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Korrasami: I ship it
It should surprise none of you that my household ships Korrasami. And even aside from that aspect of the ending, we all loved the Korra finale in general. We’re going to miss this show!
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On women in fiction
It is articles like this one that remind me why the majority of my SF/F reading is books written by women: i.e., because that will give me a much stronger chance of a story in which there are in fact multiple female characters. Because the author of this article (herself an author) has it exactly…
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Murkworks.net accounts currently having trouble talking to Gmail
ATTENTION anybody who has a mail account on Murkworks.net: Right now we’re having issues with any of our accounts sending mail out to Gmail addresses. Gmail is incorrectly dinging us as a spam sender, and either shunting mail from us into Spam folders or else outright bouncing it. Needless to say, this is massively annoying.…
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Movie review: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies
Spoiler-heavy review of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies! Picoreview: B- effort, but I still enjoyed myself immensely despite the flaws I found in it, and I WILL be seeing it again.
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Ereader review: Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook 7.0, by Barnes and Noble
My latest device review: this time, the new Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook 7.0, which is a longwinded way of saying “the new Samsung Nook”. Picoreview: not bad, but not really useful to non-B&N customers or people who need higher-powered tablets.
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Bone Walker status update!
A status report on Bone Walker–the soundtrack’s OFF TO BE MASTERED, and we’re about to ramp up for shipping the book and other goodies as well! SO EXCITING. 😀
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Murkworks.net back to functioning normally
All hailing frequencies are OPEN once more at the Murknet!
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Possible Murkworks.net outage tomorrow due to High Wind Watch
It’s wintertime in Puget Sound, so that means HIGH WIND WATCHES, yay! And where we have winds, we have probable Murkworks.net outages! Batten down the hatches!
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Another round of SF/F vs. romance
There’s another round of discussion going on about SF/F’s tendency to snub the romance genre, and folks talking about an excellent article posted by Uncanny Magazine on that very topic. Check it out.
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Movie review: The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Extended Edition
Initial reactions to the Extended Edition of The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! Which I enjoyed immensely.
