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Rogue One Review-O-Rama
Did you see Rogue One: A Star Wars Story? Probably! A lot of people did. A good chunk of the flock here did, and instead of fighting over who gets to review it, we all chipped in with short reviews. We...
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Microreview [video game]: Batman - The Telltale Series Season 1
Not Quite a Monster Reviewer's note: Fall video game releases ran over my episode 4 review, so I've combined all episodes for a full season review here! No spoilers for this review, but I will include...
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Carrie Fisher
Carrie Fisher passed away yesterday, December 27, drowned in moonlight and strangled by her own bra. At least, that's how she wanted it described. She was 60 years old.For most people, portraying an...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
The week after Christmas is historically a slow week for comics and this year was no exception. Saga was wonderful per usual, but IDW and DC did something amazing this week that should be celebrated...
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Microreview [book]: In Calabria by Peter S. Beagle
A modern day fairy tale...In Calabria is a romantic novella set in modern day Italy. It tells the story of Claudio Bianchi, a middle aged man who lives alone on his farm in pastoral Calabria,...
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The Top Nine Books Published in 2016
Some people do a top ten list, others do a top eleven (insert your Spinal Tap joke here), yet others may only do five. My list is 9 books long. Why? Partly to be a little bit different and partly...
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Resolutions
2016 was one hell of a year, huh? In many ways it was much like any other year in the sense that on an individual micro level we've all had our own challenges and joys and successes and losses that...
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New Books Spotlight
Welcome to another edition of the New Books Spotlight, where each month or so we curate a selection of 6 forthcoming books we find notable, interesting, and intriguing. It gives us the opportunity to...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
The shocking news that I learned reading my weekly stack of comics is that Nailbiter only has two issues left! The series has felt that it is coming to its natural conclusion, but I didn't expect it...
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Microreview [video game]: Oxenfree by Night School Studio
Talking You Into ItOne of the things video games struggle with is human dialog, especially when they introduce player choices. It's often stilted and flows poorly, if it's written well at all. Many...
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Microreview [periodical]: National Geographic Gender Revolution
(read excerpts here)Gender nonconformity is the major civil rights movement of our time. As members of this and leaders of the next generation, it is so important to become educated on the rapid and...
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Microreview [book(s)]: 2/3 of An Affinity for Steel, by Sam Sykes
Going from not so great to pretty good (to better?)Sykes, Sam. An Affinity for Steel. Orbit, 2016.You can buy it here.Remember when The Phantom Menace came out? I was a teenager at the time, and was...
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24 Books I'm Looking Forward to in 2017
I'd like to take a moment to talk a little bit about some books I'm looking forward to maybe reading in 2017. "Now, Joe", you ask, "haven't you and Shana been running the New Books Spotlight each and...
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Microreview [periodical]: National Geographic Gender Revolution
(read excerpts here)Gender nonconformity is the major civil rights movement of our time. As members of this and leaders of the next generation, it is so important to become educated on the rapid and...
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Pianos, Players & Murder
If you want to name great things about Westworld, you can start pretty much anywhere. The writing, acting, plot, set design... the list goes on and on. It is rich with small details, the kind of...
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Thursday Morning Superhero
Even though my pull list only contained four comics this week, the comic book world that is 2017 appears to be off to a good start. Some titles from my favorite creators returned this week, and the...
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THE MONTHLY ROUND - A Taster's Guide to Speculative Short Fiction, 12/2016
2016. I think that my subtitle for the year would be "Well, that escalated quickly." And there are many explanations for why the year went the way it did. I think my personal favorite involves Scalia...
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Microreview [book]: Gathering by Brian G. Turner
An empath, thief, martial artist, barbarian, blacksmith, cleric and time traveler walk into a bar...I've been pretty checked out of second-world fantasy lately. I'm continuing with the series that I've...
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Microreview [books]: Children of the Drought Trilogy by Arianne 'Tex' Thompson
I have been on a "weird western" reading kick as of late. I can't seem to get enough of them and love reading all the different takes authors have when they are pulling from the same core foundation....
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Problem Daughters: An interview with Djibril al-Ayad on a New Anthology
An upcoming anthology of speculative works around intersectional feminism.Fans of thought-provoking SFF may already know of The Future Fire. They’ve published wonderful social-political and progressive...
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