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
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 …
Continue readingJoe Abercrombie Interview
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 …
Continue readingBefore Youtube, Ninjak Debuts with a Bloodshot Problem in VALIANT Comics
… ahhh classic VALIANT.
Continue readingJudging Jorah Mormont as Daenerys Targaryen’s Champion
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 …
Continue reading8 Things About House Tyrell and Highgarden
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 …
Continue readingTen Things About House Targaryen for Game of Thrones Fans
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 …
Continue reading7 Things About Game of Thrones’ House Baratheon and the Stormlands
… because HBO watchers sleep on Bobby Baratheon.
Continue readingTen Things About House Targaryen for Game of Thrones Fans
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 …
Continue reading10 Things About House Martell and Dorne in HBO’s 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 …
Continue readingTen Things About House Stark of 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 …
Continue readingPlayin’ with Ice and Fire – A Game of Thoughts | Bran Chapter 1
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.
Continue readingShyamalan’s The Last Airbender – Cast Images
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 …
Continue readingJames P. Blaylock Interview – Where in the World is William Ashbless?
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 …
Continue readingBrian K. Vaughan The Escapists – Shared Worlds, Our Own Golden Age
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 …
Continue readingYour Prescription for Reading?
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 …
Continue readingTemeraire, Naomi Novik’s His Majesty’s Dragon Charms – Review
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 …
Continue readingSynergy! Sharing Favorite Scary Stories with Carrie Vaughn, Charlie Huston, Jimmy Palmiotti & More!
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 …
Continue readingSusanna Clarke’s Magical Jonathan Strange and Mr Norrell Review
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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