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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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Kathryn Adams

Review: Elder Race

On its surface, Adrian Tchaikovsky’s Hugo-nominated novella Elder Race sounds like a standard coming-of-age fantasy-adventure. Lynesse Fourth Daughter is the only person in her mother’s court who still believes in the old stories, and the only one who doesn’t want to just wait out the strange demon infestation in the Ordwood and hope it goes

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Binary System Podcast #323 and Getting Ready for SDCC

It’s a short-ish episode this week since we’re mostly talking about episodes 203 and 204 of Lore Olympus and the pace is moving fast. No spoilers, but one of our predictions at the end of the last episode was right, and we’re both very glad that Persephone is facing down a stupefyingly powerful insane god

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Review: She Who Became The Sun

“…nothing.” That is what the fortune teller says when the girl gets up the courage to ask “Will you tell me my fate?” Her favored older brother Zhu Chongba is destined for greatness; the only surviving daughter of the Zhu family is destined to starve to death along with most of her village. But then

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SDCC 2022 – IDW schedule of panels, signings and exclusives

Welcome to “IDW City,” as Booth #2729 Towers Over Comic-Con Internationalwith Shops, Photo Ops, Signing Alley, Café, Live Street Art, and More! Next week, IDW will make its triumphant return to San Diego Comic-Con with “IDW City,” a towering visual spectacle of booth design that incorporates fan-favorite characters (like Godzilla, TMNT’s The Last Ronin, and Sonic the Hedgehog,

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SDCC 2022 – Image Comics announces panels, signings, and exclusives

Image Comics is pleased to return to San Diego this year for Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 20 through Sunday, July 24 at booth #1915 and to share an exciting line-up of SDCC exclusive variants available for sale at the show and a schedule of panels and in-booth signings that fans won’t want to miss. Up-to-date

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Review: A Psalm for the Wild-Built (Monk and Robot, Book 1)

“What do you need, and how might I help?” This polite question is the core theme of a series of novellas by Becky Chambers. And yes I know I just did a review of another Becky Chambers Hugo-nominated story, but with *gestures around wildly* everything that’s going on lately I figured we could all use

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Binary System Podcast #321: WTNV #210 “Ten Years Later”

Pop the champagne and throw the confetti, Welcome to Night Vale celebrated their ten year anniversary…two weeks ago. Two weeks and a day, actually. *tiny noisemaker sound* Yay? We started out the podcast this week with a discussion of the recent Supreme Court decision (if you don’t know where the Binary System Podcast falls on

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