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molly
Boulder, CO
Molly Tanzer is the Sydney J. Bounds and Wonderland Book Award-nominated author of A Pretty Mouth (Lazy Fascist, 2012), Rumbullion, and Other Liminal Libations (Egaeus, 2013), the forthcoming Vermilion (Word Horde, 2015), and a second novel that will come out in 2015 — but she can't say anything further about that yet, on pain of death. Her short fiction has appeared or is forthcoming in, among many other places, The Book of Cthulhu (I and II), Strange Aeons, and The Book of the Dead. She lives in Boulder, CO with her husband and a very bad cat. When not writing, she enjoys mixing cocktails, experimenting with Korean cooking, and (as of recently) training for triathlons. She tweets @molly_the_tanz, and blogs — infrequently — at http://mollytanzer.com.
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Fiction: 'Grave-Worms' by Molly Tanzer
“I have a desire,” he said, turning to face her. Continue reading
Posted Oct 11, 2016 at Pornokitsch
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Readers of Gor - Outlaw of Gor
"One of the problems with fiction is it doesn’t allow women to be bitches and get away with it." Continue reading
Posted Jul 26, 2016 at Pornokitsch
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Readers of Gor: Tarnsman of Gor
"Sadly, just like with Flowers in the Attic, this was a damn marketing fallacy." Continue reading
Posted Jun 8, 2016 at Pornokitsch
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Pygmalia: Photo Essay
Just imagine everyone is way sicker and instead of cars and Arc'teryx jackets everyone is in carriages and wearing frock coats. Continue reading
Posted Nov 30, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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Friday Five: 5 Distinct Dystopias
"The dystopian setting of Atlas Shrugged still is dear to my heart—who knew that collectivism could make restaurant food taste less good?" Continue reading
Posted Nov 27, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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Pygmalia: Necrophallus
"The human body is amazingly frail." Continue reading
Posted Oct 29, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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Pygmalia: Pygmalion
Watching Pygmalion after seeing My Fair Lady countless times was a decidedly odd experience. Continue reading
Posted Aug 5, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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Films of High Adventure: The 13th Warrior (1999)
Omar Sharif! Sir, you will be missed. Continue reading
Posted Jul 23, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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Pygmalia: Robocop (1987 & 2014)
"Alex believes right now he is in control. But he’s not. It’s the illusion of free will." Continue reading
Posted Jun 24, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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Films of High Adventure: Dune
"The pug, however, is the best. A bravura performance. So much so that I want a retelling of Dune from the pug’s point of view, à la Roger Zelazny’s A Night in the Lonesome October." Continue reading
Posted May 13, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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Pygmalia: Galatea
"She will become your creation the longer you engage her, putting you in the Pygmalion position, which can be just as uncomfortable as her pedestal..." Continue reading
Posted Apr 29, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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Films of High Adventure: Mad Max 2 AKA The Road Warrior
"Let us all pray to the Lord Humungus that Tom Hardy’s take on Max is as dark as Mel’s, even as Master Hardy himself remains a pristine snowflake in contrast to Squire Gibson’s slurry of partially-frozen feces." Continue reading
Posted Apr 22, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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Pygmalia: Watch and Ward by Henry James
"Pray for me more than ever. I have begun at the beginning; it will be my own fault if I haven’t the perfect wife." Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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I will never apologize!
I assume you'll be fighting with your father's sword, and only your father's sword?
Films of High Adventure: Waterworld
The Film: Waterworld (1995) Responsibility Roundup: We usually start this section with the director and writer or writers, but real talk here, we all know there’s only one person to blame for this turkey of the sea, and that’s Kevin Costner. Not only does he “act” in the film, but he reportedl...
I remember feeling extremely indignant about the Valdez spill and crying over all the pictures of oil-soaked seals and whatever, so I think I felt it was a RAZOR SHARP SATIRE which, what? I dunno. What can I say? At that age, I also read and nodded my head over the works of Camile Paglia (the heroine from The Maxx thought she was great).
I was a moron.
Films of High Adventure: Waterworld
The Film: Waterworld (1995) Responsibility Roundup: We usually start this section with the director and writer or writers, but real talk here, we all know there’s only one person to blame for this turkey of the sea, and that’s Kevin Costner. Not only does he “act” in the film, but he reportedl...
