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Month: October 2017

Review – Three Parts Dead by Max Gladstone

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 James Leave a comment

A young woman in private practice after being cast out of the academy in disgrace, is hired by a partner in a major firm to assist in a post bankruptcy restructuring of a global entity, but a range of opponents both old and new are arrayed against her. Oh and the practice is wizardry, the academy was above the clouds, and the entity being restructured is a god.

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The Orville Episode 2 – Command Performance

October 2, 2017October 2, 2017 James Leave a comment

I didn’t intend to write more about the Orville, yet here we are. Command Performance shares 95% of it’s DNA with a lower tier TNG episode.  It starts with the ship receiving a distress signal from a freighter and arriving to find that the ship is carrying Captain Mercer’s parents.  Since the third in command […]

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