She was only a passing student of golemetrics, which required more dealing with demons than she liked. Not that Elayne had anything against demons per se – but her conversations with them often reminded her of a vicious joke in which she herself might well be the punchline. Perhaps the demons felt the same. It’s
I’ve said it before, but my favorite thing about China Miéville’s writing is how he comes up with ideas that are so off the wall, so completely out of nowhere, and then builds a whole story around them. And they become such a matter-of-fact part of the world you accept the idea completely, as if it
Vertigo released the final chapter of the Fables comic book in July. The series that started with the quirky idea of refugees from fairytales, folklore and nursery rhymes all living together in a community in New York City eventually turned into an epic that spanned dozens of mythologies, launched several spin-offs/mini-series, and had a literal cast of thousands (if you take into account
The universe is a dark forest… The second book in Cixin Liu’s “Three Body” trilogy picks up right where the first one left off, with the Trisolaran fleet making its way to Earth to wipe out humanity. The sophons – undetectable Trisolaran multi-dimensional computers surrounding the planet – have permanently sabotaged all high-energy physics experiments,
It’s human nature to want to know what’s the point of something. What does it mean, where’s it going, why does it exist? This happens a lot when reading books; you try to figure out where the plot’s taking you, what’s the message in the end. Sometimes that’ll just frustrate you. Certainly it did for
The fairy tale of Cinderella has been re-told dozens of times, if not hundreds. I’d be willing to bet not many of those versions have androids, hovercrafts, and the part of Cinderella being played by a cyborg in a future version of Beijing where cyborgs are social pariahs. Marissa Meyer’s Cinder is a tale of
A lot of people think the “Vampire Bubble” may have burst (Vampire Diaries seems to be gearing up for its final season, True Blood is already gone, Jonathan Rhys Meyers’ Dracula never got off the ground) and that zombies have taken their place in that part of geek culture that wants to be scared by
People tossed around words like “collapse of civilization” and “post-apocalyptic,” but really everything was the same mess as always. John Joseph Adams and Hugh Howey wrap up their Apocalypse Triptych with 22 tales of the people who survive the destruction of civilization. And if you thought the lead-up to the end of the world was dark, this collection
Even Chinese philosopher/strategists from the 6th century BC can become the target of a modern-day super assassin, and Deadpool isn’t about to let a 2500-year distance keep him from fulfilling a contract. After taking out Sun Tzu (and don’t expect an explanation about the whole time-travel issue, because you aren’t getting one), Deadpool stumbles across