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Refugee
“Past this ocean, there is hope,” he says.
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The Best Film The Year You Were Born! (1931–1971)
From the Silents to the Boomers, experience our history in film.
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The Burning Grain
You lost your love, among the burning grain.
Hunger Stones and Long Time
How can a deeper view of time save us from disaster?
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Crossing the Hunger Stones
Will we remember the warnings we leave behind?
Newsletter
Welcome to the Halvorson Times!
A weekly update from Odin Halvorson
Pop-Culture
Boo! 15 Family Halloween Movies to Stream This Year
Get your pumpkin spice popcorn ready for this mix of modern and classic Halloween flicks!
The Dangers of “Speed of Plot” and the Limitations of Maps in 3D Space
or, things I wish J.J. Abrams would stop doing
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Platform Planet
“Mundane evil is the worst kind.”
Writing
Mapping the Fantastic
Let’s talk about maps and landscapes in fantasy and science fiction
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The Witch at the End of the World
“Witch” means “protector” to a people who are damned.
The 15 Most Underrated Horror Films of the 1920s
Horror films of the 1920s were more twisted and strange than modern audiences can handle.