So, this is super cool. It's the first trailer for "Star Wars: Visions: The Ninth Jedi," an 8-episode #StarWars #anime from Production IG [#GhostInTheShell] that will be on Disney+ on August 5th. It picks up the story from the previous "Visions" episodes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=r70A... 📺🚀⚔️

Finished reading Joshua T. Calvert's "The Object." amzn.to/4tjbsaY 📖☄️ This was compelling and exciting and a real thinker, and was like if Andy Weir wrote "2010." #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #HardScienceFiction #HardSciFi #BookSky

Started reading Jillian Weise's "Pills And Jacksonvilles: Poems" amzn.to/4uxPJ0h 📖💊💊💊 Is shaping up to be as strong of their previous collection, "The Book Of Goodbyes" #books #reading #poems #poetry#BookSky #PoetrySky

Updated my recent hands-on preview of "Onimusha: Way Of The Sword" to reflect the just announced release date change to September 4th. paulsemel.com/onimusha-way... #Onimusha #OnimishaWayOfTheSword #VideoGames 🎮⚔️

After reading Kelly Gay's sequel "Halo: Edge Of Dawn," I just had to replay "Halo Infinite." Again. And I just have to say, this is still one of the best "Halo" campaigns (which is saying something). The grapple hook just gives it the most satisfying combat. #Halo #VideoGames 🎮🚀👽🔫

For the new #ShortStory anthology "A Curiosity Of Cats," contributors were asked to write cat-related #steampunk stories inspired by the works of Lewis Carroll. Why? For that, you'll need to check out this exclusive interview with editor Danielle Ackley-McPhail. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖⚙️😼😸😾

Finished reading Donna Masini's "Did You Find Everything You Were Looking For?: Poems" amzn.to/4tGxmVD 📖👀 Man, she's good at this #poetry thing. #books #reading #poems @wwnorton.com #BookSky #PoetrySky

In my new interview with author Mark Morris about his domestic #horror novel "Bad Things Happen Here," we go back to college to talk about the supernatural occurrence that impacted his main characters' studies...and their lives. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🏫🧑‍🎓

Started reading Joshua T. Calvert's "The Object." amzn.to/4tjbsaY 📖☄️ Digging this so far. Has a real Andy Weir-ish vibe... #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #HardScienceFiction #HardSciFi #BookSky

With "This Blade Of Ours," author Shalini Abeysekara is concluding the murder mystery fantasy romance duology she launched with last year's "This Monster Of Mine." To learn more about both books, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖⚔️🩸💕

Finished reading Kazuo Ishiguro's "Klara And The Sun" amzn.to/4gaK6k5 📖🤖 A really interesting artificial life #SciFi story...especially when things got melancholy. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #BookSky

Started reading Kazuo Ishiguro's "Klara And The Sun" amzn.to/4gaK6k5 📖🤖 So, this is clearly one of those stories where people who are dismissive of #ScienceFiction say, "oh, no, it's #SpeculativeFiction," and it is but yeah, it's #SciFi. #books #reading #BookSky

Started reading Donna Masini's "Did You Find Everything You Were Looking For?: Poems" amzn.to/4tGxmVD 📖👀 Her other #poetry collections have been really good, and this one's shaping up to be equally as impressive. #books #reading #poems #BookSky #PoetrySky

Finished reading C.J. Leede's "Headlights" amzn.to/4ajntX0 📖👻 What started off as a serial killer story took some rather wild, supernatural turns towards the end, but stayed interesting. #books #reading #horror @ceejthemoment.bsky.social @tornightfire.bsky.social

2026 has reached its midway mark, so of course it's time to look back at the year that was...so far. In the new episode of "RPad TV 3000," Raymond and I talk about the best movies, TV shows, and video games of the half year. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mwyo... 📽️📺🎮

In my new interview with author Emma Osborne about their #horror novella "Grief Eater," they explain how it's both a zombie story and also one of queer identity and found family. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧟🧟‍♀️🧟‍♂️

