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A pop culture devotee who is happiest watching any incarnation of Star Trek, reading Stephen King or Joe Hill novels, viewing great movies [primarily from the action, horror, adventure or science fiction genres], or flipping through a DC comic. Dream jobs would include: Starfleet Captain, joining the Green Lantern Corps, Pokémon Master, Disney Princess or plumber for the Mushroom Kingdom.
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Redshirts by John Scalzi (2012)

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Page count:
320

Format:
Paperback

ISBN:
9780765334794

 

In the year 2456, ensigns Dahl, Duvall, Hanson, Finn and Hester are assigned to the flagship of the Universal Union, the Intrepid.

Soon after beginning their new assignments, the ensigns discover that all is not what it seems on the Intrepid. High death rates, miraculous discoveries and remarkable officer recoveries are just some of the regular anomalies. It falls to Dahl and his friends to save not only themselves but all of redshirt-kind.

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On Hard Games

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I got myself a new gaming laptop for Christmas. The old one was seven years old (which meant it had lasted for purpose beyond most of my adult relationships) and was starting to drag along a little bit.  Never one to let insufficient tech stop me from getting a payday bargain, the new computer has freed up a dozen games sitting in my Steam library that I’ve previously been unable to play.  Among them is a robust release about running a mercenary company in a time of greatswords and goblins.  It’s called Battle Brothers.
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Cabin Fever (2016)

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Review by CJ

Director:
Travis Z

Starring:
Gage Golightly, Matthew Daddario, Samuel Davis, Nadine Crocker, Dustin Ingram

Running time:
99 minutes

Watch this if you liked:
Cabin Fever (2002), Evil Dead (2013)

 

Five friends go on a holiday to a cabin in remote woods where, after a chance encounter with a hermit, one of them contracts a tenacious flesh-eating virus. With no help nearby and their car out of order, can the other four survive or will they themselves catch the cabin fever?

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Huntress Moon by Alexandra Sokoloff (2015)

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Review by CJ

Page count:
369

Format:
Kindle eBook

ASIN:
B00NKTTDH4 

 

When FBI Special Agent Matthew Roarke witnesses one of his undercover agents killed in what appears to be a freak accident, it opens the door to an investigation as bizarre as it is obscure — a female serial killer whose past intwines with Roarke’s own.

Huntress Moon is the first book in the The Huntress/FBI Thrillers series.

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