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‘Buffy’ moves to bookshelves for ‘Halloween Rain’ (1997)

With the very first piece of “Buffy” spinoff fiction, “Halloween Rain” (November 1997), Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder do two things: 1) Demonstrate their love and knowledge

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‘Batman: The Long Halloween’ (1996-97) takes a stroll through the rogues gallery

This is part of a series where I look back at various works of “Batman” lore from the perspective of a casual “Batman” fan who

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With thrilling ‘Split,’ Shyamalan is back

Propelled by can’t-look-away performances by James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy and meticulous writing and direction by M. Night Shyamalan, “Split” (which hit theaters in January and is

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Immortal’ (1999) (Book review)

For the “Buffy” series’ first hardcover novel, Pocket Books makes “Immortal” (October 1999) worthy of the format with cleaner copy than what was found in the paperbacks,

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PKD sees future in ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’ (1968)

One of the fun things about re-reading golden age sci-fi novels is seeing how their predictions compare to reality now that we’re coming upon the

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘Obsidian Fate’ (1999) (Book review)

After the excellent Golden/Holder “Gatekeeper Trilogy,” I braced myself for a letdown with Diana G. Gallagher’s first entry in the “Buffy” series, “Obsidian Fate” (September 1999). While

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘The Gatekeeper Trilogy Book 3: Sons of Entropy’ (1999) (Book review)

Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder’s “The Gatekeeper Trilogy Book 3: Sons of Entropy” (May 1999) is so epic that Joyce describes it as “almost an entire month

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First episode impressions: ‘Kevin (Probably) Saves the World’ (TV review)

“Kevin (Probably) Saves the World” (8 p.m. Eastern Tuesdays on ABC) is both the most original show of the fall TV slate and very familiar. Let

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‘Buffy’ flashback: ‘The Gatekeeper Trilogy Book 2: Ghost Roads’ (1999) (Book review)

In my review of “Out of the Madhouse,” I noted that it can only take place between “Revelations” and “Lovers Walk,” and that we just

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First episode impressions: ‘The Gifted’ (TV review)

Because of a bizarre reticence to turn big-ticket properties into TV series, the 2000 “X-Men” film inspired things like “Mutant X,” “Heroes,” “No Ordinary Family”

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