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Geekmas Gift Ideas: Firefly: The Complete Series

By On December 2, 2010 · 3 Comments

Not sure what to get the geek in your life for the holidays? Looking for things to add to your own geeky list for Santa? Fear not, for The Discriminating Fangirl has got you covered! Every day in December up to Christmas Eve, we’ll be posting a new geeky gift idea!

Firefly: The Complete Series [...]

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Cowboys and Aliens Teaser Trailer

By On November 20, 2010 · 5 Comments

The teaser trailer for Jon Favreau’s Cowboys & Aliens, starring Daniel Craig, Harrison Ford, and Olivia Wilde, has been released!

I have a confession: the last I heard about this movie was the rumor that Robert Downey, Jr. was going to be in it. That was… two or three years ago? Yeesh. Thanks to [...]

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Well I Never: The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

By On October 28, 2010 · 1 Comment

I thought I should get the ball rolling with a real classic: the original The Day the Earth Stood Still. At least I had always heard it was a classic. To be honest, the few 50s sci-fi movies I’d seen were horribly cheesy, the effects were laughable and the dialog wooden. I [...]

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Under the Radar: Æon Flux

By On October 21, 2010 · 5 Comments

We here at The Discriminating Fangirl know it’s hard to keep up with all the movies, TV, books, comics, video games, podcasts and other media being released every week, let alone trying to find the hidden gems of media past. That’s why we’re starting a new feature: Under the Radar, for those sadly overlooked nuggets [...]

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Under The Radar: Gattaca

By On September 22, 2010 · 5 Comments

We here at The Discriminating Fangirl know it’s hard to keep up with all the movies, TV, books, comics, video games, podcasts and other media being released every week, let alone trying to find the hidden gems of media past. That’s why we’re starting a new feature: Under the Radar, for those [...]

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Review: Song of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy

By On September 1, 2010 · 3 Comments

Song of Scarabaeus by Sara Creasy

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Description: Trained since childhood in advanced biocyph seed technology by the all-powerful Crib empire, Edie’s mission is to terraform alien worlds while her masters bleed the outlawed Fringe populations dry. When renegade mercenaries kidnap Edie, she’s not entirely sure it’s a bad thing [...]

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Guilty Pleasures: Logan’s Run

By On August 3, 2010 · 4 Comments

It’s hard for me to think of any SF/F guilty pleasures mostly because that sort of thing doesn’t bother me. I’m open (and often vocal) about my love for weird and dorky things. Here’s something that’s a bit embarrassing, though. For my 30th birthday, rather than go out and party with friends or family, [...]

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Review: Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

By On July 12, 2010 · 1 Comment

Spin by Robert Charles Wilson

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Description: When Tyler Dupree was twelve years old, the stars went out. He and his friends, twins Jason and Diane, grow up in the Spin, a strange cloak around the Earth that has slowed down time, so that every second that passes for them [...]

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Review: The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction

By On March 1, 2010 · Leave a Comment

The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by Gordon Van Gelder

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Description: Collecting more than two dozen stories that *originally* appeared in Fantasy & Science Fiction – the premiere speculative fiction magazine – this extraordinary anthology celebrates 60 years of top-notch genre fiction.

Peter S. Beagle

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Review: Veracity by Laura Bynum

By On January 11, 2010 · Leave a Comment

Veracity by Laura Bynum

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Description: Harper Adams was six years old in 2012 when an act of viral terrorism wiped out one-half of the country’s population. Out of the ashes rose a new government, the Confederation of the Willing, dedicated to maintaining order at any cost. The populace [...]

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