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About Declan Finn

Declan Finn is the author of Honor at Stake, an urban fantasy novel, nominated for Best Horror in the first annual Dragon Awards. He has also written The Pius Trilogy, an attempt to take Dan Brown to the woodshed in his own medium -- soon to be republished by Silver Empire Press. Finn has also written "Codename: Winterborn," an SF espionage thriller, and it's follow-up, "Codename: Winterborn." And "It was Only on Stun!" and "Set To Kill" are murder mysteries at a science fiction convention.

Fally 2016 Review: Lethal Weapon

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Declan Finn

Whose bright idea was it to bring back Lethal Weapon? As a TV show. I’ve tried the original films lately, but I couldn’t make it. In retrospect, they are amazingly shallow. Yes, granted, it created a lot of the tropes … Continue reading →

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Fall 2016 TV Review: Bull

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Declan Finn

This is going to be a quick review, because I’m not entirely certain what to make of this yet. Dr. Jason Bull (played by NCIS‘ Michael Weatherly) is a jury consultant. Supposedly, he’s based off of the life of Doctor … Continue reading →

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Fall 2016 Review: MacGyver

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Declan Finn

After years of trying to bring back an official MacGyver reboot, CBS has finally brought back the man whose very name as become a verb. And what’s the verdict? ….Eh. Yes. That’s it. Eh. Just that. Yes, granted, you could do worse … Continue reading →

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Where does Marvel go from Civil War?

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Declan Finn

Everything below will spoil the franchise to date. If you’ve seen Civil War, the only spoilers will be speculation I might get correct. Also, spoilers for a comic book here or there. Now that Doctor Strange is nearly upon us, it is time … Continue reading →

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Marvel’s Iron Fist Trailer

Posted on October 11, 2016 by Declan Finn
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Review: Exorcist, the series

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Declan Finn

If you haven’t read The Exorcist, of if you haven’t read the story about the original book, it was originally based off of an actual case of possession in Georgetown. Two of the original priests from the incident showed up in … Continue reading →

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A Review of ABC’s Notorious

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Declan Finn

Back when first looked at the new shows of the Fall Season, one show was called Notorious. I immediately figured it would not be as interesting as the Alfred Hitchcock film of the same name. I mean, after all, one of … Continue reading →

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Review: Designated Survivor

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Declan Finn

A little while ago, there was an article on The Catholic Geeks discussing new fall television. One show was called Designated Survivor, which was an obvious knock off of the Tom Clancy plot point where someone blows up the State of the … Continue reading →

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The Pond Family Reunion, @DragonCon, 2016

Posted on September 23, 2016 by Declan Finn

I’m now at the point where I’m posting other people’s video.   I’m told Karen Gillan was supposed to be part of this. I think she either cancelled, or cancelled her panels. I could be mistaken. And, while you’re listening … Continue reading →

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Daredevil Panel with Charlie Cox @DragonCon, 2016

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Declan Finn

And, if you like Martial Arts, you might want to check out my Sad Puppy and Dragon Award Nominated Novel Honor at Stake by clicking this link. And … enjoy.

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Even more Firefly Guests @DragonCon, 2016

Posted on September 22, 2016 by Declan Finn

This one is a completely different panel from yesterday. This has Alan Tudyk and only Adam Baldwin in addition.Enjoy

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Firefly Guests @DragonCon 2016

Posted on September 21, 2016 by Declan Finn

On the one hand, Firefly is possibly one of the most overrated shows that ever got a cult following off of so little. Never was so much worshipped by so many for so very little. Even in DVD format, with the … Continue reading →

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Spectre, a Review

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Declan Finn

For the past few months, there is yet another headline about “Who should be the next James Bond?” Tom Hiddleston or Idris Elba, the occasional actor I never heard of before. At this rate of speed, I’d take Tom Ellis from Lucifer. With … Continue reading →

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Military SF Tech @DragonCon, 2016

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Declan Finn

This was a fun little panel that I was surprised by — mostly that I got such good video feed. “There’s an awful lot of high tech in military science fiction. Some of it is solidly based on current science/tech. … Continue reading →

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Tom Stranger: International Insurance Agent

Posted on September 19, 2016 by Declan Finn

Welcome to Larry Correia’s audio book, The Adventures of Tom Stranger: Interdimensional Insurance Agent, narrated by Adam Baldwin. Yes. Really. I’m not making this one up. Have you ever seen a planet invaded by rampaging space mutants from another dimension or … Continue reading →

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Review: Black Tide Rising

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Declan Finn

If you haven’t read John Ringo’s awesome Black Tide series, you’re missing out. It started as a trilogy, spun out into a quartet, then inspired an anthology….not that I would know anything about that. Heh. The premise is simple: Imagine … Continue reading →

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Review: Iron Chamber of Memory

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Declan Finn

John C Wright has pulled off a great trick with his latest novel, Iron Chamber of Memory. What started out as a Nora Roberts style romantic comedy ended in an epic battle on the scale of Mary Stewart and her … Continue reading →

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Review: Chasing Freedom

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Declan Finn

I hang out with a lot of political writers.  Then again, most if not all writers still to be political, to some degree or another. And the most common form of political writing lately is the distopia, or perhaps dystopia, … Continue reading →

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#DragonCon Report 2016, Effective Promotion for Writers

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Declan Finn

Description of this panel: “The pros discuss what works for them, and what doesn’t.” Panelists include: Jade Lee, Peter David, Faith Hunter, Gail Z Martin, and Lee Martindale. No, sorry, I don’t have too much to add to this one. … Continue reading →

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Neeta Lyffe: Dual Review

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Declan Finn

Today will be a dual review.  Why? Because it’s hard to review one book without reflecting on the other. In zombie films, zombies are generally NOT the main bad guys. They set the scene, they act as cannon fodder (for … Continue reading →

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