Paul Di Filippo's latest science fiction novel, Vangie's Ghosts (Blackstone Publishing), is an impressively entertaining, deeply compelling speculation on the multiverse and the boundless potential of the human mind. The… Read the rest of the article: Review: Paul Di Filippo trips the multiverse fantastic in "Vangie's Ghosts"
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Gareth Branwyn Anna Green is an 18-year-old hospitality intern just trying to keep her head down and do the job at her first hotel gig. That job is on HOTELITOR, a "luxury… Read the rest of the article: HOTELITOR, the combat mech/service workers sci-fi adventure you didn't know you needed
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Gareth Branwyn In 1943, writer Peter Kien and composer Viktor Ullmann were rehearsing their opera, Der Kaiser von Atlantis. They had created this work while imprisoned in the Terezín concentration camp in… Read the rest of the article: Tyranny and resistance in "Death Strikes," the graphic novel adaptation of a concentration camp opera
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Gareth Branwyn Few pieces of art have managed to capture my recent attention and imagination quite like Larnie and Bodil Fox's kinetic sound sculptures. Their latest exhibition, showing at NY2CA Gallery in… Read the rest of the article: The orchestrated whimsy of Larnie and Bodil Fox's kinetic sound sculptures
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Gareth Branwyn In the world of comic book artistry, few names shine as brightly as Tim Sale. Sale, along with writer Jeph Loeb, worked on iconic titles like Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man… Read the rest of the article: Rediscovering Tim Sale's legacy in a new color edition of "BILLI 99"
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Gareth Branwyn In a new collaboration between The Folio Society and DC, an unparalleled tribute to Gotham's guardian is now available to comic book fans and book enthusiasts. DC: Batman ($100) marks… Read the rest of the article: Explore Batman's 85-year legacy in the lavish "DC: Batman Deluxe Edition"
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Gareth Branwyn For my birthday last month, I wanted to play something special with my game-designer offspring, Blake. I wanted us to play something old school. I had OGRE and Car Wars… Read the rest of the article: Celebrating my birthday in the BattleTech universe
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Gareth Branwyn In a candid admission on the RPG site EN World, Mike Mearls, former D&D designer, confronts the flaws of the Challenge Rating (CR) system, a tool meant to help Dungeon… Read the rest of the article: Former Dungeons & Dragons designer Mike Mearls admits flaws in the game's Challenge Rating system
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Gareth Branwyn Dungeon Craft has posted a video on this intriguing possible development in the continuing saga of Hasbro and D&D. In what would be an eye-opening turn of events, Hasbro might… Read the rest of the article: Hasbro in talks to sell Dungeons & Dragons?
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Gareth Branwyn We wrote about the announcement of Dave Baker's eagerly anticipated Mary Tyler MooreHawk back in June of last year. Here is more about the book from the press release: Who… Read the rest of the article: Excerpts from"Mary Tyler MooreHawk," Dave Baker's post-modern mystery and pop culture love letter
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Gareth Branwyn We've written about Elizabeth Zharoff's YouTube channel, The Charismatic Voice, before. Elizabeth is an opera singer, vocal teacher, and science of voice researcher who listens to rock artists and analyzes… Read the rest of the article: An opera singer analyzes the vocal performance on NIN's "Terrible Lie"
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Gareth Branwyn The always informative and entertaining astrophysicist, Dr. Becky Smethurst, aka Dr. Becky on YouTube, had a field day last year explaining on her channel all of the exciting astronomy and… Read the rest of the article: Dr. Becky breaks down her top 5 space news stories for 2023
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Gareth Branwyn In a recent Instagram post, former drummer for The Police, Stewart Copeland (a groove monster in his own right) offers specific evidence of Ringo Starr's superior stills at achieving groove… Read the rest of the article: Stewart Copeland offers evidence of Ringo Starr's impressive groove
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Gareth Branwyn Probably every robotics nerd of a certain age had a Radio Shack Armatron toy in the 1980s [raises hand]. Our old pal I-Wei Huang had one and considered turning it… Read the rest of the article: Building an animatronic T-Rex inspired by an 80s Radio Shack Armatron robotic toy
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Gareth Branwyn When I decided to write my tips books for Make: (Tips & Tales from the Workshop, Vol. 1 & Vol. 2) and to create a subsequent tips newsletter, I had… Read the rest of the article: "Tools: A Visual Exploration of Implements and Devices in the Workshop" is gorgeous, informative, personal and playful
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Gareth Branwyn Every year, a group of makers on YouTube draw names of other makers to build something for. The projects are always clever, and often fun and funny. Here are a… Read the rest of the article: This year's YouTube Maker Secret Santa projects
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Gareth Branwyn If you've spent any time watching the ever-excellent Dungeon Craft channel on YouTube, you know that Professor DungeonMaster is not afraid to take Wizards of the Coast to the mat… Read the rest of the article: Professor DungeonMaster gives his opinion of the coming D&D virtual tabletop
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Gareth Branwyn On December 19, Dark Horse Comics will add a little extra chill to your holiday air with Four Gathered on Christmas Eve, a hardcover anthology of Victorian-inspired ghost stories. In… Read the rest of the article: Four celebrated comics creators gather for a haunting Christmas Eve anthology
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Gareth Branwyn Sadly, Digable Planets have been too far off my radar in recent years. It's great to be reminded of the brilliance they still have to offer via this KEXP recorded… Read the rest of the article: Digable Planets bring the freshest old school hip hop to THING Festival 2023
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Gareth Branwyn Daryl Hall's Live from Daryl's House is always a great way to see world-class musician guests playing with Daryl and his seriously impressive house band. Most of the guests are… Read the rest of the article: Amazing Robert Fripp episode of "Live from Daryl's House"