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June 18, 2019

Sound Off! Men in Black: International

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Welcome back to Sound Off!, a semi-regular column where members of Speculative Chic gather together to chat about the latest BIG THING in entertainment. This time, put on your sunglasses and dapper black suit and discuss Men in Black: International, which premiered in the United States on Friday, June 14, 2019. Sound Off! is meant to be a reaction, but not necessarily…

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June 18, 2019

Changing the Map: Magic Moves into Town

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Until the 1980’s, magic generally occurred in invented worlds, fantasy based itself on pastoral settings, or extrapolations of various time points in (generally) Western history. In the 1980’s though, with Charles de Lint’s Moonheart and Emma Bull’s War for the Oaks, fantasy moved into town, magic invaded cities and suburbs, and fairy oaks sprouted in urban sidewalk cracks. From its…

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