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Category: Books

  • Who Captain America Really Is

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    When it comes the least-liked superheroes, it seems like a lot of people pinpoint Captain America. The common arguments are that he’s dull or too perfect… or that he represents a sort of chauvinist patriotism that’s off-putting. But Captain America might be the superhero I love the most, and the more I learn about him,…

  • Gods and Magic and Desire in “The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms”

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    Every month I watch Geek and Sundry/Felicia Day’s Vaginal Fantasy book club hangout — basically a romance book club that focuses on urban fantasy, epic fantasy, and science fiction. Sometimes I actually read the books. January’s main pick was The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin, which I did read and which has become one of my…

  • Voluntine’s Guest Post: “Alfred Bester, the Reason I Read Science Fiction”

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    This week is the first annual Voluntine’s, a blogger holiday started by fellow writer and gamer C.T. Murphy. Voluntine’s is all about swapping blog posts with other writers and sharing each other’s work. You can read more about it on United We game here, or check out the #Voluntines tag on Twitter to see what’s being…