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[Book Review] Baen Books: ‘Expiration Date’ by Tim Powers

Ghosts can be caught, and bottled, and sold by covert dealers to addicts who inhale the things—and when a young boy named Kootie accidentally inhales the ghost of Thomas Edison, he finds that all the factions of Los Angeles’ occult underground are after him, determined to kill him and get Edison’s powerful ghost for themselves. Aided by Edison’s confused and irascible ghost, Kootie flees—and finds himself dodging perils natural and supernatural in the gritty alleys and trainyards of a Los Angeles that tourists never see. Fromm the slums around the L.A. River, to the abandoned Houdini mansion in the Hollywood

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[Book Review] ‘A Hymn Before Battle’ by John Ringo

With the Earth in the path of the rapacious Posleen, the peaceful and friendly races of the Galactic Federation offer their resources to help the backward Terrans—for a price. Humanity now has three worlds to defend. As Earth’s armies rush into battle and special operations units scout alien worlds, the humans begin to learn a valuable lesson: You can protect yourself from your enemies, but may the Lord save you from your allies. A Hymn Before Battle is the first novel in John Ringo‘s Legacy of the Aldenata series. Earth finally encounters alien life, unfortunately the Galactics are only here to tell us that they’ve been

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[Book Review] ‘Sins of Her Father’ by Mike Kupari

THE RAZOR’S EDGE OF TYRANNY AND FREEDOM THE EXILED LEADER: He was known as the Butcher of Jonasport. Zander Krycek made a choice that saved his world of Ithaca, but doomed his reputation and banished him to a planet far, far away. THE EVIL EMPIRE: The Orlov Combine intends to swallow Ithaca in the same way they have devoured so many worlds, creating a “company planet” where the residents are litle beter than slaves. THE DAUGHTER: Adisa Masozi never knew her father, but was taught he was a monster. Now she must reclaim her father’s legacy of leadership. And the

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[Cinema Sunday] ‘Tron’ – Saving The World with Computers

These days, computers and video games are a major part of everyday life. We use them for such simple tasks, like checking messages, planning events, shopping. But there was a time a few decades ago when computers, and the games played on them, were a bright and shiny thing. Computers were a symbol of the new tomorrow, being utilized to help plan the world of today. And video games, while taken for granted now due to high access on all devices, were a major recreation and means of escape in the 1980s. Home consoles and arcade cabinets and even simple

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[Spotlight] PopCultHQ Interviews Writer Matt Kindt of Valiant’s Summer Mega-Event HARBINGER WARS 2!

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Valiant Entertainment‘s shared superhero universe is one of the facets which set apart the publisher from other indies. For 25 years, the characters Bloodshot, Eternal Warrior, X-O Manowar, Ninjak, Shadowman, Rai, H.A.R.D. Corps, Archer & Armstrong, and the Harbingers have become well-established and fleshed out into iconic characters within the comic book industry. But it’s that “shared” aspect which leads to outstanding crossovers and tie-ins that can affect all titles, ultimately impacting the state of any given series’ direction while also honing in on a new campaign or focus for the company. Whether it’s 4001 A.D., Book of Death, Armor Hunters,

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[Comic Book Review] Valiant’s HARBINGER WARS 2 #1 by Matt Kindt, Tomás Giorello, Diego Rodriguez & Dave Sharpe

PopCultHQ received an advanced review copy of HARBINGER WARS 2 #1 from Valiant Entertainment. Available May 30th, 2018, the creative team for this series features writing from Matt Kindt, art from Tomás Giorello, coloring from Diego Rodriguez and lettering from Dave Sharpe. RELATED: [Preview] Valiant’s 5/30 Release: HARBINGER WARS 2 #1 Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… HARBINGER WARS 2 #1 (of 4) Written by Matt Kindt Art by Tomás Giorello Colors by Diego Rodriguez Letters by Dave Sharpe Cover A by J.G. Jones w/ Andrew Dalhouse Cover B by Mico Suayan w/ David Baron Interlocking Variant by Juan José Ryp w/ Gabe Eltaeb HW2 Icon Variant

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[Cinema Sunday] ‘Rear Window’ – A Hitchcock Classic

Spring has finally sprung, with April showers hopefully giving way to May flowers eventually. And as the spring season sets in with violent gusts of wind and rain, there is a certain sadness in the air. 38 years ago on April 29th, Hollywood, no the world, lost one of its finest directors ever to live. A master of thrills who frightened and delighted audiences for years with his pictures. The Master of Suspense, Alfred Hitchcock devoted years of his life to producing movies that truly gripped people. And now, to honor the man and his towering legacy, the month of

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[Comic Book Review] ETERNITY #4 (of 4) from Valiant Entertainment

PopCultHQ received an advance review copy of ETERNITY #4 from Valiant Entertainment. Available January 31st, the creative team for this series features writing from Matt Kindt, pencils from Trevor Hairsine, inks by Ryan Winn, colors by David Baron, and lettering from A Larger World Studios. Here’s PopCultHQ’s spoiler-free review of… ETERNITY #4 (of 4) Written by Matt Kindt Pencils by Trevor Hairsine Inks by Ryan Winn Colors by David Baron Letters by A Larger World Studios Cover A by Jelena Kevic-Djurdjevic Cover B by Tom Muller Character Design Variant by Matt Kindt Variant Cover by Jeffrey Veregge Pre-Order Edition by Trevor Hairsine A

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[Book Review] ‘The Spark’ by David Drake

In the time of the Ancients the universe was united—but that was so far in the past that not even memory remains, only the broken artifacts that a few Makers can reshape into their original uses. What survives is shattered into enclaves—some tiny, some ruined, some wild. Into the gaps between settlements, and onto the Road that connects all human reality and the reality that is not human and may never have been human, have crept monsters. Some creatures are men, twisted into inhuman evil; some of them are alien to Mankind— And there are things which are hostile to

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[Book Review] ‘Princess Holy Aura’ by Ryk E. Spoor

What Would You Give to be a Hero? Stephen Russ never expected to have to answer that question; he went to work, he stayed in his apartment, sometimes had friends over, and the worst thing he’d had to face was looking for a new job after losing his old one. But that was before a child’s desperate scream led him into an alley filled with faceless winged things that almost killed him, before the strange white rat spoke to him, calling itself Silvertail Heartseeker and telling him that this was but the beginning, that the Stars were almost Right and

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