I’ve been reading Adventure stories, Horror stories, and Science Fiction stories from the late 1800s and early 1900s for most of my reading life. I started with… Read more “Book Review: The Moon Pool”
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Tabletop RPG Review: Tales from the Loop
Nostalgia is a dangerous game, and one I think has been played poorly a lot in recent years. The way a lot of older people look back… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Tales from the Loop”
Tabletop RPG Review: Skyrealms of Jorune
I’ve been meaning to give this book a cover to cover read for a very, very long time. Skyrealms of Jorune was one of those games I… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Skyrealms of Jorune”
Comic Review: Journey
Goofy, biting, dark, and incredibly sad. William Messner-Loeb’s extremely unusual comic about frontiersman Wolverine MacAlistaire and the wilds of early America is really something. If you’re interested… Read more “Comic Review: Journey”
Book Review: Female Tars
I’ve seen some weirdly harsh criticism of this book that I really don’t understand. Folks seemed to be upset by Suzanne J. Stark’s questioning of generally accepted… Read more “Book Review: Female Tars”
Book Review: Cod
This is an excellent book, and a much quicker read than Kurlansky’s more famous and popular book, Salt. I love that it balances History, Food, and Environmentalism… Read more “Book Review: Cod”
Comic Review: Yohance issue 2
The adventures of the thief Yohance continue in the second issue of this AfroFuturist Space Opera comic, and it’s a lot of fun (first issue review here).… Read more “Comic Review: Yohance issue 2”
Book Review: The Job
William S. Burroughs is a challenging figure in American literature, especially fringe literature. Key to the Beats, but not a part of it; key to drug culture,… Read more “Book Review: The Job”
Book Review: The Van Rijn Method
Poul Anderson is one of those titans of Golden Age Science Fiction. His massive Technic Civilization universe covers a whole bunch of novels, novellas, and short stories.… Read more “Book Review: The Van Rijn Method”
Comic Review: Invincible Ultimate Collection Volume 7
Oh, my. Robert Kirkman puts us through the wringer, again. The war with the Viltrumite empire comes to its crescendo. Alan kinda grows up. Eve goes through… Read more “Comic Review: Invincible Ultimate Collection Volume 7”
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