideas but is plagued by sloppy execution. Very quickly in the reading, it was apparent to me that this was a book that loved its technology, and had an in-depth understanding of engineering and science, but…
By Brandon Scott on Jun 5th, 2020
Lazarus Thoth went away for the summer, fell into a good book…and we haven’t seen him since. From Brandon Scott, author of many of our Friday Fiction posts and review articles, comes a new horror novel about one boy’s descent into his own timeline and other dimensions. Will Lazarus be able to escape the strange…
By Brandon Scott on May 11th, 2020
The Mistborn Trilogy is a long series, each book being in the high hundreds of pages. I’m only mid the second book at the time of writing, but for those wondering if it’s worth reading the first book in the series, this review is for you. Because Mistborn: The Final Empire is certainly catnip for…
By Brandon Scott on Nov 4th, 2019
It was an accident that I found out about the Forward collection on Amazon Prime—but I’m so happy I did. Turns out, if you have Prime, it’s free, and each short story is interesting in its own way. There’s six in all, so I thought I’d cover my thoughts on each of these tales. Ark…
By Brandon Scott on Sep 25th, 2019
The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza Fails To Armaggedon For a book supposedly about the end of the world, The Apocalypse of Elena Mendoza doesn’t seem to want to focus very much on the actual end of the world. It seems content to deal with mundane moments of growing up and overcoming problems, and while that’s…
By Brandon Scott on Sep 16th, 2019
Miss Peregrine’s: A Peculiar Hit Of A Book My initial worry regarding Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children was that it was going to be too much a superhero book, too much an X-Men knock off, or some wannabe Harry Potter, but with a twist. The title seemed to promise as much, after all, and…
By Brandon Scott on Aug 28th, 2019
Project Nemesis Keeps On Twisting Itself Project Nemesis is a book series guilty of something that the internet has long figured out is not an “effective” way of storytelling but is amazing for marketing: The “Mystery Box.” The idea that mysteries trump actual good storytelling and it’s best to set up things that seem interesting…