Fan Theory and Transformative Works, fandom, Personal

A Year in Forums: I Don’t Know How Collecting Works Now

I spent some time in a lot of new pop media forums this year. This is what I observed. So Iโ€™ve always been the collectory sort. Snow globes and statuettes from around the country. Weโ€™ve got magnets from each installation of our favorite art exhibit. I like picking up cool, pulp covers of my favorite… Continue reading A Year in Forums: I Don’t Know How Collecting Works Now

Books and Literature, Reviews, Wrapups and Reviews

November Reads and Reviews

The Mimicking of Known SuccessesMalka OlderCozy Science Fiction-2023 From Storygraph: "On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony on Jupiter, a man goes missing. The enigmatic Investigator Mossa follows his trail to Valdegeld, home to the colonyโ€™s erudite universityโ€”and Mossaโ€™s former girlfriend, a scholar of Earthโ€™s pre-collapse ecosystems.  Pleiti has dedicated her research and… Continue reading November Reads and Reviews

Books and Literature, Education and Literacy, fandom

A Year in Forums: People Don’t Know Anything About Stuff They Like

I spent some time in a lot of new pop media forums this year. This is what I observed I have this pet peeve that shows up the most in my more text-based book forums, and science fiction book readers are the worst offenders. Someone will come into a science fiction reading forum and make… Continue reading A Year in Forums: People Don’t Know Anything About Stuff They Like

Reviews

A Review and Light Analysis of Venom:’21 Ewing and Venom War

It's been a long time since I've gotten to be part of a comic run from the start then all the way through the ending. I have to note, from the start, that I read large chunks of this run as it was coming out. So not every single issue comes back to me with… Continue reading A Review and Light Analysis of Venom:’21 Ewing and Venom War

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How Comics Expose Our Expectations Around Critical Analysis

Recently Iโ€™ve been spending a lot more time in comic book and super hero spaces. Despite being a low-key (and occasionally high-key) fan of a few different franchises for years, those kinds of spaces were not great to navigate as a kid or teen femme-presenting person. As an adult, I donโ€™t give as many shits,… Continue reading How Comics Expose Our Expectations Around Critical Analysis

Books and Literature, Wrapups and Reviews

October Reads and Reviews

BlindsightPeter WattsScience Fiction-2006 From Storygraph: "It's been two months since a myriad of alien objects clenched about the Earth, screaming as they burned. The heavens have been silent since - until a derelict space probe hears whispers from a distant comet. Something talks out there: but not to us. Who to send to meet the… Continue reading October Reads and Reviews