The Moonborn, the debut science fiction novel by D. F. Lovett, is an excellent read.
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Book Review: The Moonborn (or how a science fiction book has convinced me to read Moby-Dick)
Posted: November 13, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Book Review, Opinion, WritingTags: Book Review, D. F. Lovett, Moby-Dick, Roger Zelazny, The Moonborn, Writing
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Election Update: Democracy in Westeros
Posted: November 8, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Democracy, Elections, Game of Thrones, Kingsmoot, Night's Watch
Yes, this post is coming on the US election day, but no, it’s not about the US elections. It’ll be political, but I’ll be talking about politics in Westeros, the continent of the Seven Kingdoms (often with a varying number of kings) in HBO’s excellent television series, Game of Thrones.
Time for the usual disclaimers: I’m not a political scholar, but if the current US election is any example, anyone can pretend to be a political expert. (Uh oh, I did say I wasn’t going to talk US politics… time to pivot hard…)
Westworld’s Bad Hombre: the Man in Black
Posted: November 6, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Opinion, TV, WestworldTags: Dolores Abernathy, Robert Ford, The Man in Black, the Maze, Westworld
This post will be discussing Ed Harris’ character on HBO’s Westworld. If you’re not caught up with the show, this post will be spoiling details from the first five episodes. Fair warning.
Fair warning. That’s cute.
The Man With No Name
I mentioned in a previous post about Westworld, comparing it to LOST (like I am sure everyone has done) that before the season began, I’d assumed that Ed Harris would be stepping into the boots once filled by Yul Brynner. That Harris would be the analog for Brynner’s black-hatted robot gunslinger who would become the face of danger in the park, as the robotic denizens turned on the vacationing human guests.
Silicon Dating: the When of Westworld
Posted: November 3, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Opinion, TV, WestworldTags: Dolores, Man in Black, time, Westworld
This post will be talking about HBO’s science fiction drama Westworld, and will be talking about some spoilery speculations. If you’re not into theorizing about the show, I guarantee this will either be spoilery (if correct) or just irritating to you (if wrong.)
At the time of this post’s publishing, we’re halfway through the first season of Westworld, which has presented a plethora of mysteries to chew on. And chew on them people have, with intriguing observations and theories.
Seriously, if you’re not into possibly spoilery speculation, hop out of this post now.
October 2016 Comics Weirdness
Posted: November 3, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Comics, OpinionTags: Chelsea Cain, Comics, Logan, Mockingbird
Hey, I sometimes talk about comic books or movies/television based on comic books here on my blog, because I enjoy reading comics (or graphic novels if my saying comic books makes you roll your eyes. )
Yes, I’m a grown-ass man, but there seems in general to be less of a stigma for people to talk about enjoying stories presented in a serialized, visual format. Or at least, I thought so. But October had some weird news relating to comics, and I thought I’d kick some of that around.
Getting LOST in Westworld
Posted: October 19, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Lost, Opinion, TV, WestworldTags: Cabin in the Woods, Lost, Westworld
This post will be talking about HBO’s new drama Westworld, but I’ll also be talking about ABC’s LOST. (And possibly Mutant Enemy Productions’ excellent film Cabin in the Woods.)
If you’re not up to date on these properties then this post might not be for you. (Unless you don’t care about spoilers. I don’t judge.)
Last chance to eject, because I’ll not be shying away from talking about plot details of all of the properties I mentioned above.
The Return of the Hound: Breaking the Broken Man
Posted: October 11, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Cleganebowl, Game of Thrones, Sandor Clegane, the Broken Man, The Hound
This post will talk about Game of Thrones, HBO’s excellent adaptation of the unfinished A Song of Ice and Fire series by George RR Martin. I’ll focus on the sixth season of the show and in particular, the character of Sandor “the Hound” Clegane.
If you’re not caught up, do so! Forget I mentioned the Hound! And, uh, he probably died in Season Four!
The Hound: You know I”m a wanted man, right? Must you be telling everyone I’m still alive?
Me: YOU ARE? SPOILER!!!
The Hound: GRRRRRR…
Okay, now that I’ve misled everyone not-in-the-know, cleverly and indisputably, let’s begin.
Batman Day 2016
Posted: September 17, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Comics, OpinionTags: Batman, Batman Day, Batman v Superman, Deadshot, Harley Quinn, Suicide Squad
Happy Batman Day! I didn’t even know Batman Day was a thing until last year, when it had already passed (but I wrote up a long post about Batman after the fact and promised I’d try to keeping having something timely about the Caped Crusader going forward.)
Straight up, I thought Batman Day was going to happen later this month, so I was surprised when I visited my favorite comic shop this week and discovered that Batman Day, like Batman does, had snuck up on me. But I’d made a promise to write about Batman, so here it is.
This post might seem a bit random and rambly, but so do the ones I plan out months in advance, to be honest.
In Defense of Smalljon Umber
Posted: September 13, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Game of Thrones, Opinion, TVTags: Game of Thrones, House Umber, Rickon Stark, Shaggydog, Smalljon Umber
Who owns the North? The Umbers do, or so they allege.
It’s a Lease-to-Own arrangement!
This post will be talking in general about House Umber, one of the great northern houses in HBO’s Game of Thrones, and specifically about their large and hairy leader, the Smalljon.
He’s been quite a rascal. But I kind of get where he’s coming from.
Ash vs Evil Dead vs Preacher
Posted: September 4, 2016 by patricksponaugle in Evil Dead, Opinion, TVTags: Ash vs Evil Dead, Evil Dead, Preacher
It’s almost October and I’m eagerly anticipating the second season of Ash vs Evil Dead, the continuing adventures of one-handed chainsaw-wielding Ash Williams as he takes on demonic supernatural forces. At least, he does when they force him to do so by trying to kill him. Otherwise, he’d probably leave them alone, provided he gets to vacation in Jacksonville, Florida.
(This post is going to have some spoilers for Ash vs Evil Dead, so fair warning.)
I Can't Possibly Be Wrong All the Time 