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The US fall television line-up is out. Out of the new shows, there are some we’re excited about, some we’re curious to see, and others we couldn’t care less about. Then there’s Joss Whedon’s return to television: Marvel’s Agents of ...
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I have been trying to explore more fantasy and sci-fi writing – expanding my reading horizons. A friend gave me a rather long list of books to try out a while ago and there were certainly some misses on it. ...
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