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Tag Archives: Science Fiction

Walking Dead S3 Video! Prometheus, Breaking Bad, Hell on Wheels, and Wolverine too! [I read stuff]

A blood-soaked Andrew Lincoln, who plays Rick Grimes on the show, added that the “The Walking Dead’s” third season is “harder, darker, faster, deeper. It’s incredibly dangerous, and it’s thrilling.”

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Constellation Award Noms! Hell on Wheels, Religion in schools and sexual McCarthyism [I read stuff]

Stargate Universe: Constellation Award Nominations! / Hell on Wheels: The Complete First Season – Trailer / Rock Group “Junkyard Prophet” Delivers Controversial Message at School Assembly / Sick, macabre ghouls / Women, Sexual McCarthyism, and Right-Wing Authoritarians

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New covers, Benicio Del Toro as Khan? and more victim-blaming [I read stuff]

MGK Versus His Adolescent Reading Habits / Benicio Del Toro as Khan? / Helpful Liquor Control Agency Warns You Not To Drink, Lest Your Friends Get Raped

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Ripley: Best Female Character in Scifi

Starting with Alien, Ripley was a fully competent member of a crew or ensemble — not always liked and sometimes disrespected, but doing her job all the same. As each film progresses, she comes to the fore and faces challenges head-on — she’s the hero of the piece

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Why we do this; Best Steampunkyness; Women in Armour; Doodlers Rule; Baggy Pants Downfall, and Why Some People Hate New Things [I read stuff]

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Why we do this; Best Steampunkyness; Women in Armour; Doodlers Rule; Baggy Pants Downfall, and Why Some People Hate New Things [I read stuff]

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Hope Review [SGU 214]

Situations aboard Destiny are often dire, with risk to the crew, to the ship, to the mission, or to humanity as a whole. Like faith, hope also survives and, in true Stargate Universe fashion, it is offered in several guises – the hope offered in the Destiny’s technologies and mission, the hope offered about people that are gone, and for people on Earth. The hope offered by the crew, to each other.

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LOLs! Squirrels! Tattoos! SGU! Conan! Canada! Science Fiction!

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Hugs! SGU! Firefly! Fire! Writing stuff!

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Why are so many science-fiction series shot in Canada?

Space is the place Jason Anderson, CBC News After spending five years making a successful science fiction TV show with a largely Canadian team of writers, directors, actors and production talent, producer Brad Wright thought it was high time for his Stargate franchise to add a Canadian character. ‘One of the reasons our show does [...]

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Operation Emu

Some of the best things come by way of serendipity, and in the case of books, it’s often the one you never looked for but that came to you that makes for an interesting read. That’s how I’m looking at “Operation Emu”, by B. Brandon Barker , a book that came to me through email. [...]

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