Succession crises
Why are we so attracted to stories dealing with the transfer of power?
Roundup
Canonical foundations
How does canon figure into the way we consume stories?
Highs and lows
SDCC 2022 was a blast! And also a note about gatekeeping in the cosplay community.
Hello from San Diego!
Some thoughts on fandom, books to read, and more.
Differing outcomes
Annalee Newitz's The Future of Another Timeline and Alix E. Harrow's The Ten Thousand Doors of January, Reviewed
Marking pages and places
Bookmarks as memory capture devices
Roundup: workspace blockage
What is standing in the way of your process?
Incoming Adaptations
Three well-known books are getting some big adaptations
“I didn’t choose to do this”
Sam Raimi’s Spider-man trilogy does something interesting that the modern MCU doesn’t really do: lean into the horrific origins Marvel’s characters
"Maybe this isn't the story we think it is."
Updates from The Matrix Resurrections, Shang-Chi 2, Marvel's Daredevil, The Penguin series, and Rogue Squadron