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Why are sequels and prequels usually so terrible?

Speculative fiction is replete with spinoffs. It’s not a new phenomenon; when King Kong took the world by storm in 1933, the studio cranked out a Part II the very next year. In literature, sequels go back at least to … Continue reading

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Mad Max and the Art of Worldbuilding

Characters don’t exist in a void; they live in and are products of a specific world. It could be sixteenth century Venice, a space station perched on the edge of a black hole, Hogwart’s School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, 221B … Continue reading

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