“What if he doesn’t get better?” Angus sighed. “Then he will be like a thousand others in Gallacia this winter. The only difference is that you know his name…” I’m taking a break this week from my reviews of Books I Really Should Have Read Ages Ago to enjoy a brand new novella by T.
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! In the latest Lore Olympus episodes we’ve read, Demeter revealed a little more about Persephone’s history as a Fertility Goddess (namely, that she definitely is one, and that someone else in Demeter’s generation used to be, not sure who). That was
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. Next up on my list of Books I Really Should Have Read Ages Ago is R.F. Kuang’s novel set in an alternate-history, fantasy-adjacent Oxford England. And oh boy, this one is going to sit in my head for a long time. The story
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Episodes 262 and 263 feature a Persephone who’s dealing with the uncomfortable reality that the Mortal Realm is dying and it may possibly be all her fault. But for the Binary System Podcast team, that calamity pales in comparison to the
I’ve run though my list of Books I Got For Christmas, so the next list I need to tackle is Books I Should Have Read Ages Ago. We’ll start with C.S.E. Cooney’s utterly delightful novel from 2022, Saint Death’s Daughter. The novel opens with a letter from our central character, Miscellaneous Immiscible Stones (the names
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! It’s an extra-long episode this week, although not because of Lore Olympus. The recap for episodes 259 and 260 went pretty quickly, with a little more of Demeter’s backstory revealed and one hell of a lot of personal growth. Seriously, we
“How do you think the world will end?” The next book in my “reviews for graphic novels Elizabeth got me for Christmas” series is the deluxe hardback edition of The Nice House On The Lake, and it’s little more recent than the one from my last review. And also darker. Not just darker than the
I’m just a little bit late getting to the Lazarus series (this graphic novel was first published more than a decade ago). However, ’tis the season to read the books we got as Christmas presents, and I have Elizabeth to thank for introducing me to this fascinating dystopian near-future saga and the kick-ass title character
You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Happy New Year everyone! We hope all our listeners’ holidays were fantastic, and that the return to work wasn’t too much of a shock to the system. To ease you back into the work week, have a quick recap of the