I was talking to a friend the other day about all of the recent dystopian novels that have come out and tried to tout themselves as “The Next Hunger Games!” It’s a silly, but understandable marketing tactic, because people are always looking for the next big THING. The Next Harry Potter or the Next Twilight …
What I love about dsytopian stories the most is learning how they got there. What apocalyptic scenario destroyed the previous status quo, and how did it happen? How did the virus spread? How did the government fall? So I was excited to hear some expert writers discuss that moment of total destruction and what follows. …
Fortune Cookie over at Defective Geeks is often my go to for when I need a new anime to check out. Most recently, she recommended Tiger & Bunny, which is available subbed on Hulu. Huzzah! I’ve only watched one episode so far, and really, that’s the most important episode for me – it determines whether …
I admit I’m a sucker for apocalyptic novels that go into stark detail about how the Bad Thing comes about, be it a zombie virus, or an asteroid strike, or a robot take over. So many stories take for granted that those things just happen without ever detailing the evolution or progress that eventually culminates …
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