You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! No Night Vale episode this week, so after the usual sitrep (Summary: More ways to say “everyone’s fine”) we talk about about the Netflix series “Beastars” (Odd bit of trivia, Elizabeth watched the dubbed version and Kathryn watched it with the
TIMELINE: FIVE MINUTES TOO LATE, THIRTY SECONDS FROM THE END OF THE WORLD. Next up for the Hugo-nominations is Seanan McGuire’s novel Middlegame, something which I really should have read during last October’s Scary Books month, because oh boy does this ever qualify. The plan begins in 1886, with the brilliant alchemist Asphodel who’s going
It’s time yet again to Social Distance the heck out of this epidemic and watch a movie together while still staying in three different states: North Carolina, Florida, and California. Next up for the Tri-State Watch Party, it’s the Oscar-winning Hidden Figures. The Netflix Watch Party app ended up being a little complicated, so we
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! After a quick coronavirus sitrep from us and the family (short version: everybody’s fine, wash your hands!) we switch to a lighter note with a Welcome To Night Vale recap, as the telepathic cult from the Desert Otherworld invades Night Vale
Guest writer Hugh Verheylewegen continues to give us ideas of what to watch while we’re staying at home, check out his review of the brand new animated Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion’s Revenge. If you have known me long enough you would probably know that, next to Halo and Doom, Mortal Kombat is one of my
The original plan was to review the first of the Hugo-nominated novels this week. However, I’ve been enjoying the book so much that I want to take another few days to read it (check back later week for a review of that). Therefore I’m changing course and reviewing three of the Hugo-nominated novelettes instead. This
It’s time yet again to Social Distance the heck out of this epidemic and watch a movie together while still staying in three different states: North Carolina, Florida, and California. Next up for the Tri-State Watch Party, it’s 1985’s Clue. The Netflix Watch Party app ended up being a little complicated, so we just set a
If there are two words that can describe this year’s nominees for Best Short Story, it would be “triumphant” and “bleak”. Every one of them features someone overcoming a trial, whether it’s living life on their own terms, or making the hard decision to sacrifice their life for others. These are all lyrical and fierce,
Not all heroes are human. Togo is the story about two key figures in the 1925 serum run to Nome, Alaska, in which dog-sled teams relayed to transport diphtheria antitoxin serum through harsh conditions over nearly 828 miles to save the Alaskan town of Nome from an epidemic. The two key figures are Leonhard Seppal,