Gainesville, Florida, USA
A graduate student at the University of Florida, Shaun studies science fiction, postcolonialism, posthumanism, and fantasy. He is an avid reader of SF/F, a published writer, podcaster (The Skiffy and Fanty Show), and an all around SF/F lunatic.
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By Shaun Duke
I have many favorite comics, like I have many favorite novels, and so on. But the great thing about loving lots of stuff is that it’s much harder to run...
By Shaun Duke
Sometimes, blowing off steam is exactly what you need after a hard day in the mundane job. Sometimes you want to wander in an alien landscape, with not much more...
By Shaun Duke
I grew up with genre. No, seriously, I did. It all began with a book of children’s stories complete with shape-shifting and transformation. The girl turned into a fluffy plush-tailed...
By Shaun Duke
The Geekexchange (via The Wertzone) reports that Warner Bros. has snagged the rights to Robotech, the classic 1985 anime. And there are some good names attached to the project: For...
By Shaun Duke
I don't know if it is common knowledge yet, but I pretty much hated the first stand-alone Wolverine movie. Its plot didn't make any sense, the CG was lazy (at...
By Shaun Duke
I said I would throw in my two-cents on this Jim Carrey story. I realize I'm late to the party on this one, but I feel compelled to talk about...
By Shaun Duke
Though their heyday was undoubtedly the 1950s and 60s, giant monsters have rampaged through the movies long before and long after the era that saw the arrival of the Big...
By Shaun Duke
While reading my Hugo Awards voting packet, I came across this post by Gilbert Colon on Person of Interest and Nolan's Batman movies (somehow I missed this last year). After...
By Shaun Duke
It's funny. While I've always loved books, I don't remember the moment when I decided I wanted to be a writer -- not any longer. You see, originally I wanted...
By Shaun Duke
Books change lives, right? Well, they certainly changed mine. Books have been a part of my life since I was a kid, though I honestly didn't understand their true value...