Note: For instructions on how to enter the giveaway, see the bottom of this post. The Inderdependency is an interstellar empire that has flourished for over a thousand years, ruled…
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Favorite Movie of the Week Breach (2007) I had never heard of Breach before this week, which is a shame because it’s really good. It is based on the real-life…
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Favorite Movie of the Week Contact (1997) Contact is one of my favorite movies of all time, so there’s really no contest for favorite movie of the week. I think…
Read more“The Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet” by Becky Chambers
The Long Way to A Small, Angry Planet has been on my wishlist for a while – I’d heard great things about it, and feel-good character focused science fiction sounded…
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I was looking for a good book to buy for one of my friends who likes reading about history and medicine, and I remembered The Ghost Map, a book that…
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Favorite Movie of the Week 3:10 To Yuma (2007) Impoverished rancher Dan Evans (Christian Bale) has done everything in his power to keep his land from being sold to the…
Read more“The Sudden Appearance of Hope” by Claire North
I wasn’t sure what to expect from The Sudden Appearance of Hope. Despite falling under the broad genre of “speculative fiction”, it’s different in many ways from my usual fare.…
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Favorite Movie of the Week Hacksaw Ridge (2016) Hacksaw Ridge is based on the real-life story of Desmond Doss, an American combat medic who served in World War II and…
Read more“Discount Armageddon” by Seanan McGuire
Discount Armageddon is the first book of the InCryptid urban fantasy series by Seanan McGuire. We follow Verity Price, a member of a family that has dedicated their lives to…
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Favorite Movie of the Week Ordinary People (1980) Ordinary People is the directorial debut of Robert Redford, and won the Best Picture Oscar the year it came out. It is…
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