The Mad Professah Lectures

Here's the full list of winners of the 2024 Oscars: > Best Supporting Actress: Da’Vine Joy Randolph, “The Holdovers” >  >  > Best Animated Short: “War Is Over!” ...

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Here is my annual prediction post for the 2023 Oscars , i.e. the 96th Academy Awards. I really just consider the Top 8 categories on the blog but I often play the Oscar prediction game  lik...

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Yellowface is another literary blockbuster success written by R.F. Kuang, the author of the Hugo award-winning speculative fiction masterpiece BABEL, OR THE NECESSITY OF VIOLENCE: AN ARCANE H...

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Holly is another entry by Stephen King into the universe in which the Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers, End of Watch) was set, although this time Holly Gibney is the primar...

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Babel is the bestselling fantasy novel by R.F. Kuang, the author of The Poppy War trilogy. Babel won the 2023 Nebula award for Best Novel and was a #1 New York Times bestseller. It is set in...

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All The Sinners Bleed is the third Southern noir book by S.A. Cosby that I have read, after Blacktop Wasteland (2020) and Razorblade Tears (2021). I was very happy to be alerted by the Libby ...

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Exiles is the third (and final?) book in the police procedural series set in rural Australia featuring federal tax investigator Aaron Falk written by Jane Harper. The other books in the Falk ...

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Eversion is the latest book by Alastair Reynolds, one of my all-time favorite authors. Reynolds is probably best known for his hard science fiction space opera series Revelation Space (Revela...

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This is the second book set in the Universe of Winter's Orbit written by Everina Maxwell. Ocean’s Echo is not a direct sequel, but it has numerous similarities to Winter's Orbit. Both book...

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Planetfall is the first book in the acclaimed  Planetfall series written by Emma Newman.  It is the fourth of her books that I have read; Newman has stated the Planetfall books are written ...

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A Dying Fall is the fifth book in author Elly Griffiths' murder-mystery series starring Dr. Ruth Galloway, head of Forensic Archaeology at the University of Northern Norfolk, and DCI Harry N...

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Although I am not a fan of the horror genre I have become a relatively enthusiastic fan of Stephen King after having read some of his books released in the last decade, like Billy Summers (2...

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Before Mars is the third book in Emma Newman’s loosely related Planetfall series. Curiously, I still have not read the titular first book in the series, Planetfall. There are a  number of ...

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Atlas Alone is the fourth book in the Planetfall series written by Emma Newman. This unusual speculative fiction series is set in a near future where humanity has launched colony ships to th...

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The 2023 Oscars happened and the big winner was Everything Everywhere All At Once, which went home with Seven Oscars overall: Picture, Director, Actress, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor...

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Here is my annual prediction post for the 2022 Oscars , i.e. the 95th Academy Awards. I really just consider the Top 8 categories on the blog but I often play the Oscar prediction game  li...

http://buckmire.blogspot.com/2023/03/2023-oscars-my-predictions-for-top-8.html

Nighthawking is the second book in the Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler series written by Russ Thomas. These British police procedurals are set in South Yorkshire, where the openly gay protagoni...

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Firewatching is the first book in the Detective Sergeant Adam Tyler series written by Russ Thomas. This British police procedural is set in Sheffield (South Yorkshire) where the openly gay pr...

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I have not read any books by Emma Newman before and I usually make a habit of reading the books in a series in story order but After Atlas is the second book in Newman’s 4-part Planetfall s...

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The Island is the latest blockbuster suspense thriller from ADRIAN MCKINTY, the author of the best-selling The Chain  and six well-regarded police procedurals with titles based off of Tom W...

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Upgrade by Blake Crouch is the latest book from the author of other technothrillers such as  Recursion and Dark Matter .  I think I have read enough Crouch novels by now to notice a commo...

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The Shattered Skies by John Birmingham is the second book in the space opera science fiction trilogy called the Cruel Stars. Birmingham has summarized the Cruel Stars trilogy as “Space Naz...

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The Cruel Stars by John Birmingham is the first book in a space opera science fiction trilogy with the same name. Birmingham has summarized the Cruel Stars trilogy as “Space Nazis invade a...

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MARTIN JENKINS KELLI EVANS LGBT History was made this week with the retention election of California State Supreme Court justice MARTIN JENKINS on November 8 and the approval of KELLI EV...

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  Here are MADPROFESSAH'S positions on how I  have voted in the November 8 2022 California General Elections . This post will contain  endorsements information from other organizations l...

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