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While last week’s episode of The Wheel of Time was my least favorite of the show so far, this week’s episode is in contention for favorite to date. Though a little bit hampered by the awkward pacing of the rest of the season, “Daes Dae’mar” flows much more seamlessly than previous episodes, which allows the …
The Wheel of Time Asks How to Save the World in “Daes Dae’mar” Read More »
Why would you ever ride an angry horse bareback?? I don’t even ride horses, but even I know that the only question here is why. Summary Moist makes it to Sto Lat on Boris in record time, names the first clerk he stumbles on in their town hall an acting postmaster, and explains how to …
Terry Pratchett Book Club: Going Postal, Part III Read More »
“Aftermath. After. Math. Noun. Definition: the consequences or after effects of a significant, unpleasant event.” The sixth episode of The Changeling opens with those words. It is the theme of this week’s hour. It begins in the aftermath of Emma’s sorcery-induced attack on baby Brian and ends with her staring down whatever is coming next. …
Choices and Consequences in Episode Six of The Changeling Read More »
I’ve recently have rediscovered my love of physical media, in particular books. No format is as close to my heart as the humble mass market paperback, whose virtues I would now like to praise for about eight hundred words. Mass market paperbacks were intended to be cheap, disposable alternatives to proper cloth-bound books. Indeed, paperbacks …
Five Enduring Reasons to Love the Mass Market Paperback Read More »
The final scene of Picard gave a lot of people a lot of feels. There was almost no way for this not to happen, given the Next Generation reunion that was the series’ third season, but there was something just right about it, something that went beyond nostalgia; it had comfort and familiarity without being too sentimental. …
Patrick Stewart Had a Different Vision for the End of Star Trek: Picard Read More »
Move over Tom Cruise. Philip K. Dick’s novella Minority Report —which has received a film adaption helmed by Steven Spielberg and starring the aforementioned Cruise and a more-recent TV series adaptation—will be reimagined for the stage as well. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the play adaptation comes from actor-writer David Haig will make its premiere …
Philip K. Dick’s Minority Report To Get U.K. Stage Adaptation With Gender-Swapped Lead Read More »
The DC Universe is about to be reset with the new slate of features and television shows cooked up by James Gunn and Peter Safran. There’s some confusion, however, as to who and what from past DC fare should be considered canon in Gunn and Safran’s vision. “Nothing is canon until Creature Commandos next year—a …
James Gunn Confirms Certain Actors Will Remain in His New DCU Read More »
No matter its name or occasion, Halloween is more than a Hallmark holiday, it’s a symbol of transformation… We’re thrilled to share two excerpts from Night of the Living Queers, a YA horror anthology that explores a night when anything is possible, exclusively featuring queer authors of color putting fresh spins on classic horror tropes …
Read Two Story Excerpts From the New Horror Anthology Night of the Living Queers Read More »
The extent to which Ariel Kaplan’s The Pomegranate Gate draws upon the Jewish experience (or its re-envisioned memory) of medieval Iberia cannot be overstated. This lush, vivid and atmospheric novel draws Guy Gavriel Kay to mind. Not only is Kay’s The Lions of Al-Rassan the only fantasy novel I know to draw so deeply and …
Marvelous, Numinous and Strange: The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan Read More »
Telepathy has been part of the tapestry of Star Trek since the very beginning. Both pilots for the original series, “The Cage” and “Where No Man Has Gone Before,” had telepathy at the heart of their plots. For the former, it was the illusion-casting Talosians; in the latter, it was the great barrier heightening the …
Emotional Rescue — Star Trek: Lower Decks: “Empathalogical Fallacies” Read More »
