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Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country
Peace in Their Time “No peace in our time,” growls the war-mongering renegade Klingon General Chang (Christopher Plummer) as he fires on the USS Enterprise.…
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An Anatomy of Space Operas
Space operas are arguably the quintessential form of science fiction. With stories that feature alien species, artificial intelligence, advanced technology, and large-scale wars, space operas…
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Scott Lynch’s The Thorn of Emberlain Slated for Release in September
A mostly official release date has been set for the fourth book in Scott Lynch’s critically acclaimed The Gentleman Bastard Sequence. Note the ‘mostly’ in…
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Tales about Nine Tails: an Overview of Eastern Fox Spirits
“狐狸尾巴藏不住.” “A fox’s tail is not easily hidden.” – Chinese proverb Though usually levelled at scheming individuals when their plots are unravelled, this saying alludes…
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Someday I’ll Be Part of Your (Underwater) World! A Discerning Investigation of Mermaid Swimming
This picture is real. It is not an optical illusion caused by a woman sitting on a rock and holding half a fish, as a…
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Forty Miles of Mountain Road: Faust and the Blues
The Faustian myth, wherein one sells their soul for fame or fortune, is an incredibly popular motif throughout world folklore and literature. While the story…
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The Flash Season One: “Run, Barry, Run!”
“Life is locomotion… If you’re not moving, you’re not living.” So begins the famous motto of the comic book hero the Flash, and when adopting…
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All Hail the Gods of Cinema: A Review of Avengers: Age of Ultron
I want to be a superhero—really badly. When someone asks me, “if you were a superhero…”, I respond with a full run-through of my back-story,…
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A Letter from the New Online Editor
Dear readers and contributors, My name is Shahin, and I am going to be The Spectatorial’s Online Editor for the coming year. It is an…
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