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It’s a Trap: Why ‘The First Gay Star Wars Character’ is a war on common sense

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Anghus Houvouras on why ‘the first gay Star Wars character’ is a war on common sense… I never thought much about sex while watching Star Wars. Sure, like many men my age I felt certain stirrings seeing Princess Leia in her slave girl ensemble, barely able to understand what was happening in the deepest recesses […]

Book Review – Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium

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Villordsutch reviews Commodore Amiga: a visual Commpendium… Let me start by being quite frank, I hated the Commodore Amiga!  Not the best way to start a review of a book about the life of the Commodore Amiga I’ll admit, but this deep-rooted hatred is truthfully fairly unwarranted. My dislike for the Amiga comes from me never […]

Book Review – The Glorious Angels by Justina Robson

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Michelle Herbert reviews The Glorious Angels by Justina Robson… The Glorious Angels is a compellingly complex novel that shifts between many different character perspectives; it feels like a flower slowly opening its petals before you get a clearer understanding of the way this world works. From the first chapter you are thrown immediately into the […]

Harper Lee to publish To Kill a Mockingbird sequel Go Set a Watchman

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Well, here’s a shocker. Some 55 years after the publication of her Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, Harper Lee is set to release her second novel, a sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird entitled Go Set a Watchman. “In the mid-1950s, I completed a novel called Go Set a Watchman,’” said Lee in a statement released today. […]

Book Review – How To Be A Superhero

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James Garcia reviews Mark Edlitz’ new book, How To Be A Superhero… Each day, the internet is flooded with news stories about each and every piece of development surrounding an upcoming comic book adaptation or superhero film. We here at Flickering Myth spend our days dissecting and discussing those various topics with as much fervor […]

Game of Thrones: Who is Bran’s Cold Handed Saviour?

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Tony Black on Bran’s Cold Handed saviour… MAJOR spoilers for Game of Thrones – Season 6 Episode 6 – ‘Blood of My Blood’. So hands up who thought Bran Stark was dead meat after the traumatic end of ‘The Door’? With poor old Hodor fulfilling his manifest destiny, his all-seeing Raven mentor cut to ribbons, […]

Book Review – Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson

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Michelle Herbert reviews Steelheart by Brandon Sanderson… What if there were no heroes, only villains looking out for themselves? This is the question that Brandon Sanderson poses in his new series The Reckoners. We are so used to books, comics and TV shows that preach “with great power comes great responsibility” and time and time […]

Check out the cover for Star Wars: Dark Disciple

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The official Star Wars site has given us a look at the cover for New York Times Bestselling author Christie Golden’s upcoming canonical novel Star Wars: Dark Disciple, which features the Jedi Knight Quinlan Vos alongside the villainous Asajj Ventress… Starring ex-Sith bounty hunter, Asajj Ventress, and the unorthodox Jedi Quinlan Vos, this new Star […]

J.K. Rowling to celebrate the Twelve Days of Christmas with 12 new Harry Potter short stories

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J.K. Rowling is set to deliver a special present to Harry Potter fans this month by counting down the Twelve Days of Christmas with 12 new short stories from the world of Hogwarts. Starting on December 12th and running through until December 23rd, the Pottermore website will be posting daily short stories which promise “wonderful […]