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We Haven’t Learned Our Lesson Since 1938’s Mercury Theatre Radio Broadcast of The War of the Worlds

The War of the Worlds Radio Broadcast

One of the main themes throughout the Battlestar Galactica remake was that “All this has happened before, and all of it will happen again.”

When it comes to the now infamous October 30, 1938 Mercury Theatre radio broadcast adaptation of H.G. Wells’ The War of the Worlds, this sentiment is completely relevant in our current social media, news-of-the-moment Internet society.

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Jurassic World An Spoiler Filled Examination of the Record-Setting Blockbuster: The Good, Bad, & Ugly

Jurassic World Spoiler filled movie review

(Spoiler Alert: You Have Been Warned)

I fell in love with Jurassic Park when it was first released. In fact, it was one of the first movies I remember seeing opening weekend as a kid. My parents took a ten-year old me to watch it at a drive-in!

So it was with great anticipation that I mused over the trailer last December, after having exposed my love for the first Jurassic Park film earlier last summer.

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Spoiler Free Review

Cadets is Young Adult Science Fiction by Edward Miller

Cadets by Edward Miller is Great Young Adult Science Fiction for Everyone

I had not read Young Adult fiction for a very long time, before Cadets showed up in the mail, as a gift from author Edward Miller. It wasn’t that I have anything against YA fiction, it’s just that I don’t tend to think of myself as a young adult anymore, though I don’t really think of myself as a grown up either, even with the responsibilities of homeownership and a career.

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