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6 Books with Fantasy Author Tom Doyle
Tom Doyle is a writer of fantasy fiction, as well as nonfiction. His latest, The Left Hand Way, is a sequel to the highly regarded military fantasy novel American Craftsmen. Today he shares his "6...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
I sit in awe as I type my weekly open to our comics book round-up. Mind MGMT came to a glorious end today and there is something to be said about a comic book series that has a clear beginning and...
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Microreview [book]: The Inn of the Seven Blessings by Matthew Hughes (Rogues #3)
Third installment in the Rogues anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner DozoisThe Inn of the Seven Blessings tells the tale of Raffalon, our rogue, who comes across the belongings of a...
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Microreview [film]: The Fantastic Four (1994)
This was a movie we weren't supposed to see. Well, I saw it, so joke's on...me?Sometimes when somebody buys the movie rights to a piece of intellectual property, there's a clause in there that states...
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Microreview [book]: Fantastic Erotica: The Best of Circlet Press 2008-2012...
[Insert Dirty Joke Here]The Meat (teehee):I swear there will be a minimum of penis jokes in this review (starting now I guess), because in all seriousness I think erotica gets a disproportionate amount...
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6 Books with Fantasy Author Sam Sykes
Sam Sykes is author of the Tome of the Undergates trilogy and, more recently, The City Stained Red(which we quite enjoyed), and is also known for his incisive commentary on fantasy and fandom. Today...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
Happy Force Friday eve! I am curious how many of our readers are going to venture out to check out the new line of toys for Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens? My kids would be disappointed in...
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Microreview [book]: We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
A great writer's greatest bookRichard Matheson walked in her footsteps, and that's saying something, since countless other genre writers have walked in his, but for someone with literary awards named...
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THE MONTHLY ROUND - A Taster's Guide to Speculative Short Fiction, 08/2015
Choice. Sometimes it's difficult to find a theme that runs through the stories that I gather together for the Monthly Round, but this month it's all about choice. Making the hard choice, the choice to...
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6 Books with Fantasy Author Daniel José Older
Daniel José Older is the author of the Young Adult novel Shadowshaper (Arthur A. Levine Books, 2015) and the Bone Street Rumba urban fantasy series, which began in January 2015 with Half-Resurrection...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
This past week I began reading Bone with my children and it has us all captivated. My five-year old daughter and I are about halfway through the second book. We are trying to catch up with my...
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Microreview [book]: Bent Twig by Joe R. Lansdale (Rogues #4)
Fourth installment in the Rogues anthology edited by George R. R. Martin and Gardner DozoisI’ll start by saying that of the 4 stories I’ve read so far from Rogues, this is the second to feature female...
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Microreview [book]: The Annihilation Score by Charles Stross
Not Quite a SymphonyWhen a long-running series makes significant changes to the noteworthy tropes of the series, is it really a continuation or more of a spin-off or sidestory? The Annihilation Score...
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WE RANK 'EM: Shows That Were Awesome and Then Sucked
In no particular order...1. LostFor a while, I dedicated any and all free time to binge-watching Lost via Netflix. I had no idea what was going on, but that was all part of the fun. "The Others? The...
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6 Books with Fantasy Author Zen Cho
Zen Cho was born and raised in Malaysia. She is the author of Crawford Award-winning short story collection Spirits Abroad, and editor of anthology Cyberpunk: Malaysia, both published by Buku Fixi. She...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
There is a lot going on for Star Wars fans. Funko recently announced a subscription based box, BB-8 continues to mesmerize me every time I lay eyes on that darn droid, and each bit of news from The...
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Microreview [book series]: Yesterday's Gone, by Sean Platt and David Wright
A bit of alright, as the Australians might say How did I stumble across this series, you ask? Simple: I got my eyes burned by a laser. So I knew, post-laser, that I’d have to rest my eyes for a day or...
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Microreview [film]: The Manitou
For a one-star movie, not too badThe Manitou shows up regularly on Turner Classic Movies'"TCM Underground" series, and has a reputation for being a uniquely bizarre film, along with a one-star rating...
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Microreview [book]: Seveneves, by Neal Stephenson
The Most Stephenson-esque Book Yet!Stephenson, Neal. Seveneves. William Morrow: 2015.Neal Stephenson is the Gary Oldman of novelists—he can take on practically any genre, and do it well. He went from...
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6 Books with Science Fiction and Fantasy Author Michael J. Sullivan
Michael J. Sullivan is the creator of The Riyria Revelations books and of what was my joint favourite novel of the last two years - Hollow World His latest work is due in October and is the latest in...
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