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How to Make a Land: The Magic of Literature in Lev Grossman’s The Magician’s Land
This review contains spoilers. With The Magician’s Land, Lev Grossman has completed one of the most sophisticated fantasy series of recent times. Written carefully…
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Hack the World with the Touch of a Button: A Critique of Watch Dogs
Have you ever wanted to change the traffic lights from red to green whenever you reached an intersection? Do you ever feel low on cash…
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Hopelessly Hobbited: A Tolkien Addict’s Review of The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies
One last time. These words, though spoken by Thorin as he prepares to lead his company of dwarves into the Orc-Dwarf-Elf melee, also speak clearly…
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Your Daily Dose of Comics: an Interview With Dakota McFadzean
If you’ve been to a comic arts festival in Toronto you can bet you’ve seen Dakota McFadzean there, selling his books and sketches. This Canadian…
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Without Fear: The Devil in Depression
Superheroes have struggles and conflict. Their stories need this. Without conflict, they wouldn’t have any reason to wear spandex and go jumping off rooftops. But…
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Truth, Justice and the Kryptonian Way
“If Superman doesn’t kill, why would Zac k Snyder allow him to snap the neck of General Zod at the end of his film Man of…
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The Magic of Dual Art Forms in Howl’s Moving Castle
This piece contains spoilers. Whether it’s character depth or stylistic choices, the book most often surpasses the movie. Naturally, this is because there is…
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Skeptical of the Hype: A Review of Andrew Pyper’s The Demonologist
Andrew Pyper’s The Demonologist follows Columbia professor David Ullman’s journey from skeptic to believer as he searches for his kidnapped twelve-year-old daughter. As a highly…
