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Some people dream of Arabian horses, supercars, or mega yachts as their perfect conveyance, but J & K would rather travel at lightspeed. Today, we dive into our favorite fictional spaceships to ply the star-lanes. J At the top of my list of favorite spaceships will always be Darth Vader’s iconic Super Star Destroyer: Executor. It, and its smaller siblings, carry their simple wedge shape with power and grace. The pointed prow bespeaks motion even when still. And Executor is a behemoth that defies imagining, at a staggering 19,000 meters long (over 11 miles, for those not on the metric system). Darth Vader couldn’t haveRead More →

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You really haven’t lived until you’ve gambled on turnip prices. What does that mean, you ask? Nintendo, in a moment of spectacularly fortunate timing, unleashed the newest version of its seminal life simulation game on the cusp of the global pandemic’s outbreak. Animal Crossing New Horizons boosted sales of its native console, the Nintendo Switch, so massively that the once ubiquitous device virtually disappeared from store shelves. J & K both picked up the game (months apart), and today we’re here to tell you how we feel about Nintendo’s instant best-seller. J I have owned every Nintendo gaming console at some point or another, andRead More →

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Happy New Year, Seekers! Jonathan here. One of my favorite quotes of all time is from Vincent Van Gogh. He said, “For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” I have always been an ardent devotee of science fiction, and those words perfectly capture the way reading a great space opera kindles my imagination. Today, I want to share 5 of my favorite sci-fi reads that made me want to craft my own. May they be a source of inspiration to you as well! Revelation Space, by Alastair Reynolds — This book will blow yourRead More →