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Asni’s Art Blog: The Painting of Earthsea (part 2)

Some of the blunt, knee-jerk assumptions that are made in much fantasy art are less obvious, and therefore more insidious. These are often assumptions about gender roles, and ethnicity.

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Asni’s Art Blog: The Painting of Earthsea (part 3)

I picked up the animated movie version from Studio Ghibli and was delighted to see Tenar pop up again. There must be a fourth book then!

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The Illustrated Dune (or, Why I Hate Sam Weber)

Frank Herbert's Dune has been a favorite subject for science fiction illustrators for years. Now Sam Weber is about to release a new illustrated edition.

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2015: A Geeky Year for Movies

Forget about all the things we were promised to have in 2015 by Back to the Future. 2015 seems to be our year for the movies, us geeks and nerds, that is. I do hope that no one is insulted by my use of...

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FILM REVIEWS: NEWLY-FILMED HEINLEIN in “PREDESTINATION”!

This week Steve dislikes Keanu Reeves and Tricia Helfer, but really, really likes Ethan Hawke in a Heinlein-to-film movie!

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Plug into the Times

Technology breeds independence.

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WE DON’T NEED ANOTHER “HEROES”—or do we? “POWERS” debuts!      

Taking a break from his Personal Time Machine, Steve looks at the first episode of Playstation Network's first original series, "POWERS."

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WHAT’S THIS FANTASY DOING IN MY MYSTERY / THRILLER?

A review of In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead

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Top Post de Abril

Tanya's monthly round up of top posts from April

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HBO Versus George R. R. Martin

Is the Honeymoon for die hard fans of The Song of Ice & Fire over?

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The Promise of Unrealized Dreams

Dreams never die. They might not live either.

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CREATED: THE DESTROYER   (Book Series Review)

This week, Steve looks at the popular book series The Destroyer and their Film and TV counterparts. (Caution: this series is more violent than Game of Thrones!)

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Marvel vs DC at the Movies

Suyperhero films: Marvel succeeds, DC fails. Could the difference be one of character?

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Apocalypse Ex-Machina

Buddie steps in for Kirkman and finally reveals (copyrights attached) what caused the zompocalypse!

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LESLIE CHARTERIS’S “AMAZING” SAINT

Is it old? Is it new? Is it even SF/F? Steve examines the ever-popular Saint series by Leslie Charteris.

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My Favorite Martian

Mark Watney is not the first human to have been stranded on Mars.

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REVIEW—CONSTANTINE: A surprisingly good movie!

This week Steve drops back ten years to review an underapreciated movie, "Constantine," with Keanu Reeves and Rachel Weisz, telling us why he thinks the movie deserves another look.

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MOVIE REVIEW: FRANKENSTEIN (1931), Just in time for Halloween!

For Halloween, Steve looks at one of the oldest, and perhaps the best-known "monster movie" of them all, James Whale's "Frankenstein," starring Boris Karloff.

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MOVIE REVIEW: NOSFERATU (1922), Copyright? What copyright? 

Steve travels back to 1922 to look at the first vampire movie, Nosferatu, and its influence on modern vampire movies.

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BOOK REVIEW: CHILDHOOD’S END by Arthur C. Clarke

In advance of the SyFy mini-series of Arthur C. Clarke's classic "Childhood's End," Steve reviews the actual book and finds it worth a read!

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