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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Worldbuilding 201: Getting Even.
I thought they’d done it. I really, really did. The show started off great, with a solid, pseudo-scientific explanation for why these super-powered people had begun to appear, a conspiracy for them to fight, and a tight-knit plot leading up … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlas, Comics, Heroes, Superheroes, Wearing the Cape, writing
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Brains are Beautiful
In keeping with Mark William’s Girls Just Want To Have Fun month, I’ve decided to put up the brainiest girl of them all, Agatha Heterodyne. . . . This is Agatha. . . . Agatha is the creation of Phil … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Comic Reviews
Tagged Agatha Heterodyne, book review, Comic Books, Girl Genius, humor, Phil Foglio, steampunk
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Trope: a metaphor, example, literary device, picture–and maybe whatever else the writer wants it to mean..
I was just digging into some serious re-writing when the latest post at The King of Elfland’s Second Cousin popped up. In it, Chris rhapsodizes about the Periodic Table of Storytelling, probably one of the funniest and most creative plotting … Continue reading
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Tagged Astra, Comics, literary criticism, Superhero, Superheroes, The Periodic Table of Storytelling, tropes, TV Tropes, Wearing the Cape
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The Wardrobe Door
I have noticed that some of the best fantasy stories rely on an interesting device; they start out rather mundanely, in a mundane setting with a rather mundane though interesting protagonist. Then they move the protagonist–and the reader–into the fantastic … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, ebook review, Epic Fantasy, fantasy, literature, Robin McKinley, The Blue Sword, YA, Young Adult
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Wild Times
I’ve learned I’ll do anything to avoid writing. Like more research; after enjoying Power Down (see previous post) I pulled out some of my old comics, looking for the ones that I enjoyed the most. One short series–not so old–that … Continue reading
Posted in Comic Reviews
Tagged Casting Call, Comic Books, comic reviews, Comics, Superheroes, Todd Nauck, Wildguard
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A Kindle Can Ruin Your Night.
It has been a long time since a book kept me up at night. But Kindles make impulse-buys so easy, and what started as research ended after midnight when my eyes rebelled and I had to stop. Some background: I … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews
Tagged Ben White, Charlotte Powers: Power Down, ebook review, Power Down, Superheroes, YA, Young Adult
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It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine…)
David Palmer sucks. Why? Because back in 1984 he came out of nowhere with Emergence, possibly the best First Novel ever, followed it with a second novel (Threshold, almost as good), then disappeared from the face of the earth. Well-meaning … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Candidia Smith-Foster, David Palmer, Emergence, journies, literature, Palmer, Post-Apocalypse, science fiction
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Imitation Is The Sincerest Form Of Flattery.
Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson were serious writers of serious sci-fi, so I’ve always wondered if somebody lost a bet, or if they just got way too drunk at a convention and talked each other into it. The result … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, book reviews, ebook review, ebooks, Gordon R. Dickson, Hoka, Hoka! Hoka Hoka!, Hokas, Hokas! Pocas!, humor, Poul Anderson, science fiction
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Adventures in the Commonwealth.
Silverlock is not so much a lost book as one that is constantly being rediscovered. John Meyers Meyers wrote it back in 1949, so this is a fantasy untouched by JRR Tolkien’s genre-redefining work. But it’s been touched by everything … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, ebook, ebook review, ebooks, fantasy, John Meyers Meyers, journies, literature, mythology, quests, Silverlock
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