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MELANIE ROUSSEL FICTION
Melanie Roussel
Oct 104 min read
Iago and other manipulative bastards
How can you tell if your favourite character is, in fact, a manipulative bastard?
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Melanie Roussel
Jun 19, 20203 min read
Review: Who Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. Wolf
If you’re like me, your first experience with this story was with the 1988 Disney adaption Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
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Melanie Roussel
Jun 15, 20204 min read
Creating Your Own Villain
It’s difficult to say where this trope originated from, given, as far as I can see, it’s been part of Western culture since literature began
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Melanie Roussel
May 29, 20203 min read
Sea Dragon Radio Hoax
Mothra, Gamera, Godzilla and giant ants, these constantly rampaging kaijū seemingly never give Toyoko a break.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 20, 20203 min read
Whatever happened to Terra Nova?
It's a truth universally acknowledged that sci-fi shows are the first to get the boot.
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Melanie Roussel
Apr 13, 20203 min read
Review: Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
This is a classic story combining dark fantasy, horror and coming of age.
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Melanie Roussel
Dec 9, 20192 min read
Science Fiction Predicts 2020
2020 is just around the corner. In these troubling times, it's helpful to have an idea of what's in store. Well, fear not, here are a few...
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Melanie Roussel
Nov 4, 20193 min read
14 Years later, is V for Vendetta still relevant?
I think if this movie had come out today, the reviews would have been more favourable...
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Melanie Roussel
Sep 23, 20193 min read
Steampunk: Airships
What does every alternate version of history have, from steampunk to dystopias? Airships, of course! In fact, I’ve just finished reading...
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Melanie Roussel
Sep 16, 20194 min read
6 Clichés of Sci-Fi and Fantasy Villains
Here’s my list of five signs that you're dealing with a clichéd bad guy...
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Melanie Roussel
Sep 9, 20194 min read
Alternative Timeline Episodes Are a Waste of Time
What does Lucifer, The Umbrella Academy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Star Trek, Bones, Red Dwarf and Stargate SG-1 have in common?
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Melanie Roussel
Aug 26, 20194 min read
Killgrave, Allison & Mind Control
George Orwell's dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four is a classic example, but it turns up in pop culture a lot in the 1950s.
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Melanie Roussel
Aug 16, 20193 min read
Hugo Gernsback - another Father of Science Fiction
There are many fathers of science fiction. But it's Hugo Gernsback we must thank for making science fiction the genre it is today.
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Melanie Roussel
Jul 22, 20193 min read
Steampunk: Artificial Limbs
Artificial limbs are probably one of the most iconic and prolific elements of the Steampunk genre.
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Melanie Roussel
Jul 15, 20194 min read
Disclaiming Science Fiction and Fantasy
That prehistoric literary criticism stifles what authors can do.
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Melanie Roussel
Jun 28, 20192 min read
Review: Earthman's Burden by Anderson & Dickson
The protagonist Alexander Jones asks whether human influence has been a good thing for the Hokas.
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Melanie Roussel
Jun 24, 20193 min read
Steampunk: Where and When
So you’ve decided to write a steampunk story. Where and when do you want to set it? Today, we're looking at where steampunk novels can be...
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Melanie Roussel
May 20, 20193 min read
The Trouble with Luther from The Umbrella Academy
If there's something Umbrella Academy fans can agree, it's that Luther is one of the most disliked characters. It's true.
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Melanie Roussel
May 13, 20194 min read
Tony Stark: MCU's most beautiful arc
Tony Stark is the best-drawn character in the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe.
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Melanie Roussel
May 6, 20192 min read
Review: Neuromancer by William Gibson
This a book you'll read because it's THE book. Neuromancer by William Gibson is a pillar of cyberpunk fiction.
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