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September’s Long List of New Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror Books Is Here
Halloween is still two months away, but September’s list of new genre books has spooky vibes galore. We’re talking witches, haunted houses, ghosts, and other frights (cursed records! Talking cats! End-of-the-world dinner parties!)—along a generous portion of non-horror fantasy and sci-fi releases too. Androne by Dwain Worrell “Humanity’s new war is an enigma, with an…
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The Long Walk Is a Haunting Exploration of Good Intentions Gone Very Wrong
On paper, Mattie Do’s The Long Walk is a groundbreaking film: it’s the first film from Laos to screen theatrically in the U.S., and it’s made by the country’s first (and apparently only) woman filmmaker, who also happens to be the only director in Laos making genre films. But even if you didn’t know any…
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The Nevers’ Amy Manson Shares Which Serial Killer Inspired Her Complicated Character
HBO’s sci-fi fantasy series The Nevers arrives this Monday to reveal a Victorian London where a mysterious event bestows strange powers on people — mostly women. The show has a lot of characters, but one who definitely stands out from the crowd is the viciously wild Maladie, played by Amy Manson.
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Why ‘ESP’ Is Officially BS
Many of us have had this experience: you’re sure that something has changed, but unable to say what it is. Perhaps a colleague has new glasses, or has grown a beard. For all of your trying to identify the exact change, you’re only aware that something is different.