Exploring Themes and Characters in “The Judging Eye” Chapters 9 – 13 by R. Scott Bakker

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Friday Conversation | Ep 109: Crafting Authenticity: Navigating the World of Content Creation

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Truth of Crowns by Carl D. Albert

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Unraveling Mysteries: The Judging Eye Chapters 5 – 8 | The Second Apocalypse Series

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Exploring the Cinematic Void: A Deep Dive into Gaspar Noé’s Masterpiece

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The Hallows by HL Tinsley

Ancient Bloodlines Illicit Substances Floating Nuns With a tagline like that, alongside the mysteriously strange yet beautiful…

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Friday Conversation Ep 108 – Crafting Immersive Worlds: Behind the Scenes of The Dex Legacy Audio Drama

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Weekly Pulls – Pick of the Week | Episode 35

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Navigating Desolation: Exploring ‘The Road’ by Cormac McCarthy

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Deep Dive into the Prince of Nothing Trilogy Appendices

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The novel Lord and King by PL Stuart. The cover features a tarnished golden crown on a white background.

Lord and King by PL Stuart

Being in power is very different to seizing power I was provided with an ARC of Lord…

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Friday Conversation | Ep 107: Writing Through Challenges: A Conversation with Jennifer Manocherian

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The Hall of Bones Audiobook Kickstarter is Live!

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Exploring The Thousandfold Thought Chapters 15-17

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Cinephile Saturday: Predestination

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Friday Conversation | Ep 106: The Brotherhood of the Eagle Kickstarter w/ Tim Hardie, RJ Bayley & Paromita

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Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie Two small spacecraft, one red and the other white, fly low over a much larger spaceship.

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie

After its release in 2013 Ancillary Justice swept away all the competition, winning just about every sci-fi…

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Unraveling the Intricate Weave of R. Scott Baker’s ‘The Thousandfold Thought’ Chapters 5 – 9: A Deep Dive into Characters, Power, and Language

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The Brotherhood of the Eagle Kickstarter Launches March 11th

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The Hallows pre-orders are live!

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The Last of the Atalanteans by PL Stuart The war banner depicting a charging mammoth is displayed on a black background, held above flames.

The Last of the Atalanteans by PL Stuart

I continue my series of reviews looking at PL Stuart’s The Drowned Kingdom Saga, a tale inspired…

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Friday Conversation | Ep 104: Unveiling the Enchantment and Wisdom within Fairy Tales: A Journey from Grim Origins to Modern Interpretations

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Dissecting the Finale: True Detective Season 4’s Unresolved Mysteries and Ethical Quandaries

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Cinephile Saturday: Dissecting ‘Blue Eye Samurai’: A Cultural Odyssey Through Netflix’s Take on Japanese Traditions and Modern Storytelling

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Paranormal in the Peaks Weird Tales of Argana Zeit Volume 1 by Owain Oakwood A cartoon drawing of a young woman with wavy blonde hair as she stands by her eager dog. They look out over an English village at night, perched on a hill. Above the village is a strange purple monster made of tentacles and green eyes. It is not remotely scary.

Paranormal in the Peaks

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Weekly Pulls – Pick of the Week | Episode 30

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True Detective Season 4 Episode 5: An In-Depth Panel Discussion

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Cinephile Saturday: The Promise and Pitfalls of Rebel Moon Examined

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Friday Conversation | Ep 103: What is Slipstream w/ Susana Imaginário, Jose’s Amazing Worlds & Paromita

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Rise Red Kingdom by Kerstin Espinosa Rosero. A white dragon appears against a green background and a black, starlit sky.

Rise Red Kingdom by Kerstin Espinosa Rosero

“How easily we make sure our allies and enemies are saved or sacrificed shows who we really…

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My Top 10 Favorite Grimdark Fantasy Books

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True Detective Season 4 Episode 4: An In-Depth Panel Discussion

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Cinephile Saturday: Alien Covenant

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The novel Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar, featuring the back of a child's head, their hair shaved and numbers tatooed on the back of their neck.

Legacy of the Brightwash by Krystle Matar

Legacy of the Brightwash (the first book in the Tainted Dominion series) is an extraordinary debut fantasy…

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True Detective Season 4 Episode 3: An In-Depth Panel Discussion

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Unraveling the Divisive Mastery of ‘Hereditary’: A Deep Dive into Horror and Grief

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The best laid plans and why technology is the root of all evil

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The Warrior Prophet Chapters 22-25: A Discussion on Epic Fantasy and Prophetic Transformation

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A Drowned Kingdom by PL Stuart. The religious symbol of a gold triangle over a gold circle set against a cloudy sky sinks into a green-tinged sea.

A Drowned Kingdom by PL Stuart

A Drowned Kingdom by PL Stuart The Drowned Kingdom Saga is an ambitious seven-book epic fantasy series…

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Friday Conversation | Ep 101: From Ancient Myths to AI and Modern Consciousness

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Weekly Pulls – Pick of the Week | Episode 27

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CRITICS AND ARTISTS

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True Detective Season 4 Episode 2: An In-Depth Panel Discussion

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Friday Conversation | Episode 100: Unboxing Nostalgia – Transforming Collections, Epic Reads, and the Evolving Reviewer’s Landscape – Celebrating 100 Episodes

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Burn Red Skies by Kerstin Espinosa Rosero. A red dragon features on the cover, set against a night sky.

Burn Red Skies by Kerstin Espinosa Rosero

“Justice without the possibility of mercy is simply vengeance” What a debut novel. Kerstin Espinosa Rosero is…

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Weekly Pulls – Pick of the Week | Episode 26

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True Detective Season 4 Episode 1: An In-Depth Panel Discussion

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Cinephile Saturday: Alien3

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Friday Conversation Ep 100 (Part 2/3) Deconstructing Book Reviews: Bias, Genre, and the Complexities of the Reader-Author Dynamic

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The Dex Legacy Season One Collected Scripts & Commentary by Emily Inkpen. A black book cover, with a blue, fragmented DNA helix overlayed across a faint grey planetary orb, with indigo, purple, red, green, yellow and blue stripes of differing lengths falling from the northern pole.

The Dex Legacy Season One Collected Scripts & Commentary by Emily Inkpen

Before I can properly review this book, I need to explain what The Dex Legacy is. Emily…

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Weekly Pulls – Pick of the Week Episode 25

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Reflecting on Truth and Identity: A Deep Dive into Sylvia Plath’s ‘Mirror’

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Friday Conversation Ep 100 (Part 1/3) Celebrating 100 Episodes: Reflections on Podcasting, Writing, and Creative Exploration

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Pawn's Gambit by Rob J Hayes, featuring a woman removing a mask from her face, an old woman, a bearded man carrying a club, a woman in Japanese style armour carrying a pole arm, an armoured general and an unremarkable horse.

Pawn’s Gambit by Rob J Hayes (SPFBO9 Feature)

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Reflecting on a Year in Books: Reading Journeys, Genre Exploration, and BookTube Influences

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Unveiling Hidden Cinematic Jewels and Dissecting Hyped Disappointments from 2023

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Top 10 Comics of 2023

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