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The Lost World
You may have heard about the recent statements made by Netflix CEO Ted Sarandos, a man who combines all the best qualities of Dr. Jack Kevorkian and Alaric the Goth in one natty package. As reported...
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Tor Doubles #7: James Tiptree Jr.’s The Girl Who Was Plugged In and Vonda N....
Cover for Screwtop by MarenCover for The Girl Who Was Plugged In by Peter Gudynas The seventh official volume of the Tor Doubles series offers two stories by women. Although the previous volume...
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When Satire is Overwhelmed by Reality: Moon Missing: Edward Sorel’s Report on...
Moon Missing (1962) At about 1:46 am EST in the middle of the American night of April 4, 1965 the Moon disappeared. The American people were informed the next day at a Presidential news conference....
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Four Things I Think I Think: May 2025
Time to share a few things I Think I Think. I mean, what’ the point of having your own blog column if you can’t share your opinion on whatever you want to? Right??? 1 – The Black Company Remains One of...
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The Old-Fashioned Way: Tove Jansson’s Hobbit Illustrations
Okay — close your eyes and visualize Middle-earth. I can’t be certain what you’re seeing behind your eyelids, but I think I have a good chance of guessing; five will get you ten that whatever you’re...
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By Crom: Marvel, Roy Thomas, and The Barbarian Life
So, back in January of 2022, I did a post on Roy Thomas and the Marvel Conan comic he created in the seventies. I never read that comic. But for some reason in 2019, I decided to buy the first of what...
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Trope Subversion, Level: Master
Good afterevenmorn, Readers! If video games aren’t your thing, you’re not going to like my post today. With the release of Doom: The Dark Ages and let’s plays popping up all over my YouTube feed, I’m...
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A Hand-Crafted World: Karel Zeman’s Invention for Destruction
Is there anything more dispiriting than the ceaseless quest for novelty, especially when it seems bound to end in disappointment? It’s something I feel just about every time I turn on the TV. We’ve...
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Heroes and Humanity: Jack Kirby at the Skirball Center
Last Friday, as an early Father’s Day gift, my wife arranged for us to spend the afternoon at the Skirball Cultural Center in Los Angeles, which is hosting a wonderful new exhibition dedicated to the...
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Tor Double #10: Robert Silverberg’s Sailing to Byzantium and Gene Wolfe’s...
Cover for Sailing to Byzantium by Brian WaughCover for Seven American Nights by Bryn Barnard Seven American Nights was originally published in Orbit 20, edited by Damon Knight and published by Harper...
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