Hands on a clock, numbers on a bathroom scale, weren’t they only ways of trying to measure invisible forces that had visible effects? A feeble effort to corral some greater reality beyond what mere humans thought of as reality? Stephen King’s latest work is more of a modern-day fable than a novel. It’s also a
Due to the recent Tumblr ban of all adult content (and all the snafus with the algorithm flagging posts by mistake) a lot of artists are heading out for greener pastures. This may or may not be the end for the platform, so just in case, here’s a fanart roundup featuring pieces we first found
2018 was a year that produced a staggering number of excellent books. Some of them were by my usual favorite authors, and some were by authors I only recently discovered. The good news is that I always had plenty to choose from whenever I needed something new to read. The bad news is that there
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! So did you watch Haunting of Hill House, or did you skip it and wonder what the fuss was about? Did you love all of it, or did you recognize the parts that were deeply flawed? Did you enjoy the ending,
…gods are born of ichor and nectar, their excellences already bursting from their fingertips. So they find their fame by proving what they can mar: destroying cities, starting wars, breeding plagues and monsters. For my final book review of the year, I decided to go with the winner of the Goodreads choice for Best Fantasy
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Only a few days until Christmas, it’s almost the end of the year, and we’re finally getting better at movies! We managed to watch a popular film only six months late instead of, um, how long did it take us to
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! This week it’s time to grab a plate of imaginary corn with some theoretical butter and celebrate the birthday of Lee Marvin! (At least, that’s what they’re doing over in Night Vale. We still don’t understand why it’s always Lee’s 30th
Hoard food and it rots. Hoard money and you rot. Hoard power and the government rots. Chuck Palahniuk was one of the guests at this year’s NC Comicon: Bull City, so I was able to buy a copy of his latest novel Adjustment Day for him to sign. Which he did so, with his unique combination
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! It only took a year and a half (well, close to two years), but Kathryn finally took Elizabeth’s suggestion and watched the 2017 movie “Get Out.” First impressions: very weird movie. The discussion about just how weird it was includes mentions