Science Fiction

‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Force Heretic I – Remnant’ (2003) (Book review)

Featuring a lot of dangling plot threads from the “New Jedi Order” and the entire Expanded Universe, “Force Heretic I: Remnant” (2003) – the 15th book in

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‘Independence Day’ (1996) still worth celebrating

Released in 1996, “Independence Day” falls almost exactly halfway between “Star Wars” (1977) and present day. Appropriately, it’s perched on a fulcrum between the dawn of blockbuster

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Destiny’s Way’ (2002) (Book review)

“Destiny’s Way” (2002), Walter Jon Williams’ only “Star Wars” novel and the 14th entry in the “New Jedi Order” series, is a transitional book, but a

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‘Star Wars’ flashback: ‘The New Jedi Order: Traitor’ (2002) (Book review)

There are two books in the “New Jedi Order” series that tripped up my reading flow on this re-read. The first is the ninth entry,

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The 10 best short stories in ‘The X-Files: The Truth is Out There’ (Book review)

“The Truth is Out There,” the February follow-up to last year’s “Trust No One,” serves up another mixed bag of “X-Files” short stories that’s on par

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‘X-Files: Deviations’ one-shot a pointless take on a gimmicky concept (Comic book review)

IDW’s Seasons 10 and 11, despite initially being canonical, ended up being an interesting “what if” story when Chris Carter changed his mind and wrote

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Joe Harris wraps up Gibson Praise saga in truncated ‘X-Files: Season 11’ (Comic book reviews)

IDW’s “X-Files: Season 11 comic series (August 2015-March 2016) is the latest epic story to get truncated due to outside commercial forces. Usually, those outside forces

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‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s 2015 Annual and X-Mas Special (Comic book reviews)

While the 2014 Annual and X-Mas Special featured multiple standalone yarns in each issue, IDW takes a different tactic with the 2015 installments, part of

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‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s 2014 Annual and X-Mas Special (Comic book reviews)

Resurrecting a tradition from the old Topps comics, IDW’s “X-Files” Season 10 comics have also featured special issues alongside the regular series, starting with 2014’s Annual (April)

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‘X-Files’ flashback: IDW’s ‘Millennium’ miniseries (2015) (Comic book review)

While “The X-Files” was spun off into novels as far back as 1994 and into comics in 1995, its sister series, “Millennium” (1996-99), didn’t transition to another

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