Jeff Smith’s indie comic somehow got picked up by Scholastic. This first volume collects and colorizes the first six issues. Bone certainly feels more like an indie… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Out from Boneville”
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Book Review: Lallia
My favorite Dumarest of Terra novel so far, Lallia shakes things up a bit for our hero. In the previous novels, Dumarest is typically on a planet,… Read more “Book Review: Lallia”
Book Review: The Complete Carnacki, The Ghost Finder
At the turn of the 20th Century, the world was a dark and mysterious place. Hither came Thomas Carnacki, Occult Detective. William Hope Hodgson crafted a character… Read more “Book Review: The Complete Carnacki, The Ghost Finder”
Tabletop RPG Review: Space 1889
Way back in the 80s when I was a wee lad and just getting into tabletop RPGs, I used to see Space 1889 on the shelf at… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Space 1889”
Book Review: No Such Thing as Dragons
Oops. I bought this book when it came out a decade ago…and somehow forgot to actually read it. Well, I’ve fixed that. First, I’ll come right out… Read more “Book Review: No Such Thing as Dragons”
Book Review: A Boy and His Bot
I really enjoyed Daniel H. Wilson’s non-fiction books about robots. How to Survive a Robot Uprising and Where’s My Jetpack? were both very enjoyable. So, when he… Read more “Book Review: A Boy and His Bot”
Book Review: The Jester at Scar
The fifth book in E.C. Tubb’s Dumarest of Terra series finds our hero hunting dangerous but valuable mushrooms on an extreme planet infested with wild and mutating… Read more “Book Review: The Jester at Scar”
Book Review: The Lost Planet
Rachel Searles has created an action packed romp, like something that would fit on a shelf next to Andre Norton or Robert A. Heinlein circa 1965. A… Read more “Book Review: The Lost Planet”
Book Review: The Wood Beyond the World
Are you a fan of very old style writing? Do you want a new Medieval fairy tale? Enjoy reading cramped, calligraphy-like typeset? Well, then I have the… Read more “Book Review: The Wood Beyond the World”
Tabletop RPG Review: A Pound of Flesh
The second expansion for Mothership, A Pound of Flesh moves away from the more supernatural vibe of Dead Planet and into the human-made horror of super-science gone… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: A Pound of Flesh”
Matthew J. Constantine 