In my new interview with author Meg Elison, she talks about her politically motivated #SciFi novella "Foundling Fathers," in which a GOP think tank clones George Washington et al. in an attempt to take back the country, but then Ben Franklin finds an iPhone... paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🏦📱

While the #dieselpunk #FirstPersonShooter #VideoGame #Abyssus is playable solo and co-op, it's not as friendly to people who don't play well with others as it could've been. Here's the link to my single-player focused review of #AbyssusBrineEdition paulsemel.com/abyssus-brin... 🎮🔫🌊

Iconic manga author / artist Gengoroh Tagame once told me he writes "comics I want to read." But in our new interview about his new real life romantic manga "Fish And Water," he says this book started as a story for other people. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🐟🌊💕

Started reading C.J. Leede's "Headlights" amzn.to/4ajntX0 📖🚘 Man, this is shaping up to be one fucked up supernatural serial killer story. #books #reading #horror @ceejthemoment.bsky.social @tornightfire.bsky.social #BooKSky

Finished reading Kelly Gay's "Halo: Edge Of Dawn." amzn.to/41Bq21Y 📖🎮🔫🚀 This was a really fun one; as fun and exciting as "Halo Infinite," albeit more linear and with more internal dialog (obviously). #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #MilitarySciFi #SpaceOpera #VideoGames #BookSky

When a mouse goes missing, it's up to a sentient, bioengineered raccoon detective to save the day. But that's just the beginning of Adrian Tchaikovsky's #solarpunk cyber-noir #SciFi detective novel "Green City Wars." For more, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🦝🧬🕵️

Finished reading Blythe Baird's "Sweet, Young, & Worried: Poems." amzn.to/49ZELsy 📖🖊️ As when I started it, it was the more narrative / confessional #poems that really got to me. #books #reading #poetry @buttonpoetry.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

In her #dystopian #cyberpunk #ScienceFiction novel "Lavender Spike," author Rachel Tremblay presents a world in which, "Art has become the new religion and the new drug." And that's just the beginning. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🖌️🎨

Started reading Kelly Gay's "Halo: Edge Of Dawn." amzn.to/41Bq21Y 📖🎮🔫🚀 So far this direct sequel to "Halo Infinite" is as engaging and exciting as that game. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #MilitarySciFi #SpaceOpera #VideoGames @halo.gg #BookSky

Finished reading J.G. Ballard's "The Drowned World." amzn.to/3OL5T6v 📖🇬🇧🌊 This started as a post environmental apocalypse #SciFi #CliFi story, and just got more fucked as it went along. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #BookSky

Started reading Blythe Baird's "Sweet, Young, & Worried: Poems." amzn.to/49ZELsy 📖🖊️ Digging this, especially the more narrative #poems like "What A Body Inherits" and "Blow Pop Diet" #books #reading #poetry @buttonpoetry.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

Started reading J.G. Ballard's "The Drowned World." amzn.to/3OL5T6v 📖🇬🇧🌊 This is gonna be one of those "scary because it could happen" kind of #SciFi books, isn't it? #books #reading #ScienceFiction #Fi #CliFi #BookSky

Finished reading Peter Clines' "God's Junk Drawer" amzn.to/4tFfdrc 📖🦕👽🤖 This was a crazy, wild, and super fun adventure story, like if Ernest Cline wrote a "Land Of The Lost" spec script in novel form. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @peterclines.com #BookSky

Finished reading Ross Gay's "Bringing The Shovel Down: Poems." amzn.to/4rXQLSi 📖🖊️ Last book of his #poems I need to read. Though I'm hoping he'll write more, soon. #books #reading #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

Oh, man, the new trailer for #SpiderManBrandNewDay looks sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet. #SpiderMan www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tnb... 📽️🕷️🕸️

Started reading Ross Gay's "Bringing The Shovel Down: Poems." amzn.to/4rXQLSi 📖🖊️ This guy's #poems are always solid. #books #reading #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

This is one of my favorite games of the year and I was really hoping it would do well enough to warrant a sequel. Ah well.

