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Category: Hot Takes

Where to find free fiction online

July 24, 2018 Demetria Leave a comment

The internet’s yelling about book piracy again, so now’s a great time to do a roundup of legal ways of…

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Two stories, two franchises

September 12, 2016 Demetria Leave a comment

So I’m going to tell you about two characters. The first is FN-2187, aka Finn, from 2015’s Star Wars: The…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: borderlands, I wrote this just to annoy you Jack, overthinking it, star wars, star wars the force awakens, tales from the borderlands, the force awakens

Christmas gifts for the child you wish to disappoint

October 27, 2015 Demetria Leave a comment

All images are straight from AliExpress.com, your one stop shop for items off the back of the truck and items…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: christmas, very serious blog post

Pain scale

October 16, 2015 Demetria Leave a comment

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: infographic

Wikipedia categories that would make great band names

August 12, 2015 Demetria 1 Comment

Medieval superguns Radioactive quackery‎ Bog bodies‎ Disestablishments in Asia Cryptozoologists‎ Communication of falsehoods Obsolete occupations Deaths by violence

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What is dead may never die

June 15, 2015 Demetria Leave a comment

Hey Game of Thrones viewers, how are you doing this morning? Do you need a hug? A quest for bloody…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: a song of ice and fire, fan theories, game of thrones

Renewed shall be the movie that was broken

January 20, 2015 Demetria Leave a comment

“I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.” – Bilbo, Lord of the Rings Some…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: I am such a fucking nerd, lord of the rings, movies, The Hobbit

In praise of criticism

November 3, 2014 Demetria Leave a comment

If you don’t follow the book blogging community closely, you may not be aware that there have been multiple recent…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes, Writing About Writing Filed under: #HaleNo, criticism, learning to write more good

Marvel might get it right

October 30, 2014 Demetria Leave a comment

So, Marvel just announced a Captain Marvel movie. Are you excited? I’m excited. Let’s be excited together. Yes, I am…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: captain marvel, comics, DC, marvel, superheroes

Books, ads, and cold hard cash

October 17, 2014 Demetria 1 Comment

My long-suffering Keyboard Kindle finally shuffled off its mortal coil. I hopped on Amazon.com immediately to buy a new one,…

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Posted in: Blog, Hot Takes Filed under: advertising, books, ebooks, the publishing industry

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Astra Nullius is a collection of free science fiction stories following the crew of the starship Benevolence. While it’s technically a piece of serial fiction with events unfolding in chronological order, each story stands alone as an episode, so you can start reading anywhere in the series.

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