Books Star Wars: Light of the Jedi Review – A Dim Start to the High Republic “The hum of his blade made Bell think of all these things at once. He suspected the marauders they were rapidly nearing assigned ... By Elijah BeahmJanuary 12, 2021
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Art Must Be Ruined Parents Are the Real Monsters in Stephen King’s Stories Stephen King called Pet Sematary “the most frightening book I’ve ever written.” The new movie version doesn’t live up to that hype. It’s ... By Noah BerlatskyApril 9, 2019
Art Must Be Ruined Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell Reconciles Literature and Fantasy Genre fiction and literary fiction are mortal enemies locked in eternal struggle, one firing deadly laser blasts, the other responding with withering nuanced ... By Noah BerlatskyMarch 12, 2019
Art Must Be Ruined Murderbot Diaries Deconstructs Gender with a Genderless Robot Robots in fiction have from the beginning been used to talk about how gender is constructed and how gender constructs us. In Karel ... By Noah BerlatskyMarch 5, 2019