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Physical Media Collectors are smirking at the rest of the world right now

Stephen LackeyMarch 31, 2020

Physical media has been on a slow downward spiral for several years. Most pundits agree that Blu-ray and DVD is dropping to the collector space with the mainstream settling for lower quality video and audio, and paying a never ending rental fee for ... Read More...

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Book Review: The Doctors Are In

Dwayne PateOctober 26, 2015

Written By: Graeme Burk and Robert Smith? I’ve always had a fascination with Doctor Who. Even before I started watching episodes on a regular basis as a college freshman on Chattanooga’s PBS station, I thought the show was strange and mysterio... Read More...

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Comics Smash for week of 10/24/2015: Celebrate Back to the Future day with a Star Wars Comic!

Nicholas QuallsOctober 23, 2015

This week in comics: Marvel wraps up its peek of what happened between Episodes VI and VII with STAR WARS: SHATTERED EMPIRES #4 of 4. And IDW celebrates the day Marty McFly arrived in the future with BACK TO THE FUTURE #1 MARVEL COMICS... Read More...

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Book Review: Trigger Mortis

Mike YoungOctober 8, 2015

Written By: Anthony Horowitz Published By: Harper Bond is back, way back in 1957. Immediately following the events in Goldfinger Bond is home in London catching up on his paperwork and getting used to a new houseguest. Pussy Galore has accept... Read More...

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Book Review: Smuggler’s Run: A Han Solo Adventure

Mike YoungSeptember 29, 2015

Written by: Greg Rucka Illustrated by: Phil Noto Published by: Disney Lucasfilm Press The Death Star, the first one, has been destroyed and the Battle of Yavin has been won but the entire the Imperial Fleet is on it’s way and is ... Read More...

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Book Review: Aurora

Mike YoungSeptember 24, 2015

Written by: Kim Stanley Robinson Published by: Orbit Aurora is the story of a generation starship traveling to Tau Ceti to start a human colony. No, that’s not an original idea and it deals with many of the same themes found in other stories ... Read More...

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Book Review: Armada

Mike YoungAugust 11, 2015

Written by: Ernest Cline Published by: Crown Ernest Cline’s debut novel Ready Player One was an instant classic. A coming of age story set in the near future chock full of references to movies, music and video game... Read More...

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Feature: This Week on Kindle

Mike YoungDecember 15, 2014

December 11, 2014 As much as I love Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited program it doesn’t have everything. And if you want to read the latest by the greatest you’re still going to have to pay. For books like this week’s reading though, I don’t mind. ... Read More...

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Feature: This Week on Kindle

Mike YoungOctober 31, 2014

Going by my record so far I should just change the name of these articles to This Month on Kindle but I am, perhaps foolishly, holding out hope that I can keep to a weekly schedule with these updates. I’m exited about what is on deck for next wee... Read More...

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Feature: This Week in Kindle

Mike YoungAugust 22, 2014

I read a lot. Some of it good, some of it not so good, and nearly all of them are Kindle eBooks, especially now that I’ve signed up for Kindle Unlimited. Amazon’s review system is a big help in picking out books, but it’s still can be a challen... Read More...

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Book Review: World Gone Wild: A Survivor’s Guide to Post-Apocalyptic Movies

Catherine HolderAugust 12, 2014

Written by David J. Moore Maybe it’s my fascination of the unknown... maybe it’s my rarely seen dark side... or maybe it’s my recent obsession with all things zombies. Whatever it is, I love musing about a post-apocalyptic world. Be it books, ... Read More...

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Comic Review: Skyman Volume 1: The Right Stuff

Dwayne PateAugust 11, 2014

Written by Joshua Hale Fialkov Art by Manuel Garcia Published by Dark Horse Comics Dark Horse Comics, once known more for their licensed titles like Star Wars: Dark Empire, Aliens, and Predator, has been dabbling more into the costumed hero ... Read More...

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The screenwriter for Eraser jumps into Concrete Park for Dark Horse Comics!

Stephen LackeyAugust 8, 2014

Tony Puryea, the writer of the 90's Arnold Schwarzenegger hit film Eraser is jumping into a new comic book series for Dark Horse Comics called Concrete Park. Here's the official word from Dark Horse on the new series: A troubled young outcast fr... Read More...

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Comics SMASH! for the week of 8/6/2014 Thanos time!

Nicholas QuallsAugust 7, 2014

Need your Guardians of the Galaxy fix after this weekend’s movie? Marvel’s got your hook up with LEGENDARY STAR LORD #2, ROCKET RACCOON #2, and THANOS: INFINITY REVELATION original graphic novel. Dark Horse Comics as a new Usagi Yojimbo title wit... Read More...

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Comic Review: Doctor Who: The Tenth Doctor #1

Nicholas QuallsAugust 1, 2014

Written by Nick Abadzis Art by Elena Casagrande Titan Comics is starting new ongoing series based on the recent incarnations of the Doctor from the long-time favorite British sci-fi series Doctor Who. Here, we take a look of the f... Read More...

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