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protoculture hoarding, devil fruit eating, chilling in a house of leaves. Check me out at Zamilon File

The Love (stories) of our Lives?

On November 28 By Jay In Book Reviews

Synergy is back! This is the second installment of the monthly feature. The basic gist is that one of our contributors offers a single question for our other contributors to give answer to  mixed in with …

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G.I. Joe Rawhides – 30 Years Later, the G.I. Joe Animated Movie

On July 7 By Jay In Books & Comics, Movies & TV

Back in 1987 fans of G.I. Joe got an animated film that has gone on to become a pretty divisive movie during a time which was probably the height of or toward the end of …

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Joe Abercrombie Interview

On June 29 By Jay In Interviews

Joe Abercrombie is the author of the First Law trilogy and Best Served Cold.  I have been a fan since the first book in the First Law found me in a bookstore, so I was …

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Before Youtube, Ninjak Debuts with a Bloodshot Problem in VALIANT Comics

On September 28 By Jay In Books & Comics, Movies & TV

… ahhh classic VALIANT.

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 Back to Amberle & Brooks’ The Elfstones – MTV’s Shannara Chronicles Trailer 

On July 11 By Jay In Books & Comics, Movies & TV

I will admit that I’m pretty easy to please but this thing looks better than I could have imagined. I’d consider myself very well entrenched in the world(s) of Terry Brooks, including and perhaps mostly …

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Judging Jorah Mormont as Daenerys Targaryen’s Champion

On May 19 By Jay In Books & Comics, Movies & TV

A lot things happened in last week’s episode that people want to talk about a lot more — and oddly I think that particular one was one of the better shot, edited, and acted scenes in a …

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8 Things About House Tyrell and Highgarden

On May 14 By Jay In Game of Thrones

Like the rest of these I’ve done, zero spoilers for fans of the Game of Thrones experience on HBO, and nothing that a readers of the books doesn’t already know. This week: House Tyrell of …

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Ten Things About House Targaryen for Game of Thrones Fans

On May 11 By Jay In Game of Thrones

Back to Game of Thrones as a lot of people read my Ten Things about Dorne and House Martell and a similar post about House Stark so I thought it might be worthwhile to go …

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7 Things About Game of Thrones’ House Baratheon and the Stormlands

On May 8 By Jay In Game of Thrones

… because HBO watchers sleep on Bobby Baratheon.

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Ten Things About House Targaryen for Game of Thrones Fans

On May 1 By Jay In Books & Comics, Movies & TV

Back to Game of Thrones as a lot of people read my Ten Things about Dorne and House Martell and a similar post about House Stark so I thought it might be worthwhile to go …

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10 Things About House Martell and Dorne in HBO’s Game of Thrones

On April 25 By Jay In Game of Thrones

A new episode of Game of Thrones is coming at us Sunday but we were briefly introduced to Dorne last week. Dorne’s a bit of a new flavor from what we have seen of Westeros …

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Ten Things About House Stark of Game of Thrones

On April 25 By Jay In Game of Thrones

Back to some Game of Thrones . A lot of people read my 10 Things about Dorne and House Martell so I thought it might be worthwhile to go back to Westeros and do something similar …

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A Madness of Angels + The Midnight Mayor by Kate Griffin Review

On November 8 By Jay In Book Reviews

This book is well-named.  Its title and subtitle are intriguing–they got me to look at its premise.  Which is also intriguing:  Two years after his murder, Matthew Swift wakes up again.  His house is no …

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Playin’ with Ice and Fire – A Game of Thoughts | Bran Chapter 1

On July 22 By Jay In Books & Comics, Game of Thrones, Playin w/ Ice and Fire

Puppies! The Starks get direwolves and miss ominous symbolism of wolf and stag in the Bran Stark Chapter 1 reread of A Game of Thrones.

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Shyamalan’s The Last Airbender – Cast Images

On July 15 By Jay In Movies & TV

To be completely honest, I am aware of the The Last Airbender in general because of this film, and I am aware of this film because it’s directed by M. Night Shyamalan.  Now we have …

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Saturn Returns by Sean Williams Review

On February 24 By Jay In Book Reviews

Sean Williams is an experienced author in the field of space opera, having written the Evergence, Orphans, and Geodesica series’ with collaborator Shane Dix.  Saturn Returns is the first book of Williams’ solo Astropolis trilogy.

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James P. Blaylock Interview – Where in the World is William Ashbless?

On August 9 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

James P. Blaylock was one of the writers, along with Jonathan Carroll, that was at the forefront of reeducation of what Fantasy was or rather could entail, and it was work like The Paper Grail …

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Brian K. Vaughan The Escapists – Shared Worlds, Our Own Golden Age

On October 27 By Jay In Books & Comics

While often times I think fans of comics and thus their creators are a bit too preoccupied with the same ailment that some Fantasy and Science Fiction writers and tend to trade the walking stick …

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Your Prescription for Reading?

On October 26 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

This is the first of a new monthly feature we are calling Synergy. Basically, one of our contributors offers a single question for our other contributors to give answer to. Beyond that, we go out …

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Fleet of Worlds by Larry Niven, Edward M Lerner – Review

On October 19 By Jay In Book Reviews

“Fleet of Worlds” is part of Larry Niven’s Known Space future history best known as the setting of the Ringworld books. However, while it utilizes characters and settings from other Known Space books, extensive knowledge …

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Temeraire, Naomi Novik’s His Majesty’s Dragon Charms – Review

On December 31 By Jay In Book Reviews

If you have become as jaded as I have become regarding fantastic fiction, even certain title choices causes you to avoid or at the very least postpone when you get to a novel, a blasé …

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Synergy! Sharing Favorite Scary Stories with Carrie Vaughn, Charlie Huston, Jimmy Palmiotti & More!

On September 5 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

Synergy is back! If you haven’t seen this column before, the basic idea is that we put the same question to a variety of professionals (and sometimes amateurs) who interest us to create a plateful of …

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A DC Comics Gateway in Identity Crisis

On June 4 By Jay In Comics

Identity Crisis is a DC mini-series that love or hate is a legitimate benchmark on the DC timeline noting the company’s trends as the beginning of a shift in their line’s direction as a whole. …

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Susanna Clarke’s Magical Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Review

On June 4 By Jay In (special) Guest Blogs, Book Reviews, Comics, Game of Thrones, Interviews

In my opinion, simply stated, with no reservation what so ever, the best novel published in 2004. The best Fantasy novel? Well, yes, but also, the best fictional novel, bar none. Susanna Clarke’s debut novel, …

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