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The suspects, who claimed that they were acting at the instance of the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj Gen. Babagana Monguno, had on several occasions used fake documents from the presidency to intercept containers in transit, according to the police. It was learnt that the gang who operate using a Toyota Hilux van with registration number KRD 990 AP and with the inscription “Presidential Policing Marshal, IMAN special taskforce”, would trail truck carrying container, exiting the Lagos...

Game of Thrones Creator George R.R. Martins Wild Cards Series Moves To Peacock From Hulu Game of Thrones author George R.R. Martin is heading towards a new television destination. After two years in development at Hulu, the show is switching streaming services and will further develop at NBCUniverals Peacock platform. The series adapts the long-running shared universe of superhero novels and short stories that Martin has edited and written for since 1987. According to The Hollywood Reporter, N...

Deuces Down is both the 16th and 30th book in the Wild Cards series. The anthology was first published in 2002; this new version is refreshed with added stories by Carrie Vaughn, Mary Anne Mohanraj, and Caroline Spector. Although re­ferred to on the title page as a mosaic novel, it remains – despite the linking story by Vaughn – an anthology of stories related only by the theme: deuces, folk with minor superpowers in the alter­nate superhero Wild Cards universe. If you are unaware of what...

CinemaBlend We are not too far removed from the the earth-shattering events of The Expanse Season 5 and the monumental shift experienced by nearly every living creature in the Solar System, but fans of Amazon’s hit sci-fi saga are already clamoring for what comes next when the show makes its eventual return. And, even though a great deal of unknowns remain leading into The Expanse Season 6, there is a lot that we already know about the plot, cast, and the future of the popular sci-fi act...

The Best of Walter Jon Williams, Walter Jon Williams (Subterranean 978-1-64524-002-0, $45, 616pp, hardcover) February 2021 A writer always feels an instinctive camaraderie with other writers who debuted more or less simultaneously with one’s own beginnings. This does not mean that all writers in a given generation love and admire each other unconditionally, but only that a person recognizes and bonds more readily with other members of their own generation. It’s a realization that our paths ...

Israel concerned about Jewish officials in Biden administration US President Joe Biden in South Carolina, US on 29 August 2019 [Sean Rayford/Getty Images] February 13, 2021 at 1:04 pm Immediately after US President Joe Bidens inauguration, Israel started "scrutinising" his ministers and political envoys. It began by categorising each as close or hostile to the Zionist entity, expressing concerns over the Jewish members of the US administration, given their opposing stances to the Israeli ri...

Those are the final words of one of The Expanse’s most beloved characters—gregarious Martian pilot Alex Kamal (Cas Anvar)—slurred off-screen in the finale of the show’s fifth season, “Nemesis Games.” We don’t get to see him die; our final look at him is of Anvar, slumped in his seat on the racing ship The Screaming Firehawk, bubbles of CG blood pooling from his nostrils. He succumbed, tragically but suddenly, to one of the many risks the comparatively-grounded sci-fi series est...

50 Best Sci-Fi Shows of All Time By Joseph Bien-Kahn, Stacker News AND Madison Troyer, Stacker News On 2/6/21 at 8:00 AM EST The genre of science fiction can use the cover of space, unrealized tech, or the future to tell the stories about ourselves were afraid to hear. By shielding topics in an otherworldly unreality, sci-fi has the capacity to dig deep into the most difficult, uncomfortable, and even appalling parts of our nature, nations, and selves. To better understan...

The Expanse: How Alex Kamal Died and Why Cas Anvar is Leaving the Show On 2/3/21 at 4:34 AM EST The Expanse Season 5, Episode 10, titled "Nemesis Games" saw the latest character die on the show (spoilers ahead) as Alex Kamal (played by Cas Anvar) met a very sudden end that has left fans of the Amazon Prime Video show confused and frustrated. Alexs death on the show came after the actor who played him was fired after a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him emerged in summer 2020. H...

Amazons sci-fi series "The Expanse" knows a thing or two about endings — and revivals. The show was canceled at its original home Syfy in 2018 after three seasons but revived by Amazon after fans rallied for a streamer to save it. And in November, ahead of the fifth season premiere in December, Amazon announced it renewed "The Expanse" for a sixth and final season. During an interview ahead of the season five finale on Wednesday, "The Expanse" showrunner Naren Shankar told Insider that "if th...