Book Review
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A Sampling of Systems: Magic in Fantasy 101
Magic: it’s a primordial element of the fantasy genre. Readers and writers of fantasy know that the genre is often stigmatized for its mages, sorcery…
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Fears internal, Tropes eternal: Themes in horror
An effective horror story should grip its reader’s attention, increase their sense of dread and then twist them in order to elicit the fear of…
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Authorial Oracles: 5 Dystopian Writers Who Speculated Accurately
Dystopian and science fiction authors have been acting as the world’s literary clairvoyants for some time now. Here are a handful of twentieth century authors…
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Transhumanism & Transmetropolitan: Familiar Hypocrites in a Dystopian Plain
If you’re reading this, you’ve already been augmented; your brain is no longer just your brain. With just an internet connection, your mind connects almost…
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Plea of a Plebian: An Ode to Margaret Atwood
(If you are still interested in applying for The Spectatorial staff, please click here) Indigo book store in the Manulife Centre: Margaret Atwood held a…
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