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Fiction, Religion, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

January 24, 2025November 5, 2024

The Sparrow – Mary Doria Russell

There seems to be a lot of weird overlap between science-fiction and religion. I don’t think it always ends well though

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Fiction, Novel  3 Comments

January 10, 2025November 5, 2024

The Humans – Matt Haig

A book whose story may be a metaphor for… something

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Anti-War, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Military Fiction, War  0 Comments

June 14, 2024May 23, 2024

The Things They Carried – Tim O’Brien

There is an anecdote about the acclaimed film director Stanley Kubrick that goes as follows: when Kubrick told a friend

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Fiction, Novel, Science-Fiction, Uncategorized  0 Comments

March 8, 2024February 25, 2024

Primogenitor, Clonelord, Manflayer – Josh Reynolds

Warhammer is a mess of a story. I kinda love it!

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Fiction, Science-Fiction, Short Stories  0 Comments

February 23, 2024January 20, 2024

Two More Short Story Collections

Two more collections of short stories, reviewed by a person who doesn’t really like short stories.

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Comics, Fiction, Uncategorized  1 Comment

February 9, 2024February 9, 2024

Goodnight Punpun – Inio Asano, translated by Hox

A very strange, very adult manga

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Comics, Fiction, Science-Fiction  0 Comments

January 26, 2024September 24, 2023

Sacrament, vol 1 – Peter Milligan and Marcelo Frusin

Sometimes you have a lot of hope for things, and your hope is wasted

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Fiction, Novel  0 Comments

January 12, 2024September 26, 2023

The Blind Assassin – Margaret Atwood

Don’t be fooled by the silly cover.

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Alternate History, Fiction, Science-Fiction  1 Comment

December 29, 2023November 20, 2023

American War – Omar El Akkad

An exercise in cliches

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Comics, Fiction, Science-Fiction  2 Comments

December 15, 2023December 18, 2023

The Rise and Fall of the Trigan Empire – Mike Butterworth and Don Lawrence

Some pulpy graphics novels. Maybe they should have held the pulp

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