A Parable by Cataline Sergius  Edited by Vox Day The vast fires of the besiegers blanketed the once-beautiful plains surrounding Tor Keep as far as the eye could see, glowing a hellish red-orange against a sky so dark from the smoke that mid-day appeared to be twilight. The black legions of Evil chanted, “he rises! […]

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This years Hugos went so far beneath my radar I didn’t know they had happened. I think we have finally reached the point where a Hugo Award is actually damaging to an author’s reputation. Certainly, no one who loves Science Fiction will want to buy a book with the words Hugo Award winner on the […]

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Bob Iger is pissed. Allegedly. The guy he hired to be his replacement Yes-Man has stopped saying, “yes.” Bob Chepak is no hero but he is a guy who knows how to cut the fat and it looks like Disney is going on a forced starvation diet. Disney World is likely going to scale back […]

Read More Blogs and Ends: The Red Button Option

IF true, Disney is in much worse shape than I thought. During the last earnings call, there was repeated references by Disney’s management to “pent-up expectations” regarding Disney Parks. Basically, they had convinced themselves that the moment the parks reopened they would be flooded with happy Pixie Dusters emptying their wallets. It hasn’t worked out […]

Read More Popculture Death Cart Extra: Disney’s Red Button Option

Interest in San Diego Comicon has been declining for years. It’s been a long time since it was primarily about comic books. For the last fifteen years or so it’s been the place where the studios announce their upcoming genre projects. This year they didn’t bother to announce much of anything. Why should they? The […]

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This one is going to be brief Audible has just published Neil Gaiman’s Sandman as an audio play. In a nutshell, it’s the comic book in audio form. Basically a one for one of the first series of comic books commonly called Preludes and Nocturnes. If you enjoyed the comic book then you’ll enjoy this. […]

Read More Cataline Recommends With Reservations…

The most overrated trilogy of science fiction books in history has finally been turned into a TV series.  Apple TV is bringing Isaac Asimov’s Foundation to the small screen. Trailer below: I can see why Apple is making Foundation. After all their streaming service is in a lot of ways last and least, and so […]

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The American game studio Sucker Punch is launching a new game for the Sony Playstation 4 called Ghost of Tsushima. The story takes place on the Japanese Island of Tsushima during the Mongol Invasion. Here’s the backstory, Kublai Khan decided to invade Japan and lost. Yeah, there was a little more to it than that, […]

Read More Ghost of the White Man’s Burden

Been a while since we’ve seen a new Dresden Files book and we will be getting two this year. So at least 2020 isn’t a total write off. Butcher’s last addition to this series was in 2014. He had been rather productive up until this time. Usually producing one or two books a year. I’m […]

Read More Cataline Recommends: Peace Talks by Jim Butcher