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With superheroes becoming more popular, they have begun to spread outside their traditional comic-book and movie-screen mediums. Serious novel writers are taking notice of the dramatic possibilities inherent in superheroics–which are, after all, no more implausible than the flood of … Continue reading
Its name is Montmorency.
When one thinks of time travel stories, H.G. Well’s Time Machine comes to mind, and Ray Bradbury’s The Thunder Of Its Wings, and then of course Back To The Future I, II, and III, and… The point is that most … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, comedy of manners, Connie Willis, ebook review, science fiction, time travel
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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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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
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Tagged Ben White, Charlotte Powers: Power Down, ebook review, Power Down, Superheroes, YA, Young Adult
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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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Illegal Aliens
Happy Easter everybody! In keeping with my commitment to begin with Forgotten Books, stories that were fresh, wonderful, ripping good reads from years gone by, that, for one reason or another, didn’t get the coverage I felt they deserved, I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, book reviews, ebook review, humor, Illegal Aliens, Phil Foglio, science fiction
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