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Kathryn Adams

Woodworker and reader, artistic fantasy/sci-fi fangirl with the attention span of a magpie.

Binary System Podcast #55 – WTNV Episode #96 “Negotiations”

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Things are a little tense in Night Vale right now. Mayor Cardinal has opened negotiations with Hiram McDaniel’s sister Hadassah, who’s acting as representative of The Five-Headed Dragon world. The Mayor wants Hiram to face the consequences of attempted assassination of

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Review: Children of Lovecraft

Say what you will about H.P. Lovecraft – his elaborate Victorian prose, his cringeworthy racial biases – the man created a sandbox that horror writers love to play in. I’ve reviewed one story by Lovecraft in this column; compare that to, what, three separate posts about Lovecraft-inspired stories? Maybe four? There’s something irresistible about a modern take on the Cthulhu mythos, with

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Binary System Podcast #54 – New York Comic Con!

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! This week’s podcast was recorded in New York City! Manhattan to be exact, just days after Binary System (and official Pixelated Geek photographer Captain Slack) (also known as Kathryn’s husband Nathan) attended New York Comic Con 2016! We geek out over

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Binary System Podcast #53 – A Pre-NYCC Two-fer!

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! That’s right, this week we recap TWO episodes of Welcome To Night Vale, episodes 94 and 95,  just because we want to give YOU all the content. It has nothing to do with the fact that we’re running a month behind.

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Review: The War of the Worlds

For a time I believed that mankind had been swept out of existence, and that I stood there alone, the last man left alive. It’s October, and that means a whole month of scary-book reviews! First up is H.G. Wells’s 1897 classic The War of the Worlds, and…what? Okay, I know it’s technically a science fiction book.

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Binary System Podcast #52 – Ramble Some More Ramblings

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! No Welcome To Night Vale recap this week, since the Binary System Podcast duo has been traveling all over time and space this month. Well, all over space anyway. Okay, we each spent a week in Florida visiting the ‘rents. The

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Review: The King’s Traitor

                   The game is ending. Jeff Wheeler brings the Kingfountain trilogy to a close with The King’s Traitor, an epic story drawing partly from English history but mostly from Arthurian legend. Owen Kiskaddon has served his regent faithfully these last few years. Well, except for the fact that

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Review: Doctor Strange – Strange Origin

Are you ready for the Doctor Strange movie in November? Are you? ‘CAUSE I SURE AM.  While we wait, I decided to check out the Doctor Strange: Strange Origin graphic novel that Marvel released this month. Although when you get right down to it, 99% of this is a re-release since it’s a repackaging of Greg Pak and Emma Rios’s Doctor

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Binary System Podcast #51 – WTNV #93 “Big Sister”

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! It’s an “On The Road” edition of BSP as Kathryn’s recording from the wilds of Florida, land of…heat and…rain and…alligators? Yes okay she’s sipping a glass of red wine from our parents’ place, but still. We go through hardships for you.

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