Month: September 2014

Guide To Genre TV Slate For 2014-2015 Part Two

Guide Part Two

The genre palate of upcoming TV series, new and old, is one of the most appetizing in years. Here’s a look at what’s all coming from the fall onward and when you can enjoy things like the Clone Club from Orphan Black, zombies gore-galore, or some Wachowskis’ made TV. Part Two covers titles alphabetically L through Z for the Fall 2014 through 2015 season. (Please note, all dates and channels are for US)

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Guide To Genre TV Slate For 2014-2015 Part One

Guide Part One

The genre palate of upcoming TV series, new and old, is one of the most appetizing in years. Here’s a look at what’s all coming from the fall onward and when you can enjoy things like James Gordon’s rise in the Gotham Police, Agent Carter ass-kicking through history, or some space bounty hunters. Part One covers titles alphabetically A through K for the Fall 2014 through 2015 season. (Please note, all premiere dates and channels are for US)

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A New Dawn Launch Event With John Jackson Miller

A New Dawn Launch Event

To ring in the new era of Star Wars storytelling that starts with A New Dawn, author John Jackson Miller and his local Barnes and Nobel got together to host a launch event for the novel. Having seen Miller at a Star Wars Reads Day event last year, I knew the fans assembled would be in for a great time and again, he didn’t disappoint. Sometimes the intimidation factor with 501st members standing over your shoulder helps. Continue reading “A New Dawn Launch Event With John Jackson Miller”

Canon Novel Review: Star Wars: A New Dawn

Star Wars A New Dawn

And it begins. Announced earlier this year, we all found out that the Star Wars Expanded Universe (EU) of old was to be rolled over into Legends to make way for a unified story world and canonical EU. Along with the announcement came the reveal of four new books to herald in the new era, starting with John Jackson Miller’s Star Wars: A New Dawn. With a title that functions both as a signifier for this new era and a link to the plot, A New Dawn (AND) uncovers how the two main characters, Kanan Jarrus and Hera Syndulla from the upcoming Star Wars Rebels, first meet while showing us the Empire’s growing grasp on the galaxy far far away. And while the action stays relatively small, much like Miller’s excellent Legends novel Kenobi, the characters are strongly written within a finely plotted novel making A New Dawn a very entertaining read for both old and new Star Wars readers.

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