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Trope Spotlight: 5 Accidental Child Acquisitions

June 18, 2023July 11, 2023a cat

We think reluctant but sweet parental figures are pretty cool. Check out this list of literary examples of our fav trope!

How Long Our Fav Characters Would Survive in a Horror Novel

October 14, 2022March 30, 2023a cat

In the spirit (ha) of Halloween, we’re asking “How long would our fav’s survive in a horror novel?” Also, we’re answering. Tor Books weighs in….

Five of Our Favorite Fictional Hackers

October 16, 2021October 15, 2021Rachel Taylor10 Comments

Look, our mothers are still disappointed in us for not becoming doctors. But we are disappointed in ourselves for not becoming hackers.

It’s a digital world and an uncertain world, and our vision of hacking (perhaps a little influenced by pop culture) presents a robin-hood, windy-side-of-the-law path to a little more control over our world. And an opportunity to stick it to jerks and tyrants.

We haven’t ruled out a career change, but in the meantime, we will live our hacker dreams vicariously through badass fictional hackers. Here’s a list of some of our favorite sci-fi hackers.