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Book Review: For the Win, by Cory Doctorow
Cory Doctorow‘s upcoming young adult novel, For the Win (or FTW), may not sound all that interesting on the surface. At its core, this is a book about economics and the formation of unions. Boooring. Yet Doctorow weaves an intense story around these potentially dry topics, resulting in one of the most riveting books I’ve…
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Sixty Nine Reasons to Avoid Tall, Dark and Handsome
Girls often say they want a guy who is tall, dark, and handsome. Handsome I get, obviously. Dark? Yeah, I definitely understand dark. But tall? Why tall? It’s not like height automatically fulfills that “I’m a tiny girl and I need a big strong man to protect me from tigers and serial killers and serial…
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Werewolves Versus Plastinates
Look at this lovely package I got from Amazon the other day: I was not expecting the beautiful embossed tin packaging. And I wasn’t entirely sure which movies would be included. When you see the words “Howling Trilogy”, you’d usually make a few assumptions. You’d assume that there are only three movies in the series.…
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