PUZZLED PAGAN PRESENTS
A Shrine to Pop Culture Obsessiveness. With Lots of Spoilers
Category: Page Turners
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As I’ve said a few times on the site, I’m kind of purposefully spending 2020 focusing on sci-fi and fantasy novels, just trying to experience a little comfort food genre stuff while the world falls apart around me. And, while I’ve come across some really fun traditional fantasy during this time period, I’ve…
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In the face of all the madness and uncertainty that’s currently making up the modern world, I have found myself leaning into a sort of comfort food mode, deciding to read and watch things that are familiar, and that can kind of help me escape from everything going on. Which is why more…
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Hey everyone, I’m back! I’m wrapping up my little mental vacation full of existential dread and coming back to share more inane ramblings with you all. And, what better way to get back in the swing of things than by going on another adventure with everyone’s favorite wizard-for-hire, Harry Dresden? I’ve been talking about…
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The world is a very scary place at the moment, sitting by while everything just seems to be crumbling around us. The institutions and functions of society that have been broken for quite some time have been exposed pretty clearly, and chaos just seem to be spreading at an ever rapid pace. So, it…
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In the face of…you know, everything, I’ve decided to lean into a sort of self-care mode. Lots of guilty pleasures, and finding any sort of comfort media I can get my hands on. Which, has taken the form of me kind of deciding that a big chunk of this year is going to be devoted to…
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Last year I decided to primarily focus on reading new novels, trying to keep up with the popular novels that were defining modern literature. And, I read a lot of really interesting stuff. But, I also found myself occasionally feeling a little like I was stuck doing homework, trying to expand my horizons rather…
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There’s a very interesting, and a little depressing, fact about the two films that director Ari Aster has made. When Hereditary became such a hit he started talking about the fact that he always envisioned himself as a teller of simple, family-dramas, but found that the market just wasn’t supporting those kinds of films. He wanted…
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As I’ve discussed recently, a major theme of the storytelling of 2019 has been the slow realization that we’re essentially living in an economic dystopia, courtesy of rampant capitalism and class warfare. Which, has led to quite a bit of engaging, and often depressing stories. And, it’s not just the movies that have had…
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I’ve found myself with a real craving for fantasy stories lately. Perhaps it’s to hide from the bleak horror of reality, or perhaps it’s because I’ve been listening to a staggering amount of D&D podcasts lately, but for whatever reason I’ve been needing something a little fantastical. I had hoped to scratch that itch…
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Well, after spending a month talking about horror and horror-related stories, I decided it was time to drastically shift gears and talk about something very different. You know, like romance? I haven’t really talked about any novel that I would consider particularly romantic in the years that I’ve been writing this site, and I…
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