Films of High Adventure: Waterworld
"What could have been a so-bad-it’s-good cheese-fest is doomed by its own occasional, floundering semi-adequacy." Continue reading
Posted Mar 23, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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It's so hard to talk about this show, isn't it??
So, Dilandau isn't physically female... at least, he doesn't have breasts, right? He tears off his shirt so we all KNOW FOR SURE (classic "what ARE you??" anxiety over genderfluid characters) which I think is meant to show us that his body is altered when he is Dilandau, vs. Celena who definitely sports a rack when she wanders back to her old house.
I agree that I wanted more from Celena, and I wish Escaflowne had gotten a second season, because I felt they purposefully left a lot ambiguous so they'd have something to connect the two seasons. The adventures of Celena would have been grand, because I too would have liked to know what she remembered and who she was once she became Celena completely. At least, we think she has....
Alas!
Pygmalia: Vision of Escaflowne
There’s something completely fascinating to me about tales where a person tries to make another, whether from scratch, as in the original Pygmalion myth, or by attempting to permanently re-shape another person’s mind or body. Every aspect of the conceit bewitches and absorbs me—the process by wh...
Pygmalia: Vision of Escaflowne
Vision of Escaflowne is a baffling, indescribable thing, and one impossible to meaningfully discuss without revealing major series spoilers. Continue reading
Posted Feb 25, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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Films of High Adventure: Krull
Here’s the thing about Krull: as long as you never, ever think about what you’re seeing, it’s great. Continue reading
Posted Feb 19, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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I've never seen a Christopher Guest film, but I should. I've heard nothing but good stuff about Best in Show! Also, I just looked him up... what? He is the Six-Fingered Man and is married to Jamie Lee Curtis? What?
I... didn't think to call him "Frankensting" I'm sorry to say, because that is gold. Comic gold. I'm not that clever! When I wrote this I was still remembering all the weirdness with everyone being like "Hey CHARLES yeah CHARLES FRANKENSTEIN" and it was too weird to get out of my head. Why is he Charles Frankenstein? Why is the monster Viktor? I'm still confused.
Films of High Adventure: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Welcome… to Films of High Adventure! Some of you may recall that Jesse Bullington and I used to do these columns pretty frequently on our blogs and Fantasy Magazine, back (as the kids say) in "the day." The idea was that we’d re-watch films that one or both of us saw as youths, and compare our r...
I've never seen Spinal Tap! Maybe I should...
Hey, I also had a period easily described as The Tiresome Years. Let's be friends!
Films of High Adventure: Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure
Welcome… to Films of High Adventure! Some of you may recall that Jesse Bullington and I used to do these columns pretty frequently on our blogs and Fantasy Magazine, back (as the kids say) in "the day." The idea was that we’d re-watch films that one or both of us saw as youths, and compare our r...
It was just a crack! I wasn't seriously impugning the dude's career! Sorry Mr. Brown!
I love a good 19th c novel, thanks for the rec on the James! And several have recommended Galatea 2.2, so I'll definitely be checking that out.
Pygmalia: The Bride (1985)
Sing, O Muse, of Pygmalion, the sculptor so disgusted with womankind that he chiseled himself a wife from stone! Sing of Aphrodite’s decision to reward this questionable impulse by turning the resulting statue into a real, living girl! But most of all, O Muse, sing of the enduring legacy of Pyg...
Duly noted!
Pygmalia: The Bride (1985)
Sing, O Muse, of Pygmalion, the sculptor so disgusted with womankind that he chiseled himself a wife from stone! Sing of Aphrodite’s decision to reward this questionable impulse by turning the resulting statue into a real, living girl! But most of all, O Muse, sing of the enduring legacy of Pyg...
Sounds like a great suggestion, thank you!
Pygmalia: The Bride (1985)
Sing, O Muse, of Pygmalion, the sculptor so disgusted with womankind that he chiseled himself a wife from stone! Sing of Aphrodite’s decision to reward this questionable impulse by turning the resulting statue into a real, living girl! But most of all, O Muse, sing of the enduring legacy of Pyg...
Pygmalia: The Bride (1985)
Jennifer Beals wakes up and is obviously mega-hot, prompting the Creature to claim her for his own. Baron Sting Frankenstein also notices Beals is hot, and becomes uncool with this. Continue reading
Posted Jan 29, 2015 at Pornokitsch
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