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Book Review: The Knife of Never Letting Go, by Patrick Ness
There are a whole lot of ideas flying around in The Knife of Never Letting Go. The central premise is that men can hear each other’s thoughts, constantly giving off what they call “Noise.” That’d be enough to keep things interesting, but then other ideas are layered on top of it: it takes place on…
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Story Time: "Where The Zooey Deschanel Blood Enters The Heart" by Kitty Glitter
Remember when I told you about my new favourite writer, Kitty Glitter? Well, s/he put up a Fiverr gig to write a story about Meow Solo and Zooey Deschanel (stars of Wil Wheaton: Teenage Hump Machine and its sequel, Ashton Kutcher’s Space-Sex Rampage), featuring me, for five bucks. I know, bargain! Here it is in its…
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Nostalgia as the Downfall of Mankind
A while ago, Peter Jackson showed a small audience some scenes from his upcoming adaptation of The Hobbit. With The Hobbit, Jackson is pulling a Cameron and trying to advance the very nature of filmmaking. It was filmed at 48 frames per second (fps), which is double the usual 24 fps of movies today. That…
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