Melanie Roussel
Fabulous Folklore with Icy (Podcast Review)
Fabulous Folklore with Icy is a podcast that explores the weird, wonderful and frequently kooky world of folklore.
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MELANIE ROUSSEL FICTION
Melanie Roussel
- Feb 18, 2019
- 3 min
Science Fiction Predicts the Future
Let's not beat around the bush. It's true. Science fiction predicts the future.
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Melanie Roussel
- Feb 11, 2019
- 4 min
The Use and Abuse of Cthulhu
Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn.
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Melanie Roussel
- Feb 8, 2019
- 3 min
Uhura to Guinan - Whoopi Goldberg and Star Trek
In a recent interview, Whoopi Goldberg told a story about Star Trek I'd never heard before.
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Melanie Roussel
- Feb 4, 2019
- 2 min
The Orville S1 & S2 (Review)
The Orville is the most cross-genre series I've ever seen
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Melanie Roussel
- Feb 1, 2019
- 3 min
Why can't we own our books?
Fortunately for my parents, I prefer physical books to e-readers. Unfortunately for me, they prefer e-readers.
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Melanie Roussel
- Jan 28, 2019
- 2 min
Review: Storm Front by Jim Butcher
Jim Butcher's magic system rehashes the classic ideas of Latin spell casting and potion making but done in an appealing way.
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Melanie Roussel
- Jan 19, 2019
- 4 min
Donnie Darko vs The Twilight Zone "Ring-a-Ding Girl"
What does Donnie Darko have in common with the Twilight Zone? And it's not just their surrealism.
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Melanie Roussel
- Jan 18, 2019
- 4 min
Good writing meets good acting
In Bridge of Spies, we see one sentence 'would it help?' being used three times throughout the movie.
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Melanie Roussel
- Jan 14, 2019
- 4 min
Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (Review)
If you ever wondered what a Black Mirror episode would look like if it threw all caution to the wind and went full-blown meta?
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 30, 2018
- 4 min
The War of the Worlds Panic
This is one of those monumental historical gaffs we've all heard of.
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 26, 2018
- 4 min
Why are kids evil?
The kids are evil. You brought them into the world. They will take you out.
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 14, 2018
- 6 min
5# Super villains you were actually rooting for
It's a trope as old as time. Why did Sauron, Doctor Doom, Pinky and the Brain and Audrey II want to take over the world? Well, because...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 13, 2018
- 6 min
Short Story: A Spectral Revue by Melanie Roussel
Short Story: A Spectral Revue by Melanie Roussel
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 8, 2018
- 2 min
Sigourney Weaver: Queen of Sci-Fi
Sigourney Weaver, the Queen of Sci-Fi! Sigourney Weaver was the first actor to receive the Best Actress Oscar nomination for a sci-fi...
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Melanie Roussel
- Oct 1, 2018
- 4 min
The Turn of the Screw vs The Haunting of Hill House
It is repulsive, but it's also beautifully written, engaging and well worth the read.
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 4 min
Thanks Asimov, but what robots need is Shakespeare
With true Artificial Intelligence in our not too distant future, how to do we ensure we end up with Wall-E and not Skynet?
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 2 min
Review: William Shakespeare’s Star Wars: Verily, A New Hope by Ian Doescher
True it is, that these are not the droids for which thou search’st.
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 2 min
The Glorious 25th of May
Today is when we remember the People’s Revolution of the Glorious 25th of May. Or you do if you’re a Terry Pratchett fan.
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Melanie Roussel
- Sep 21, 2018
- 4 min
Terry Pratchett Hisworld at the Salisbury Museum
Terry Pratchett Hisworld at the Salisbury Museum has almost everything you could ask for.
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