Category: television
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Friday’s Findings
He who controls the spice, controls the universe. Frank Herbert, Dune And he who controls the movie rights to Dune controls how people perceive the novel. Dune continues to be my favorite science fiction novel since my teen years. It’s been made for the screen three times so far: Dune (1984), Dune mini-series (2000), and…
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MY FAVORITE SF&F SHOWS, PART 6
It’s been some time since I’ve reviewed some of my favorite science fiction and fantasy shows on my blog, and I’ve seen some good stuff lately. So here’s my take on WandaVision, Star Trek: Picard, and His Dark Materials (Season 2). Warning: There may be some minor spoilers in my reviews. And also, I’m going…
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Some Books I read this year: new and old science fiction favorites
I say science fiction and fantasy novels are my guilty pleasure. But do I really have anything to feel guilty about? Of course not. Science fiction is a way more respected genre than it was a few decades ago, and I’m not ashamed to day I enjoyed the following SF books this past year: Tiamat’s…
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MY FAVORITE SF&F SHOWS, PART 5
Even though I should be writing, I couldn’t help but binge-watch these shows. Here are some I’ve watched in the past few weeks: His Dark Materials I’ve read the His Dark Materials trilogy a few times and watched the 2007 movie, The Golden Compass. Now HBO has made it a series and covers the first…
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MY FAVORITE SF&F SHOWS, PART 4
Even though I am fortunate enough to be working full time during this quarantine, I am not doing much after work except for grocery shopping. So I’ve been binging on these shows: Locke & Key Based on the graphic novels of the same name, a family moves back to a town where their ancestors are…
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My Favorite SF&F Shows, Part 3
I present part 3 in my favorite science fiction and fantasy shows. The Witcher Geralt of Rivera, a “mutant” who seeks and destroys monsters, finds himself up against the the empire of Nilfgaard.Watch it here. Carnival Row Philostrate, a detective with a mysterious past, and Vignette, a faerie who’s a refugee from her own land,…
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My Favorite SF&F Shows, Part 2
A couple of days ago, I listed some of my favorite science fiction and fantasy shows. Here are more I’ve watched: The Handmaid’s Tale Dystopian setting in New England based on the book by Margaret Atwood. I read this years ago and its now in its third season on Hulu.Watch it here. The Umbrella Academy…
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My Favorite SF&F Shows, Part 1
There’s a lot of good science fiction and fantasy series right now. And there is some not so good stuff. In the spirit of the holiday season, I’m going to remain positive and list some speculative fiction streaming series I’ve enjoyed over the past year or so. If you haven’t seen some of these, I…
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Should I Continue to Read Their Works?
Note: In the rough draft of this posting, I included the names of the authors I speak about. I decided to take out the names. The reader may already know the situation. I changed my mind so as to keep the focus on the question I am asking myself: do I want to continue reading…
Andrew M. Friday 