Tag Archives: The Witcher

Return of the Son of the Bride of the Grimdark Debate

Posted on February 7, 2024 by Cora

In the early days of this relaunched blog, I wrote several times about the debate about grimdark fantasy, then one of the hottest subgenres on the market, which also attracted its share of criticism both from the left for its … Continue reading →

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The 2021 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Cora

While I have been awarding the Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents for 41 years now, the Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award is a new prize that I only introduced last year … Continue reading →

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By Popular Demand: The 2020 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award

Posted on December 31, 2020 by Cora

As you know, I have been giving out the prestigious (not) Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents for a long time now. However, I have received a request to also hand out a Fictional Parent of the … Continue reading →

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A “Rememberance” of The Next Generation: Some Thoughts on Star Trek: Picard

Posted on January 25, 2020 by Cora

I’m not sure, if I’m going to do episode by episode reviews of Star Trek: Picard like I did for Discovery, but the first episode of Picard, which became available on Thursday, certainly does deserve some discussion. Now Star Trek … Continue reading →

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Toss a Coin to Your Witcher: Some Thoughts on The Witcher

Posted on January 23, 2020 by Cora

I have to admit that initially, I wasn’t even going to watch The Witcher. For while I am cursorily familiar with the books, I have never played the videogames nor watched the Polish TV series from the early 2000s. And … Continue reading →

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