For our one-year anniversary, we look at Sir Ridley Scott's thematic threads with Alien, Prometheus and the upcoming Alien: Covenant. Is it all about commercial appeal? Or is Scott reflecting on old age, legacy and death?

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• Lodge, G. (2015). From Dystopia to Valhalla, Scott's Future Visions Endure. Variety, 329(17), 73-78.
• Newman, K. (2012). PROMETHEUS UNBOUND. Sight & Sound, 22(7), 28-31.
• Adams, T. (2016). RIDLEY ME THIS: SCOTT’S KEY ANSWERS. Variety, 333(14), 184.
• Return of the 'Alien' Mind
• Why Alien: Covenant Will Make You Reconsider Prometheus
• He’s Not Done With Exploring the Universe ‘Prometheus’ Returns Ridley Scott to Outer Space

How does one man find himself at the center of modern myth making? David S. Goyer's written and directed superhero comics, films and television, but his public persona suggests something larger and more conflicted about superhero storytelling. 

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• Producer Tony Visconti Talks David Bowie and Blackstar
• The Inside Story of David Bowie's Stunning New Album, 'Blackstar'
• David Bowie: Blackstar review – a spellbinding break with his past
• David Bowie Allowed His Art to Deliver a Final Message
• New David Bowie album, inspired by Kendrick Lamar, features LCD's James Murphy
• David Bowie’s Blackstar a nearly perfect goodbye: review
• Was David Bowie saying goodbye on Blackstar?
• The final mysteries of David Bowie’s Blackstar – Elvis, Crowley and 'the villa of Ormen'
• David Bowie's Final Album 'Blackstar' & 'Lazarus' Video Were Goodbye Notes
• Bowie's Blackstar outsold classic albums in year after he died

As hacker subculture becomes more prevalent in our current events, techno-thrillers like Chuck Wendig's Zer0es portray hacking more accurately. But how does it split the difference between writing a snarky page-turner and addressing the themes of present day?

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Additional Resources: (to come)

• Chuck Wendig's Zeroes: a hacker technothriller in the War Games lineage
• Who Hacks the Hackers? Zer0es by Chuck Wendig
• In 'Zeroes,' uber-snarky characters ruin a creepy and cathartic sci-fi story: book review
• Chuck Wendig's 'Zeroes' Is a Paranoid Techno-thriller That's Just Right for our Times
• The Mary Sue Interview: Chuck Wendig on New Novel Zer0es and Technology
• BOOK ANNOUNCEMENT: “ZEROES,” TO HARPER VOYAGER
• TerribleMinds