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My latest column at Strange Horizons:

When Lost Went SF

The show stumbled, found its way, then went way hardcore on the science fiction. A wrap-up for season 5 and some speculation for the upcoming (and final) season.

I wrote an article for The Cultural Gutter:

Breaking into the Business by Being Really, Really Disturbing

I'm always a little suspicious of controversy though - is the book worth anything outside of the scandal associated with its "shocking" content?

I added an entry to BiblioTravel:

Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Possessed of enormous energy, and a canny eye for the line immigrants walk in a new society, the book sells its mix of culture, family saga, history, and nerd entertainment.

I added an entry to BiblioTravel:

Agincourt

The gritty detail includes a large amount of swearing - the adventure novels I used to read when I was a kid always politely passed over this kind of thing, saying instead something like "The villain cursed foully." Cornwell has dug up all the old invective.

My latest column at Strange Horizons:

When Lost Got Lost

I knew that it was about a plane crash on a remote island, but that was about it. I didn't have much motivation to watch it myself, but if I ever did watch it, I wanted the full experience.