Charlie Jane Anders Image Credt: MacMillan Review by Kris Warning: Reviewing This Requires A Few Unavoidable Minor Spoilers. I Have Tried To Keep These To A Minimum But To Be Completely Unspoiled Do Not Read This, The Book Cover Or Any Promotional Materials As They All Have Similar Levels Of Information If there wasContinue reading “All The Birds In The Sky”
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A Stranger In Olondria
Sofia Samatar Image Credit: Small Beer Press Review by Kris Like an Iconoclast of the fantasy genre, Samatar tears down the usual trappings of these stories and builds something which is actually much truer to the spirit of the enterprise. This does not contain the classes and races of a D&D adventure nor the chosenContinue reading “A Stranger In Olondria”
Landline
Rainbow Rowell Image Credit: Goodreads Review by Nisha Landline is, at its core, about a marriage that is on the ropes. Georgie is a highly successful TV writer, which means she spends a lot of time in the office and less with her husband Neal and their two daughters. When an opportunity arises to pitchContinue reading “Landline”
Brightness Falls From The Air
James Tiptree Jr. Review by Kris Like most readers, I am a big fan of Tiptree’s short fiction but had not read any of her novels. These do not have a strong reputation but, I feel, in this case at least that they deserve a second look. To compare them to the genius of herContinue reading “Brightness Falls From The Air”
Constantine: The Hellblazer Vol. 1
Ming Doyle, James Tyrion IV, Riley Rossmo, Chris Visions, Scott Kowalchuk, Ivan Plascencia and Lee Loughridge Review by Kris Image credit: Goodreads A brief history first. John Constantine was created during Moore, Bissette and Totleben’s Swamp Thing run in 1985 and soon got his own ongoing series- Hellblazer- which ran for 300 issues. ThisContinue reading “Constantine: The Hellblazer Vol. 1”