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Kathryn Adams

Woodworker and reader, artistic fantasy/sci-fi fangirl with the attention span of a magpie.
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Review: Heavenly Tyrant (Iron Widow, Book 2)

I think back to something Qin Zheng once said: “Every oppressor, through their denial of humanity, sows the seeds of their own destruction.” Here we are. The seeds that bloomed. (Warning: Massive spoilers for the end of Iron Widow.) The second book in Xiran Jay Zhao’s (ongoing, yay!) Iron Widow series picks up exactly where

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2025 Hugo Awards – The Finalists

It’s that time of year! The nominees for the 2025 Hugo Awards have been announced, and this year I’ve actually read and reviewed three of the Hugo nominees, plus one of the Lodestar nominees for best YA novel! Check out the full list below (which will be updated on a regular basis as I get

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Review: Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear (Wayward Children #10)

It took a moment for her rage to clear enough for the words to actually register: byt’ uveren. A beat later, she realized why that looked so strange, apart from words having no business on the back of a turtle. They were written in Russian. Be sure. In Seanan McGuire’s Wayward Children series there are

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Binary System Podcast #450 – Beastars and Star Trek: Lower Decks

Episode 450! That’s…kind of a milestone, right? To celebrate, let’s do the same thing we’ve been doing for a few weeks now! First up, Beastars Season 3, episode 10. This episode merits a trigger warning, since we finally get to see what led to Legoshi’s mother’s death, and it’s pretty heartbreaking. There’s also a brief

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Binary System Podcast #448 – Beastars and Star Trek: Lower Decks

The episode of Beastars that we recapped this week isn’t quite as unsettling as last week’s episode. That civet cat is still off-putting and weird, but my goodness do the animators do an excellent job with Yaya’s animation. The team that animated that zebra in the noodle shop, however, can go sit in a corner

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Review: The Twice-Drowned Saint

“Angels,” I’d told Alizar when I was eight and freshly appalled to discover I was his saint, “are assholes!” And always have been, Ish, said Alizar. You have no idea. I had the idea, just from looking at the titles, that C.S.E. Cooney’s 2023 novel The Twice-Drowned Saint was going to be similar to her

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Binary System Podcast #446 – WTNV #262 “The Man Who Is Not Tall”

“That’s a good question.” “Thank you!” “It’s best to not ask questions. Especially good ones.” If the title to the Welcome to Night Vale episode sounds familiar, we’re seeing the return of a harrowing duo from Night Vale’s past: The Man Who Is Not Tall, and The Man Who Is Not Short. And unfortunately The

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Binary System Podcast #445 – Arcane Series Finale

It took two, maybe two-and-a-half months longer than everyone else, but the Binary System Podcast team finally watched the final episode (ever?) of Arcane: League of Legends. Ten out of ten. No notes. Of course it takes us an entire episode to go into detail about why we think this episode was the perfect way

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