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| Dec 27, 2025 | » | Children of Time
29 min; updated Dec 30, 2025
Children of Time.
Adrian Tchaikovsky.
ISBN: 978-1-4472-7328-8 .
Of Self-Proclaimed MessiahsDr. Avrana Kern reminds me of ruthless pragmatists common in dystopian stories, e.g., Boy Wonder in “Alien: Earth”, Evelyn Maddox in “The Ark”, etc. ... |
| Jun 4, 2023 | » | Star Trek: Year Five (2019 - 2021)
6 min; updated Dec 25, 2024
Star Trek: Year Five.
Brandon Easton; Jody Houser; Jim McCann; Collin Kelly; Jackson Lanzing.
SnapshotsSPOCK. They Lloyd Zeta hypergiant is the single most massive stellar object
ever detected by Starfleet. And according to calculations by both the Vulcan
Science Academy and Starfleet, within the next five minutes… it will
explode, emitting a high-yield gamma ray burst that will effectively
sterilize this entire sector. While this system is uninhabited, mass extinctions
will occur on any habitable plants within a ten thousand light year range of
the burst. |
| Nov 29, 2024 | » | Arcane
9 min; updated Nov 29, 2024
Arcane.
VANDER. You know, but you don’t know. When people look up to you, you don’t get
to be selfish. |
| Feb 4, 2023 | » | The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
3 min; updated Jul 29, 2023
The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey.
Walter Mosley.
Snapshots[Ptolemy] Well, what I always tell Reggie he got to do? [Reggie] Uh, I got to take care of my kids. I got to go to the doctor if I run a fever. And… And, uh, I got to put in at least ten dollars in the bank every time I get paid. ... |
| May 10, 2022 | » | TV and Film
3 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
Crime DramaOzark’s highlights are Ruth Langmore’s 90s’ hip hop playlist, Wendy Byrde’s sociopathic ambition, and Del Rio’s suave. The show follows the Byrde family that has to launder money for the Navarro Cartel. The writers use shortcuts as the show proceeds, and grant excessive plot armor for the Byrde family in subsequent seasons. ’s Bill Dubuque also wrote The Accountant (2016 Film) , which follows a CPA with high-functioning autism who makes his living by uncooking the books of criminal organizations experiencing internal embezzlement. Might be worth looking into. ... |
I wish I had encountered a similar story back in 2012 when covering evolution in high school biology. It took me a while to appreciate that populations, and not individuals, evolve.