Category: Reading
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Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews
Review of Clean Sweep by Ilona Andrews. An urban fantasy novel about a witch and her magical inn with strong worldbuilding.
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Skin Game and The Dresden Files by Jim Butcher
Review of Skin Game by Jim Butcher and a mini-review of The Dresden Files – they are classic urban fantasy books. If you ask someone to recommend you some good urban fantasy books, The Dresden Files is going to come up. There is also quick reviews of some of the other individual books in the…
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Each to Each by Seanan McGuire
Review of Each to Each by Seanan McGuire. Each to Each is a science fiction short story The review has spoilers so please don’t read it if you don’t want to know anything.
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The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere
Review of The Water That Falls on You from Nowhere by John Chu. The Hugo winner in the short story category in 2014.
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Kate Daniels series & Magic Bleeds
Review of the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews with a focus on book 4 Magic Bleeds. The Kate Daniels books are set in a post-apocalyptic magical future filled with were-shifters.
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Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Vol. 2
Review of Ultimate Comics Spider-Man Vol 2 by Brian Michael Bendis & Chris Samnee. This is where Miles Morales as Spider-man is introduced in the Marvel universe. The big controversy at the time was the fact that there was not only a new Spider-Man, but that he was black.
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His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik
Review of His Majesty’s Dragon by Naomi Novik. What if there had been dragons on both sides of the Napoleonic Wars? What if those dragons had opinions about their role in the war? Captain Will Laurence becomes part of the Aerial Corps as the master of the dragon Temeraire.
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Chicks in Chainmail
Review of the short story anthology Chicks in Chainmail edited by Esther M. Friesner. Do you remember when every computer game, heavy metal album, roleplaying game and cheep fantasy book had a chick in chainmail on the cover? Those were the inspiration for Chicks in Chainmail. The anthology looks a the stereotypes that surrounds the…
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11 space opera stories worth reading
I don’t know about you, but I love a good space opera. I know faster than light travel will in all likelihood never happen but it makes for fine fiction. If you like space opera, this will give you 11 space opera novels, novellas, short stories or comics to check out.
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Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire
Review of Half-Off Ragnarok by Seanan McGuire. Half-Off Ragnarok is book 3 in the InCryptid series. We follow Alex who is a zoologist who helps cryptid individuals of his local community.