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Christopher L. Bennett

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Author of prose & audio science fiction, both original (including the Arachne/Troubleshooter prose series & Tangent Knights audiobook trilogy) and tie-in (Star Trek and Marvel Comics).

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · Jul 15

Get half off on the first volume of my #tokusatsu-inspired #superhero #audiobook trilogy TANGENT KNIGHTS, now through October 11!
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'Graphic Audio ORIGINALS presents a Science Fiction Trilogy with a Superhero Theme. Set roughly half a century in the future on the artificial-island arcology of New Avalon, Tangent Knights cen...

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 16h

We’ve lived 15 years under Citizens United, watching billionaires and corporations shape democracy with their wallets. Reform once seemed impossible. But now, a group in Montana is asking a radical question: What if states simply stopped granting corporations the power to spend in politics?

Could We End Corporate Money In Politics?

Backers of a referendum before Montana voters next year believe they’ve found a vulnerability on Citizen United

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 20h

This week's STARHUNTER has a typically messy plot, but it kind of works for the chaotic free-for-all premise, and it helps that the show finally starts to have fun with itself. My #Patreon offers #classictv #reviews and #sciencefiction for low prices!
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Watching STARHUNTER REDUX: Season 1, Episode 13: “The Most Wanted Man” (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 22h

Unfortunately they skipped the coauthored THE TWO NOBLE KINSMEN, which I was only able to find a couple of amateur performances of on YouTube, but which is actually pretty good. I couldn't even find a watchable EDWARD III (which is about 40% by WS), so I had to settle for reading that one.

Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 22h

Last year I decided to finally achieve my longtime goal of experiencing every Shakespeare play at least once, and I decided I had to watch them instead of read them, so I watched the complete BBC Television Shakepeare from the '70s-'80s.
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Shakespeare review index

This page is an index to my William Shakespeare reviews published here on Written Worlds. For other reviews, please consider subscribing to my Patreon page, whose index of reviews is here. Hamlet w…

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Oh, yes, of course. There's plenty of racy stuff in those old theatrical cartoons, since they were meant for the whole audience, not just kids.

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Yes, that was my whole point -- that even when the cartoons were new, they were making references to even earlier things that went over kids' heads. It's an eternal cycle.

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eSpec Books, LLC @especbooks.bsky.social · 1d

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eSpec Books, LLC @especbooks.bsky.social · 1d

8 tales portraying a future of challenge, conflict with heroes willing to stand up for what's right. amzn.to/2KGU37B “Among the Wild Cybers is particularly accessible to readers who aren’t that familiar with science fiction.” ~ Analog @dackleymcphail.bsky.social @clbennettauthor.bsky.social

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 1d

Not getting Looney Tunes references has changed the language. Bugs Bunny sarcastically called Elmer Fudd "the little Nimrod" after the great Biblical hunter, but generations of kids didn't get the allusion and thought "nimrod" just meant "idiot" or "loser," and now that usage is in the dictionary.

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 1d

If you think about it, though, kings are just really rich guys who insist everyone else has to care what they think. It's all part and parcel of the same thing.

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Heather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 2d

October 12, 2025

On October 9, President Donald J.

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 2d

I have a jigsaw puzzle of that map. I didn't realize it had been in TNG.

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 3d

There's a startling amount of eating and talking about food in "The Man Trap." I've long wondered if that was some kind of ironic parallel with the crew becoming food for the Salt Vampire.

Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 4d

The anthem will be "The Rainbow Connection."

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 4d

On #Patreon, I briefly review all 12 episodes of ROBOCOP: THE ANIMATED SERIES, which, despite toning down the violence, was in some ways the most faithful TV adaptation. My Patreon offers #classictv #reviews & original #sciencefiction at low prices!
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Rewatching ROBOCOP: THE ANIMATED SERIES (1988): full series overview (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 5d

Yes. It's the equivalent of asking a marathon runner "Wouldn't it be easier to take a cab?"

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 5d

“Aleyara’s Flight” takes off!

Analog Science Fiction and Fact has just posted the cover to their November/December 2025 issue on their website, and here it is (sorry, it's not very large): I don't know who the cover artist is yet, but it's another striking image, and I'm amazed and honored to get…

“Aleyara’s Flight” takes off!

Analog Science Fiction and Fact has just posted the cover to their November/December 2025 issue on their website, and here it is (sorry, it's not very large): I don't know who the cover artist is yet, but it's another striking image, and I'm amazed and honored to get two cover paintings in a row. I'm also flattered to see the…

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 6d

In ULTRAMAN ACE (1972), the title giant initially had two human hosts, a man and woman, who had to touch their rings together to mutually transform into Ace. But then they wrote out the female host and just had the guy wear both rings. (She turned out to be a Moon princess and had to return home.)

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 7d

On #Patreon, STARHUNTER attempts a twisty thriller that just turns out to be incoherent, but seeds (pun intended) a MacGuffin that will pay off at the end of the season. My Patreon features #classictv #reviews and original #sciencefiction for a low price!
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Watching STARHUNTER REDUX: Season 1, Episode 12: “Goodbye, So Long” (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 8d

I didn't create the Ceres class. I borrowed it from the Journal of Applied Treknology site:
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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 11d

There's a lesson in those signs. Don't ask why others choose their paths, just respect their right of way.

Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 11d

On #Patreon, to mix things up some, I begin a rewatch series of the entire #Robocop film & TV franchise, which will run on Fridays while my STARHUNTER reviews continue on Tuesdays. First off, the original film classic. Subscribe for just $2/mo!
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Rewatching ROBOCOP (1987) (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett

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Christopher L. Bennett @clbennettauthor.bsky.social · 14d

On #Patreon, STARHUNTER REDUX finally does something interesting with its shipbound bottle-show format, when the antique ship turns out to have a frozen general from a forgotten war aboard. Subscribe to read my #classictv #reviews for just $2/mo!
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Watching STARHUNTER REDUX: Season 1, Episode 11: “Black Light” (spoilers) | Christopher L. Bennett