Le Guin Pro-Abortion Rant, X-Box Exclusives Back, MOTU Box Office Bomb - Fandom Pulse Daily Briefing
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Ursula K. Le Guin Told Planned Parenthood That Species Survival Required Limiting Human Population And Built Her Entire Moral Case for Abortion On It
Ursula K. Le Guin, celebrated author of The Left Hand of Darkness and the Earthsea series, stood before a Planned Parenthood symposium in Portland in March 1978 and told the audience that an unwanted child was morally comparable to a birth defect. The remarks were not obscure. She reprinted them herself in her 1989 essay collection
BookCon Returned After Six Years, And Immediately Generated A Boycott Over An ICE Contract
BookCon returned to the Javits Center in New York on April 18-19 after a six-year hiatus. Tickets sold out. Author signing reservations were gone within hours. The attending guest list included Leigh Bardugo, Holly Black, Cassandra Clare, Veronica Roth, R.F. Kuang, Andy Weir, Matt Dinniman, Emily St. John Mandel, and Jodi Picoult. Six years after the co…
Dragonsong: The Fantasy Book I Hand to Kids Who Hate Reading
Menolly runs from a home that won’t let her sing, and somewhere around page forty you stop reading and start living on Pern. That’s the trick of this book, and McCaffrey pulls it without ever sitting you down to explain how dragons work or what Thread is. She hands you a girl with music in her and a family set on beating it out of her, and you are gone.
Stellar Blade: Blood Rain Protagonist Evie Divides Fans as CEO Defends Younger Design
Shift Up’s follow-up to its 2024 PS5 hit Stellar Blade launched its first controversy before anyone could play a single level. The reveal trailer for Stellar Blade: Blood Rain, dropped at Summer Game Fest on June 5, 2026, introduced new protagonist Evie, an android operative in a cyberpunk cityscape, and split the game’s fanbase within hours.
Xbox Just Reversed On Exclusives, And The Quotes Confirm They Know Why They Were Losing
Asha Sharma’s first Xbox Games Showcase as CEO produced one concrete answer to the question the platform’s fanbase has been demanding for two years: Gears of War: E-Day and Clockwork Revolution will be Xbox console exclusives. Not timed exclusives. Not multiplatform releases. Games made for Xbox that you need an Xbox to play.
Masters Of The Universe Bombed And They Should Have Seen It Coming
Masters of the Universe opened to $29.3 million domestic this weekend on a $200 million budget, finishing second behind Scary Movie 6, which earned $55 million. Globally the film earned $54.3 million, just over a quarter of its production budget in its opening weekend.
Former IGN Journo Alanah Pearce Admits Her Early Voice Acting Breaks Were Straight Nepotism
The God of War Laufey trailer just dropped, reminding everyone of the franchise’s continued pull. Not long after, influencer and former journalist Alanah Pearce took to Instagram to reflect on her involvement, noting she spent four years writing for the project. It’s an impressive-sounding milestone for a former IGN journalist turned multi-role industry figure.
A Jury Awarded Nichelle Nichols’ Family $13 Million For Wrongful Death
A New Mexico jury deliberated two hours on June 4 before returning a $13 million verdict in favor of the family of Nichelle Nichols against Gila Regional Medical Center in Silver City. The verdict found the hospital 40% liable and Dr. Tsering Sherpa 60% liable for Nichols’ death on July 30, 2022. She was 89.
TMNT #300 Has 200,000 Pre-Orders, But The Number Is Built On Gimmicks, Not Readers
IDW Publishing announced this week that Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #300 has topped 200,000 pre-orders from comic book stores, alongside its blind bag cover program. It may be real, but that doesn’t mean there’s anywhere near 200K readers.
Supergirl’s Marketing Has Now Alienated Both Sides As Grace Randolph Says “Stop Talking for the Love of God”
Supergirl opens June 26 and the film’s lead actress has now generated backlash from the conservative audience that fills multiplex seats for superhero films and from the mainstream Hollywood analyst community that tracks whether female-led franchise films succeed.