I just wanted to do a quick review of C.J. Cherryh’s Resurgence, just because three books ago I said I wouldn’t review any more of her Foreigner novels; I didn’t want to keep bagging on them, how tedious I thought they’d gotten, how much exposition was crammed in them, and how there were just too many
..the ends will consume the means. How a thing is done becomes the thing itself. Keep reading for a review of Transformers #23.
And there it is. The threat. Same as it ever was. We wrap up the latest arc this week, keep reading for a review of Transformers: Galaxies #9. I think this was a good wrap-up for this arc, but other than that I can’t say much without spoiling the ending. The story was straightforward, and reinforced
I set your shoes on fire. I finally got around to reading the latest Night Vale novel and whoo boy. This one, wow, this one stands out from all the previous novels, and even from the source material in the podcast. The book we have here takes a shadowy and occasionally whimsical character and
(NON-SPOILER): Directed by Christopher Nolan, TENET follows a secret agent as he embarks on a dangerous, time-bending mission to prevent the start of World War III. It goes without saying that this was easily everyone’s most anticipated release this year, as Christopher Nolan has delivered many incredible and thought provoking films. He has also delivered
You came, adventured, and left, a beta test for all humanity’s fate. Keep reading for a review of Die #13. Warning, some spoilers below, some for this issue and a lot for last issue. The short version: Ash is getting reamed out by another one of the rulers of Die, H.G. Wells, who’s ticked off
I’d really enjoyed Camille Griep’s 2015 novel Letters to Zell, so when I was looking for something to distract myself from, well, everything, I decided to try her 2016 novel New Charity Blues. This book is a dystopian fantasy in a United States that’s been devastated by a pandemic and NO WAIT HANG ON IT’S
Directed by Derrick Borte, Unhinged follows a young woman (Caren Pistorius) and her son who are harassed and stalked by a seemingly unstable stranger (Russell Crowe) following a road rage incident. So this is my first theatrical watch in many months, and this was another out-of-nowhere film with a rather simple premise that came to
“Harrowhark Nonagesimus – I really think you should consider the idea that you might also be haunted.” The sequel to Tamsyn Muir’s Hugo-nominated debut novel is out, and if anything Harrow the Ninth is even more Gothic, decadent, weird, violent, gruesome, and gorgeous than the first book. Gideon the Ninth ended with Harrowhark becoming a