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Hawkeye realises it’s better to “Never Meet Your Heroes” or pop culture deals with trauma and grief, take 3
This weekend was a long holiday weekend in the US, so the various streaming service thought it was a really great idea to throw out as much SFF content as humanly possibly, since apparently the people who actually do the … Continue reading
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Tagged Avengers, grief, Hawkeye, Marvel, Masters of the Universe: Revelation, PTSD, SF TV, Star Trek Discovery, superheroes, trauma, US TV
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Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month for November 2021
It’s that time of the month again, time for “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Speculative Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of speculative fiction by indie and small press authors newly published this month, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Speculative Fiction of the Month
Tagged aliens, alternate history, cyberpunk, cyborgs, elves, epic fantasy, first contact, funny science fiction, Greek mythology, horror, humorous science fiction, mermaids, military science fiction, Norse mythology, other people's books, paranormal mystery, post-apocalyptic, psychics, science fiction mystery, science fiction romance, space opera, urban fantasy, werewolves, witches, zombies
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Indie Crime Fiction of the Month for November 2021
Welcome to the latest edition of “Indie Crime Fiction of the Month”. So what is “Indie Crime Fiction of the Month”? It’s a round-up of crime fiction by indie authors newly published this month, though some October books I missed … Continue reading
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Tagged 1930s mystery, action thriller, adventure thriller, assassins, cozy mystery, crime thriller, heist, historical mystery, holiday mystery, humorous crime fiction, humorous mystery, jazz age mystery, legal thriller, noir, other people's books, paranormal mystery, police procedural, psychics, psychological mystery, regency mystery, science fiction mystery, spy thriller, witches
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Star Trek Discovery Encounters the “Anomaly” and Deals with Trauma
It turns out that Star Trek Discovery won the “What to watch next?” contest, so here’s the latest installment in my series of episode by episode reviews of season 4 of Star Trek Discovery. Reviews of previous seasons and episodes … Continue reading
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Tagged grief, He-Man, Masters of the Universe: Revelation, PTSD, SF TV, space opera, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, trauma, US TV
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The Power of Grayskull – Some Reflections on Part 2 of Masters of the Universe: Revelation
The second half of Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Kevin Smith’s continuation of the original cartoon from the 1980s, just became available and I opted to watch that over the new Hawkeye show (which I will watch eventually) and Star … Continue reading
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Tagged 1980s child, cartoons, Conan, Elric, gender, He-Man, Lovecraft, Masters of the Universe: Revelation, She-Ra, sword and planet, sword and sorcery, toys, US TV
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Thanksgiving Free Fiction: The Robot Turkey Apocalypse
Today is Thanksgiving in the US, so Happy Thanksgiving to all who celebrate. This holiday is all about giving thanks, so it’s also the perfect time to say “thank you” to the readers of this blog with a free holiday … Continue reading
Listen to Cora Talk About Foundation with Paul Levinson and Joel McKinnon
Yesterday, I was a guest on the Light On Light Through podcast, where I chatted with host Paul Levinson and Joel McKinnon of the excellent Seldon Crisis podcast about Foundation, both the TV series and the original books by Isaac … Continue reading
Foundation takes “The Leap” and ends its first season
Welcome to my review of the final episode of Foundation, which is a day late, because I had tech issues as explained here. Reviews of previous episodes of Foundation as well as two actual Foundation stories may be found here. … Continue reading
Star Trek Discovery Takes the “Kobayashi Maru” Test
Star Trek Discovery is back for its fourth season, though I’m not sure that I’ll be doing episode by episode reviews again, because Paramount has pulled a true dick move and pulled Star Trek Discovery from Netflix internationally, leaving viewers … Continue reading
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Tagged moral dilemmas, Raumpatrouille Orion, SF TV, space opera, Star Trek, Star Trek Discovery, US TV
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A Trio of Public Service Announcements regarding the Hugos and Other Stuff
As the title says, this post is a trio of brief public service announcements. For starters, voting for the 2021 Hugo Awards closes today. So if you’re a member of DisCon III and haven’t voted yet, you still have a … Continue reading