With "The Shape Of Monsters," author Tessa Gratton is presenting the second book in their epic #fantasy trilogy "The Moon Heresies." To learn more — like what inspired and influenced this middle installment — check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧙🪄

Started reading Donald Barthelme's "Collected Stories" amzn.to/4uJNK9b 📖🖊️ It seems — from the first two stories, anyway — that this guy could be dark and weird. I dig it. #books #reading #ShortStory #ShortStories @libraryofamerica.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Caleb Femi's "Poor: Poems" amzn.to/4fkQoxd 📖🖊️ This got less and less engaging as it progressed. Ah well. #books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

For parents, there's no greater horror than losing a child. So it makes sense that, in writing his #horror novella "Alicia Is In The Basement," that author Santiago Eximeno would pull from his own life. To learn more, check out this exclusive Q&A paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖👩👨. . . . . . . . . .🧒

Started reading Peter Clines' "God's Junk Drawer" amzn.to/4tFfdrc 📖🦕👽🤖 Very cool so far. Like a serious version of that old #SciFi adventure movie "The Lost World." Or a really serious version of "Land Of The Lost." #books #reading #ScienceFiction @peterclines.com

Read Hache Pueyo's "Cabaret In Flames" tonight amzn.to/3Rqhs4g 📖🔥🔥🔥 A rather gripping novella about some vampiric (but not vampire) people. #books #reading #fantasy #DarkFantasy @hachepueyo.bsky.social @tordotcompub.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Children Of Memory." amzn.to/4dA3vtr 📖🚀🪐 3 for 3 when it comes to deep thought and heavy #SciFi. And there's still a book to go... #Books #Reading #ScienceFiction #HardScienceFiction #HardSciFi @aptshadow.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Started reading Caleb Femi's "Poor: Poems" amzn.to/4fkQoxd 📖🖊️ Can already tell this would be twice as good (and half as long) if he had culled the ones where he got too cute with the structure. #books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

In Johnny Worthen's dystopian Western #ScienceFiction novel "Fresh Start," we take a trip to the titular prison planet. To find out why, as well as what inspired and influenced this #SciFi story, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🪐🚀

Finished reading Mahogany L. Browne's "Chrome Valley: Poems" amzn.to/4eiAa6J 📖🖊️ This was best when it was painful or uncomfortable, and that happened a lot. #books #reading #poems #poetry @mobrowne.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

The upcoming, third-person, #Gothic epic #fantasy action game #CrimsonMoon has tons of hack & slash action, and a little James Bond? Really? To find out how, check out my hands-on preview from #SummerGamesFest. paulsemel.com/crimson-moon... 🎮⚔️🌙

While #TombRaiderLegacyOfAtlantis, a remake of the original #TombRaider, may not be out until February 12th, 2007, I got a chance to play it at this year's #SummerGameFest. Here's the link to my hands-on preview. paulsemel.com/tomb-raider-... 🎮🏃🦖🔫

#OnimushaWayOfTheSword — the first new #Onimusha game since 2006 — will be out September 25th, and I got a chance to play it at this year's Summer Game Fest. Curious what I thought? Here's the link to my hands-on preview. paulsemel.com/onimusha-way... 🎮⚔️👹

In the alt-history WWII beat-'em-up game #NekomeNaziHunter a man whose family was murdered by Nazis gets revenge one stab at a time. But while it's obviously righteous and satisfying, is it also fun? To find out, check out my hands-on preview. paulsemel.com/nekome-nazi-... 🎮🤜🤛

While little Shannon K. English loved mermaids as a kid, clearly something changed because in her #romantic #queer #fantasy novel "Endless Blue Beneath," mermaids enjoy the taste of human flesh. To find out more, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧜‍♀️🧜‍♂️🧜

With "The Silent Paths Of Night," author David R. Slayton is presenting the second book in his high epic #fantasy series "The Gods Of Night And Day." For more, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖👻⚔️

At this year's #SummerGameFest, I got to play the upcoming #SciFi third-person shooter #AliensFireteamElite2, which is adding new enemies, new missions, a new playable character, and expanding your squad. Here's the link to my hands-on preview. paulsemel.com/aliens-firet... 🎮👽🔫