Finished watching #WonderMan. It was good, though not nearly as good as some people made it out to be. It's far from the MCU's best show. That said, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Ben Kinglsey were both great (no surprise there) and great together.

Don't you hate when you return from a trip and find that nothing on Earth is how you left it? It's what happens to Ryan in "Detour," a new #SciFi novel by #Manifest creator Jeff Rake and author Rob Hart. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🚀🪐

Started reading Margaret Atwood's "The Year Of The Flood: The MaddAddam Trilogy." amzn.to/49VykWa 📖🌊 Interesting...though a lot more loose than the first book. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @margaretatwood.bsky.social @vintagebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Margaret Atwood's "Oryx And Crake: The MaddAddam Trilogy." amzn.to/4bjWfRk 📖🌊 Well, that got real deep. And fucked up. Moving on to book 2... #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @margaretatwood.bsky.social @vintagebooks.bsky.social

Authors often pay homage to where they live or grew up. But in her "Monster Hunter Mystery" novels, Annelise Ryan does it by having monsters kill people. Here's the link to our interview about her newest creature feature, "Monster In The Moonlight." paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🐺

Started reading Aja Monet's "Florida Water: Poems." amzn.to/4rCZRDD 📖🌊 Already as strong as her first book, and that was a titan. #books #reading #poems #poetry @haymarketbooks.org

With "Shadows Upon Time," author Christopher Ruocchio is concluding his grand and epic #SciFi #ScienceFantasy / #SpaceOpera adventure series "The Sun Eater." To learn more about this final installment, and this saga, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🚀⚔️

Finished reading the #poetry anthology "Persian Poets." amzn.to/3KXD9Fk 📖🖊️ This was interesting, but I wish it had fewer #poems by more poets. #Books #reading #BookSky #PoetrySky

In my exclusive interview with author Kelly Gay, she talks about how her new military #SciFi #SpaceOpera novel "Halo: Edge Of Dawn" is both a sequel to #HaloInfinite, and her first story about Master Chief. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🎮🔫🚀

Started reading Margaret Atwood's "Oryx And Crake: The MaddAddam Trilogy." amzn.to/48VhXcF 📖🌊 Only just started this post-apocalyptic epic. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi @margaretatwood.bsky.social @vintagebooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Kwame Mbalia's "Star Wars: The Last Order." amzn.to/3Y2Ussc 📖🚀 This ended up being too much about the pre-"Force Awakens" flashbacks and not enough about the post-"Rise Of Skywalker" story. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceFantasy #StarWars #BookSky

Started reading the #poetry anthology "Persian Poets." amzn.to/3KXD9Fk 📖🖊️ An interesting survey of classic Persian poets: Rumi, Omar Khayyam, etc. #Books #reading #poems @everymanslibrary.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

Prepare yourself to be scared...Spanish-style. Here's the link to my hands-on preview of the first-person survival horror game "Crisol: Theater Of Idols," which was inspired by Spanish folklore and "Resident Evil." paulsemel.com/crisol-theat... 🎮🔫🩸🩸🩸

This is just your semi-irregular reminder that I AM THE GOD OF HELLFIRE, AND I BRING YOU DATED REFERENCES FROM THE EARLY DAYS OF MTV. I'm also available for freelance gigs, full-time jobs, and podcast appearances. My DMs are open, as is my schedule...and my DARKENED SOUL!!

In my new interview with multi-genre author James L. Hill, he talks about his first collection of short stories, "The Moth And Other Tantalizing Tales." paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🦋

Started reading Kwame Mbalia's "Star Wars: The Last Order." amzn.to/3Y2Ussc 📖🚀 Already thoroughly invested in this post-"Rise Of Skywalker" story. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceFantasy #StarWars #BookSky

Finished reading Annalee Newitz's "Automatic Noodle." amzn.to/4qT3Zhy 📖🤖🍜 Very entertaining #cozy #SciFi story about robots making #noodles. Now to find some good biang biang noodles in L.A. #books #reading #ScienceFiction @annaleen.bsky.social @tordotcompub.bsky.social #BookSky

