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Marvel and its Mediocre Endings

Marvel became the most ambitious comic book adaptor in the industry after Iron Man, the film that changed the game. They were free to do

LOTR

What do you mean you’ve never read Robin Hobb?

In my late twenties, I gave up reading fantasy. I thought I’d exhausted the genre, or it had exhausted me. Like many of my generation,

HOBBIT

How Tolkien discovered fairy-tale through Beowulf and war

‘Tolkien’s Beowulf: A Translation and Commentary’ has been hailed for making available the insights of a pre-eminent scholar who transformed study of the Old English

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Jenny Wu – Dragons, Swords and Jackie Chan

Header Late one night, whilst taking a much needed 2-minute intermission from painting, I was scanning through my freight train of social media and was drawn to a

SUPERNATURAL

Story Matrices by Gillian Polack. Cover Reveal

2022 approaches and Academia Lunare is getting ready to launch Gillian Polack’s Story Matrices: Cultural Encoding and Cultural Baggage in the Worlds of Science Fiction

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The Campaign Trail – Parliament Hexagon Part One

The Campaign Trail is back! This second chapter sees our heroes arriving in the capital city, Parliament Hexagon. There are talking trees, talking doors, and

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Vikings at Duncarron!

Credit: Clanranald Trust for Scotland The Clanranald Trust is waiting for you at Duncarron, Scotland’s living medieval village. Over the course of the year, many

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GEMMELL AWARDS FOR FANTASY FICTION TO BE PRESENTED AT DERBY’S EDGE-LIT 7 EVENT

With the shortlist voting now closed, the Gemmell Awards for 2018 enter their final phase, building towards the prestigious ceremony at Derby’s Edge-Lit 7 event

STAR WARS

True Cinematic Sci-Fi: “Dune” Review

Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides and Zendaya as Chani (source: dunemovie.net) Frank Herbert’s Dune has a long history of cinematic adaptations. Most of them have

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Pokemon Sword and Shield Out Today

Pokemon Sword and Shield finally launched today on the Nintendo Switch. Assuming, of course, that Presidential intervention doesn’t get it removed from store shelves. It feels like the