There was an explosion of online reactions to House Republicans passing their Obamacare repeal and replacement bill Thursday, but not all of the social media talk was accurate. To help parse fact from fiction, weâve broken down some of the most prominent takes. The American Health Care Act has not been passed by Congress and […]
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39 science fiction, fantasy, and horror novels to read this April
Itâs a new month, which means there is another stack of books hitting bookstores to check out. I recently finished John Scalziâs The Collapsing Empire, and I had a lot of fun reading it. Iâve largely enjoyed the books that Iâve read from him, and I had the chance to chat with him back in […]
New âAvatarâ Land Videos: Walk Through a Science Fiction Landscape
Oh, man. Theme park construction news grows up so fast. It seems like only yesterday we were scrutinizing blurry images from Walt Disney World’s Pandora â The World of Avatar. Now, full-blown videos walking us through this meticulously designed theme park land have arrived. I feel like I’m waving goodbye to a child as it drives to […]
Fiction: The Name Game by Kate Hamer
âYouâre doing it to wind Mum and Dad up.â The words were out of my mouth before I could stop them. From her hospital bed, Helen flushed a deep pink. Youâd never think sheâd given birth eight hours ago. Her curls were as dark and glossy as ever and she glowed health as she cradled […]
Samuel L. Jackson, James Corden Recreate Pulp Fiction, Jurassic Park, Snakes on a Plane, Django and More
Thereâs no question whatâs in Samuel L. Jacksonâs wallet once you realize that the ubiquitous film star has been in practically every movie. On Wednesday, Jackson â who is currently promoting Kong: Skull Island â partook in The Late Late Show With James Cordenâs signature âRole Callâ segment, which enlists A-list talent to revisit their filmography via green-screen-enhanced reenactments all shot in […]
These advanced stat-tracking smart skis look like a science fiction prop
Today, PIQ â a company that makes an advanced sports trackerâ announced that itâs taking its smart device ambitions even further, showing off prototypes of what it claims are the worldâs first smart skis and kiteboard. While the current version of PIQâs Robot tracker requires wearing the device separately, or manually mounting it to the […]
Trumpâs Populism Is a Fiction
The theme of President Donald Trumpâs inaugural address was the return of power to âthe peopleââthe forgotten Americans, the victims of âAmerican carnage.â It harkened back to his campaign, when Trump presented himself as a populist who eschewed traditional conservative-liberal orthodoxies. But despite the speechâs theme of transferring power from the cosmopolitan rich to the […]
Last night’s TV reviewed: Cult stranger than fiction
ONE of the weirdest stories in recent years has to be the one about the Workersâ Institute of Marxism-Leninism-Mao Zedong Thought. Daily Express :: TV and Radio Feed