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CIPC #456: The thing from another world

Posted on December 16, 2025December 16, 2025

When John Campbell published his collection of short stories Who goes there? in 1938 on a grand total of 3000 copies, he would nary have…

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CIPC #455: Fiido ad

Posted on December 10, 2025December 10, 2025

To me, Fiido sounds like someone has lost his dog and is now calling for it everywhere, 1 hoping against all hope that it will…

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CIPC #454: František Chochola, The young king of Easaidh Ruadh

Posted on December 2, 2025

František Chochola is perhaps not a household name, but he was quite an accomplished man. He has the illustrations to countless books to his name,…

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CIPC #453: Sam S2 E7, Credit

Posted on November 26, 2025November 26, 2025

On hearing there was a British television series called Sam, I got my hopes up that perhaps it would be about Samwise Gamgee, greatest person…

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CIPC #452: Nek, Laura non c’è

Posted on November 19, 2025

After seeing the title, you’re perhaps thinking I have finally run out of material and have decided to start complaining that random body parts don’t…

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CIPC #451: Ace Venture: when nature calls

Posted on November 12, 2025November 12, 2025

In the nineties, between Forrest Gump and Jack Sparrow, there was a trend to build movies around off and slightly dim goofballs. But writing such…

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CIPC #450: Columbo S3 E6, Mind over mayhem

Posted on November 5, 2025

While we’re on the subject of good American detective series, it is maybe a good time to revisit our old friend Columbo. Last time we…

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CIPC #449: Dark Winds S1 E6, Ye’iitsoh

Posted on October 29, 2025October 29, 2025

Generally, American police series have a monstrous amount of episodes, each more frantic and less believable than the next.1 Not so with Dark Winds. The…

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CIPC #448: Karina Schaapman, Sam & Julia

Posted on October 22, 2025October 22, 2025

Writing a children’s book must be easy. The story is short and simple. You don’t need to come up with creative metaphors or beautiful sentences,…

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CIPC #447: Heartworm

Posted on October 15, 2025

What could a throwback survival horror game with the title Heartworm possibly be about? The obvious answer is that the parasitic worm of that name…

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