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Twin Peaks Co-Creator Reads An Excerpt From Upcoming Novel

May 27, 2016 ArcadeAdmin

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What do you get when you take the supernatural, a murder mystery, a soap opera, a splash of horror, and director David Lynch? One of the most bizarre and wondrous shows to ever grace our screens, Twin Peaks. As some of you may know, the show is set to return to our screens next year, […]

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Dresden Files Kickstarter Raises Over Half A Million Dollars

May 20, 2016 ArcadeAdmin

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Words by Noel Gleeson  The Kickstarter campaign for the Dresden Files Cooperative Card Game (or DFCO) has now ended. Evil Hat Productions (best known for Fate) are at the helm here and, amazingly, the campaign has raised a total of $549,486 of its $48,000 goal. Needless to say, they knocked it right out of the park! Harry […]

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Emma Watson Reveals Her June Book Of The Month

May 19, 2016 ArcadeAdmin

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Emma Watson has revealed her June ‘Book of the month’ for her bookclub, and it comes as a nice nerdy surprise after three semi-biographical, more theoretical, prose books. Her pick, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi,  is only the second selection that varies from the typical ‘woman tells her experiences of life as woman’ book, was announced via the Goodreads […]

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The Broken Empire Trilogy By Mark Lawrence: Books

May 16, 2016 ArcadeAdmin

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Next month sees the release of The Wheel of Osheim, the final book in the Red Queen’s War trilogy by Mark Lawrence. To celebrate this, I’m taking a look back at Lawrence’s original trilogy: The Broken Empire. The Broken Empire is a story told from the perspective of Jorg Ancrath, a sadistic young man with […]

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The Wheel Of Time To Get TV Adaptation

May 14, 2016 ArcadeAdmin

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If you thought A Song of Ice and Fire was a long sequence, prepare yourself as Robert Jordan’s sprawling 14 book fantasy series The Wheel of Time is making its way to the television. Jordan’s widow and editor Harriet McDougal recently announced that The Wheel of Time will become a “cutting edge TV series!” and that […]

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Upcoming Book Releases: The Fireman by Joe Hill

May 14, 2016 ArcadeAdmin

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If I had to choose one of my most anticipated books of 2016 (apart from Stephen King‘s End of Watch) it would definitely be Joe Hill‘s The Fireman. Over the years Hill has become one of my authors to watch for. It feels like it was yesterday when I ended up reading his first novel (Heart Shaped […]

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Three Book Series You Should Read This Summer

May 13, 2016 ArcadeAdmin

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As the summer holidays are fast upon us, the time left to decide what books you’ll be packing for the travels is slowly running out. With so much choice out there nowadays, Abel has managed to narrow down his top 3 Sci-Fi / Fantasy book series suggestions, which you may soon wonder how you’ve ever […]

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George R.R. Martin Releases New Chapter From The Winds of Winter

May 13, 2016 ArcadeAdmin

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From the great bounty that is A Song of Ice and Fire, George R.R. Martin has thrown us starving fans another rare bone, releasing a new chapter on georgerrmartin.com from his long awaited tome The Winds of Winter. The chapter is from the point of view of Arianne Martell, eldest daughter and heir of Doran Martell, […]

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Adventure Time: Hero Time Book To Be Released Through Insight Editions

April 29, 2016 Ian Lynam

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Fans of Cartoon Network’s hit show Adventure Time will be pleased to hear that Hero Time, an in-story book written by Finn and Jake, will be shortly hitting the shelves. The book’s description reads “Passed back and forth between Finn and Jake during their adventures, this battle-scarred notebook details their tips on rescuing princesses, exploring deadly dungeons, […]

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H.G. Wells – Nerd Icon

April 24, 2016 Ian Lynam

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You’ll forgive, I hope, the ramblings of a recently completed English Lit student as he goes a little old school. Hebert George Wells, known by his preferred writing name H.G. Wells is a figure that has immeasurably impacted the world of literature, not least of all in the world of Science Fiction. While I hesitate to call […]

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