Category Archives: Column

Uh-oh: Amazon announces Kindle Worlds

Posted on May 22, 2013 by Emily

Club Jade clued us in this morning to Amazon’s new plan to pay fanfic authors to publish their works via Kindle.  Introducing Kindle Worlds, which is getting around the fuzzy legal grey area of fanfiction by officially licensing these Worlds, … Continue reading →

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Star Wars, Marvel, and the Multiverse

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Brian

In the Star Wars fandom, there’s always some war of words brewing between fans. We’ve seen the Ship Wars, the Prequel Trilogy consternation, the Clone Wars skirmishes. One that has been on slow simmer for years is cold war between … Continue reading →

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The Clone Wars Ending and Silver Linings

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Brian

If the rumors and reports are to be believed, The Clone Wars has aired its final episode. What was billed as merely the season five finale has, unfortunately, become the series finale. Understandably, people are upset. With the promise of … Continue reading →

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On Long Books, Short Books, and Impatience: Why I Refuse to Read Doorstoppers

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Nanci

When I was younger, I used to love getting my hands on long books. A long book was always better than a short book, because there was more story to tell. And as a practical matter, long books were always … Continue reading →

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Why I Like Science Fiction, by A Woman

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Nanci

This weekend, a Tumblr post appeared on my dash, about the 2009 Star Trek movie. Apparently, during the initial planning meetings, the writers asked themselves how to get women to go see this movie. I read this and, understandably, got … Continue reading →

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On True Fans, Gatekeepers, and What is Real Star Wars

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Brian

Now that we’ve had some time for that to settle in, let’s do a rambling, winding follow-up*. *But everything you write is a rambling, winding follow-up, you say! I’m not going to dispute that. Just what is real Star Wars? … Continue reading →

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The Sequel Trilogy Isn’t Real Star Wars

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Brian

Sequel trilogy fans need to grow up. All the excitement, all the speculation, all the angsting. All for something that really doesn’t matter. It’s absolutely baffling why so much thought and effort is being put into something so meaningless. It … Continue reading →

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