Started reading Zbigniew Herbert's "The Collected Poems 1956-1998." amzn.to/4sN2wez 📖🖊️ Here's hoping the other 549 pages are as good as the first 20. #books #reading #poems #poetry @eccobooks.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

In her #NewWeird, alt-history, #horror, dark #SciFi novel "The Night Ship," author Alex Woodroe tortures some poor Romanians just trying to survive an apocalyptic blackout. Why? For that, you'll have to check out this exclusive interview. (Or, y'know, read the book.) paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🛻

Started reading Annalee Newitz's "Automatic Noodle." amzn.to/4qT3Zhy 📖🤖🍜 Is totally making me hungry...and wishing I had robot friends. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #noodles #BookSky

Anyone else find "A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms" to be super dull? Couldn't make it through the first episode. And I liked the books. Ah well. #AKnightOfTheSevenKingdoms #GameOfThrones 📺⚔️😴

They say no good deed goes unpunished. It's a proverb that proves to be prophetic for two of the people in Dean Koontz's new, disturbing, Depression-era #horror novel "The Friend Of The Family," which he talks about in this new interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🎪

Finished reading Chris Panatier's "Shitshow." amzn.to/3JtVwSf 📖💩🧻 I am never using a port-o-potty again. On an unrelated note, I dug this #StrangerThings meets #It supernatural shitter story. #books #reading #horror #shit @scribeofhades.bsky.social @sobelobooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Sarah Kay's "A Little Daylight Left: Poems." amzn.to/49ABiz1 📖⛅️ Man, this was super good. They way she assembles lines...masterful. So glad she has other books for me to read. #books #reading #poems #poetry @kaysarahsera.bsky.social @thedialpress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

Started reading Chris Panatier's "Shitshow." amzn.to/3JtVwSf 📖💩🧻 Is giving me #StrangerThings and the adult part of "It" vibes. #books #reading #horror #shit @scribeofhades.bsky.social @sobelobooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Ren Hutchings' "An Unbreakable World." amzn.to/47Bnbs9 📖🚀🪐 This space heist story did not go down how I expected, but I really enjoyed the journey anyway. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera @voidcricket.bsky.social @solarisbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

I'm going to laugh so hard when it comes out that the medal in this placard isn't the real one, it's a fake she had made to trick him like the fool he is. #DonaldChump

Started reading Sarah Kay's "A Little Daylight Left: Poems." amzn.to/49ABiz1 📖⛅️ Oh, this is going to be a good one, I can tell already... #books #reading #poems #poetry @kaysarahsera.bsky.social @thedialpress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

2026 looks like it's going to be a good year for movies. In the new episode of "RPad TV 3000," Marcus, Raymond, and I talk about the movies we're most excited to see this year...and some we're kind of interested in. www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAJp... 🎥🎞️🎬

Given how many icons of free improvisation #jazz they've both played with, it's inexplicable how "Duologues 5" is the first collaboration between sax master Ivo Perelman and master trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith. Here's my review of this duets collection. paulsemel.com/ivo-perelman... 🎶🎷🎺

Started reading Ren Hutchings' "An Unbreakable World." amzn.to/47Bnbs9 📖🚀🪐 Seems like this is going to be a rather engaging space heist story. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera @voidcricket.bsky.social @solarisbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Jonathan Maberry's "Cold War: A NecroTek Novel." amzn.to/4qJXJd0 📖🪐🐙🧊 Crazy good. Like if Lovecraft wrote Carpenter's "The Thing" and "Battlestar Galactica" and mashed them together. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #CosmicHorror @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Morgan Parker's "There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé: Poems." amzn.to/406Nrbd 📖🐝 As excellent and "giving no fucks" as her other #poetry collections. Can't wait for the next one. #books #reading #poems#BookSky #PoetrySky

With "City Of Others," author Jared Poon is kicking off a bureaucratic #UrbanFantasy trilogy that — as he explains in this exclusive interview — was partially inspired by his personal work experience. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🏙️🌆

Oh no... www.tmz.com/2026/01/10/g...

