Tuesday, May 15, 2018

CONTRIBUTOR PROFILE: Spacefaring Kitten

Last but not least we welcome Spacefaring Kitten, who you may know from the sardonic review blog, Spacefaring, Extradimensional Happy Kittens. I've long been a fan of Spacefaring Kitten's writing and am thrilled this galactic feline traveler aboard our ship!   


NAME: Spacefaring Kitten

SECRET UNDISCLOSED LOCATION: Small Magellanic Cloud

NERD SPECIALIZATION(S): science fiction, comics, fantasy

MY PET PEEVES IN NERD-DOM ARE: (Pseudo)historical characters with modern-day values

VAMPIRES, WEREWOLVES, ZOMBIES, ALIENS OR ROBOTS: Weird, weird aliens

RIGHT NOW I'M READING: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee

...AND A COUPLE BOOKS I RECENTLY FINISHED ARE: Black Bolt: Hard Times written by Saladin Ahmed and illustrated by Christian Ward and Annihilation by Jeff VanderMeer

NEXT TWO ON QUEUE ARE: Raven Stratagem by Yoon Ha Lee and October by China Miéville

MY FAVORITE SUPERHERO AND SUPER-VILLAIN ARE: Ozymandias and Magneto

IF I WERE A SUPERHERO/VILLAIN, MY POWER WOULD BE: Procrastination and feeding cats beef sticks.

THE BEST COMIC FILM OF THE PAST 5 YEARS IS: Lego Batman

THE WORST COMIC FILM OF THE PAST 5 YEARS IS: Avengers: Age of Ultron

I JUST WATCHED Black Panther AND IT WAS AWESOME

I JUST WATCHED Hellraiser: Hellseeker AND IT WAS TERRIBLE

EVERYONE SHOULD SEE The Punk Syndrome BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE:
It's a documentary about a Finnish punk band of four developmentally disabled guys.

BEST SCIENCE/SPECULATIVE FICTION SHOW OF THE PAST 10 YEARS: Orphan Black

WORSE ENDING--LOST OR BATTLESTAR GALACTICA: Huh, was there something wrong with the ending of Battlestar Galactica?

THE OFFICE--BRITISH OR AMERICAN VERSION: The Office is the one exception to the rule that everything British is always better.

GAME OF THRONES--LIKE OR DISLIKE DEVIATIONS FROM THE BOOKS: I haven't read the books, so I am unmoved. I was saving them for the (ever-distancing) day the series is finished.