As six-month periods go, the first half of 2017 has certainly been, shall we say, interesting. But even as the real world works ever harder to convince us that we’re all living inside a genre novel (though what kind will depend on your particular point of view: sci-fi? Alt-history? Dystopian thriller? Grimdark fantasy?), the authors […]
Quick confession time: growing up, I wanted to be MacGyver. Every episode of the show, I thrilled at seeing how he’d escape a life-threatening puzzle box using only his wits and random objects found nearby. I used to carry around one of those metal band-aid boxes filled with a rubber band, matches, safety pins, and a few […]