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TV: Highs of ‘Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams’ Outweigh the Lows

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Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams

Is it possible for a piece of pop culture to be an imitation when it’s already being imitated? That’s the tricky hypothetical facing Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams, the latest original series from Amazon’s streaming service. Electric Dreams is an episodic sci-fi anthology that deploys a wide range of recognizable faces, both British and American, to bring each of its self-contained worlds to light. (An international coproduction, Electric Dreams aired on the U.K.’s Channel 4 last fall before making its stateside premiere last Friday.) In this respect, Electric Dreams is to Black Mirror what Amazon’s Lord of the Rings project … Read more

TV: Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams is Here!

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Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams

“From the mind of the prolific sci-fi author, comes the new anthology series Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams. With 10 standalone episodes and a sweeping all-star cast, each epic story will explore fantasy, humanity, and a future we’ve only begun to imagine.” Stop. You had me at Buscemi. This looks particularly good based on the cast alone and it starts today! Not sure how I missed this but I’m glad I saw it in time. By Dave Post – Full Story at Worlds Without End

FOR READERS: Wish You Were Here

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FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Denise Dechene: I’ve read a lot of good books over the years. There are some authors who don’t write anymore due to illness, death, retirement, etc. Is there someone in particular who you wished was still writing? A series never finished? Is there an archive of authors who have passed or retired? Join the chat

TRAILER: Marvel Runaways

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Runaways

On 21 November, a brand new Marvel series debuts on Hulu and it’s different from all the rest. It’s not one of Netflix’s gritty takes, nor is it the broadcast adaptations of Agents of SHIELD or the ill-received Inhumans. And it’s entirely to do with the source material: Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona’s Runaways. The premise is relatively simple: a group of teenagers discover they have powers and their parents belong to a supervillain organization known as the Pride. It’s full of fun tropes and also plenty of diversity, which is clear from the new trailer. There are six … Read more

FOR READERS: How Do You Like Your Series?

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Champion of the Gods

FOR WRITERS Today’s writer topic comes from QSFer Amy Leibowitz Mitchell: Do you prefer your series fiction to have completely stand-alone individual books, or do you prefer serials (a running arc and cliffhangers at the end of each part)? Or do you like some combination of the two (a running arc but books can be enjoyed individually)? Join the chat

ANNOUNCEMENT: Stone Cold, by Rory ni Coileain

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Stone Cold

QSFer Rory ni Coileain has a new MM fantasy book out: In Stone Cold, the eighth title in the Rainbow-Award-nominated M/M paranormal Soulshares series, Maelduin Guaire is a Fae with a mission. An obsession, really. He’s trained his entire life to become the greatest scian-damhsa, blade-dancer, the Fae have ever known, for the sole purpose of killing the blade-dancer who murdered his father and gave House Guaire its reputation as the Cursed House. Now he’s followed Tiernan Guaire through the Pattern to the human world, to fulfill his oath or die trying… but the passage has cost him all his … Read more