You read that right: Netflix canceled the newly released space-voyage series Away, starring Hilary Swank, only six weeks after the 10-episode first season released on September 4th. Away joins an ever-growing list of semi-successful series canceled by either a streaming media platform or network channel. Last I checked, the list of canceled shows is close to 90 […]
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I just finished reading author P.D. Alleva’s new book The Rose (Vol.1). In less than a day, I journeyed through a post-World War III world manipulated by space vampires and grey witches conducting Nazi-like experiments on humans – and loved it. Alleva’s masterfully woven dystopian science fiction thriller stuck its hooks into me and didn’t
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I love sci fi pulp novels. It’s a guilty pleasure – a relic of the mid 20th century – and a history lesson. These often quick reads feed my obsession with reading over a hundred books per year (check my Goodreads account if you don’t believe me). For that reason, I absolutely loved S. Evan
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“They say when you die, your whole life flashes before your eyes.” Windshield wipers move across a car’s windshield slowly. “I wish it were that simple.” That’s how Volition, a 2019 Canadian sci fi movie, begins. Brief Summary (Spoilers Ahead) Adrian Glynn McMorran (Arrow, Supernatural) portrays protagonist James in Volition. Despite his clairvoyance ability, James lacks
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You read that headline right. I spent 10 damn hours on Dust’s YouTube channel. 10. damn. hours. Was it worth it? Of course! I saw some cool videos (and some not-so-cool ones) and survived the ordeal. Oh, and if you like Dust, check out my post about their podcast. Will I ever do it again?
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The second installment of the Iron Sky movie franchise, Iron Sky: The Coming Race, showcases some of the most fantastically humorous ideas to hit the big screen. Produced by Finland’s Iron Sky Universe and originally released in January of 2019, The Coming Race failed to hit its mark at the box office, only making $400,000 back
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What an amazing year 1976 was. Yeah, it was the bicentennial of the US – but that’s not what I’m talking about. What made 1976 special? During a time in which sci fi movies kept getting darker (see Planet of the Apes, The Omega Man, Soylent Green, and so many more), one movie shined a
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Dust’s Season 3 Podcast: Chrysalis Dust produced an amazingly successful podcast in their first season named Horizons. They followed it up with another fantastic season called Flight 008. What do they do for season 3? They find an obscure copypasta on an even more obscure subreddit (r/HFY) and turn it into one of the best
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Aldous Huxley’s dystopian/utopian novel Brave New World is one of the foundational books of dystopian science fiction. Written in 1931 and published in 1932, Huxley’s book takes troubling circumstances from the 1930s to the utmost extreme, in a satirical manner. The book glosses over events and incidents and focuses more on philosophical ideas. Brave New
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Buy on amazon Book Blurb SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE directed by Denis Villeneuve, starring Timothée Chalamet, Josh Brolin, Jason Momoa, Zendaya, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Javier Bardem, Dave Bautista, Stellan Skarsgård, and Charlotte Rampling. Frank Herbert’s classic masterpiece—a triumph of the imagination and one of the bestselling science fiction novels of all time. Set
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