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When the IBM PC was new, I served as the president of the San Francisco PC User Group for three years. That’s how I met PCMag’s editorial team, who brought me on board in 1986. In the years ...

Erik Kain is a writer and critic covering TV shows, movies, video games and books primarily in the "genre" category including fantasy, science-fiction, mysteries, thrillers, post-apocalytpic ...