Dr. Shaun Duke, Professional Nerd

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Publication Against LGBT Content: Writers Be Aware

(LGBT = Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) Notice I said “be aware” in the title. I am not saying you should avoid the publisher mentioned as unfriendly to LGBT in this post over at Crossed Genres. Rather, I’m telling you to be aware of it. What you choose to do with the information presented in […]

Quickie Movie Reviews (2009): Volume Five

Here we are with another edition of my quickie movie reviews. Since it has been a while since I’ve done these, and there are new readers seeing this, I want to reiterate what they are about. Any time I watch something that has either been out on DVD for an extended period of time or […]

Punking Everything in SF/F (Part Three): The (Closer) Past (Cyberpunk A)

To define cyberpunk is to literally take up the foundations of science fiction and say, “this is it, and there are no other options.” Anyone who attempts a definitive definition to science fiction will know how ridiculous this is to accomplish, particularly because no two individuals will agree. Cyberpunk is to punk what science fiction […]