Started reading "Signos: A Fiction Anthology Of Filipino Supernatural." radix.coop/product/sign... 📖🇵🇭 Not that this means anything, but the first two stories — Sigrid Marianne Gayangos' "The Last Of The Sama-sellang" and Eliza Victoria's "Sanctuary" — were both good. #fantasy #horror #ShortStories

Started reading Morgan Parker's "There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé: Poems." amzn.to/406Nrbd 📖🐝 This lady does not fuck around. #books #reading #poems #poetry#BookSky #PoetrySky

Finished reading Kevin Prufer's "The Fears: Poems." amzn.to/4nDwfE5 📖🖊️ Seventh book of his I've read, and this was as unflinching as the rest. Really glad there's more. #books #reading #poems #poetry @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

Started reading Jonathan Maberry's "Cold War: A NecroTek Novel." amzn.to/4qJXJd0 📖🪐🐙🧊 Ah, a freaky and compelling #CosmicHorror #ScienceFiction story. Just like the first book. #books #reading #SciFi @jonathanmaberry.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Ken Liu's "All That We See Or Seem." amzn.to/47o2gZD 📖🛌⌨️ Was very entertaining and unpredictable. I look forward to more time with Julia Z. And Talos. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpeculativeFiction #cyberpunk #Thriller #BookSky

#Poetry isn't always literal. Sometimes it's impressionistic. Or surreal. Or more about feel. It's why I'm not worried that Aase Berg called her new collection of #poems "Aase's Death." Especially after reading this exclusive interview about it... paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🪦

2026 looks like it could be another good year for #VideoGames. And one of those good games could be the Asian steampunk, third-person, open world, action-RPG #TheGodSlayer. To learn why, check out this exclusive interview with Pathea Games' Ivan Karadzhov. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 🎮🔥🌊🪵

Started reading Kevin Prufer's "The Fears: Poems." amzn.to/4nDwfE5 📖🖊️ Based on the ones in the first section, and especially the opening one, this is going to be as unflinching as the other collections of his I've read. #books #poems #poetry @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

With "To Tread Obsidian Shores," authors Jason Cordova and Melissa Olthoff are kicking off a new military #SciFi trilogy called "The Bronze Legion." To learn more about this story, this series, and this collaboration, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🚀🪐

Finished reading Yuki Tanaka's "Chronicle Of Drifting: Poems." amzn.to/3KLc5tr 📖🖊️ This was super good, especially the more offbeat #poems, but it was also way too short. #books #reading #poetry @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

I say this as someone who loves #HorizonZeroDawn and #HorizonForbiddenWest but only likes the #LEGO games: #LEGOHorizonAdventures is really fun. Sure, it's simplistic, but also energetic, clever, and genuinely funny. Oh, and it's free on PlayStation Plus until Tuesday. 🎮🤖🦕🏹

Started reading Ken Liu's "All That We See Or Seem." amzn.to/47o2gZD 📖🛌⌨️ Is giving me "Gone Girl" / "Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," but #cyberpunk-y / #technothriller-ish vibes. #books #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpeculativeFiction #Thriller @kyliu99.bsky.social @sagapressbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Isaac Asimov's "The Caves Of Steel: The Robot Series." amzn.to/4pZ80B3 📖🤖 A rather twisty and engaging #noir-ish #SciFi murder mystery. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #BookSky

Started reading Yuki Tanaka's "Chronicle Of Drifting: Poems." amzn.to/3KLc5tr 📖🖊️ This is really interesting so far, especially the quirky narrative ones. #books #reading #poems #poetry @coppercanyonpress.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

Started reading Isaac Asimov's "The Caves Of Steel: The Robot Series." amzn.to/4pZ80B3 📖🤖 Kind of giving me #BladeRunner vibes. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #BookSky