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Kathryn Adams

Woodworker and reader, artistic fantasy/sci-fi fangirl with the attention span of a magpie.
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Kathryn Adams

Review: Punderworld Vol. 1

“Knowing what you know now, you’d expect this to be a story of death, darkness, overall gloomy things. You’d be mistaken. This is a story about life thriving in the darkest of places, and love blossoming where once thought impossible. It is the story of the goddess who captured my heart, and changed the state

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Binary System Podcast #301: WTNV #201 “The Delivery Man”

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! “No weather, no war, no man, no illness, and no god may stop me from my duty. All people deserve prompt delivery. And all people eventually get what they deserve.” This week’s episode of Welcome To Night Vale is a fascinating

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Review: A Master of Djinn

“I am the Father of Mysteries.” He spoke in deeply accented English. “The Walker of the Path of Wisdom. The Traveler of Worlds. Named mystic and madman. Spoken in reverence and curse. I am the one you seek. I am al-Jahiz. And I have returned.” We’ve reviewed quite a few short stories by P. Djèlí

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Review: Along the Saltwise Sea

Even here in the Up-and-Under, where water could have opinions and people could be seasons, there was a cost for the things people might want to give you. Nothing came for free. A. Deborah Baker (pen name of Seanan McGuire) continues the adventures of Avery and Zib in the second book of The Up-and-Under series:

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Binary System Podcast #297: Lore Olympus and the Black Widow Movie

You can listen to this episode on our Binary System Podcast channel at Anchor.fm! Okay, when we say we’re talking about the Black Widow movie, we mean we’re talking about the first forty-five minutes, because Elizabeth was juuust a little better at movies this week and Kathryn still needs to catch up. First though we

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Review: Taarna: The Last Taarakian, Trade Paperback

The trade paperback for Taarna: The Last Taarakian goes on sale January 18! Written by Stephanie Phillips (Batman, Harley Quinn), with art by Patrick Zircher (Action Comics, Suicide Squad), Al Barrionuevo (Batman, Martian Manhunter), and Christian Rosado, with colors by Jessica Kholinne and Bryan Valenza, this book collects all six issues of the Heavy Metal miniseries. The 1981

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My Favorite Books of 2021

2021 was a year with some amazing books, and I could easily put all of them in my list of favorites. I made some hard choices instead and this year I’m picking the three that I liked the most. Fine Print: Book One – Stjepan Šejić Last book to be reviewed in 2021, and it

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Review: Fine Print

There’s time for one more review before 2021 (finally) comes to a close, so this seems like the perfect opportunity to jump up and down and squeeeee about one of my Christmas presents: Stjepan Šejić’s Fine Print. I’ll start with the artwork, since that’s what first drew me to Šejić’s work ever since he started

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