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Monthly Archives: August 2018
Summer School: Tolkien 101 Wrap-Up
Annnnd it’s a wrap! Thank you for joining me for Tolkien 101 this summer. Counting the announcement post and this one, Tolkien 101 stretched for 19 posts. I covered The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, all nine movies based … Continue reading
Can’t-Wait Wednesday: Like the Wind by Justin Knight
My pick for this week is the recently released Like the Wind by Justin Knight. Like the Wind is Knight’s homage to anime, a homage packed action and gore. Like the Wind is the first book in a trilogy and … Continue reading
Review of The Dream of the Iron Dragon by Rob Kroese
“Don’t get me wrong, there are worse ways to go out than holding off a Viking horde with a railgun, but it’s not a long-term strategy.” The Dream of an Iron Dragon has such a fun premise: 23rd Century humans … Continue reading
Posted in Alternate History, Book Reviews, Science Fiction
Tagged Dragon Awards, Indie Books, Time Travel
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Tolkien 101: On Fairy Stories
Fantasy (in this sense) is, I think, not a lower but a higher form of Art, indeed the most nearly pure form, and so (when achieved) the most potent. I made the mistake of thinking On Fairy Stories would be … Continue reading
Ravencry is Another Grimdark with Hope (but mostly Blood)
I’m going to keep this short. If you haven’t already read the first book in the series, Blackwing, (1) you’re crazy, (2) go read my review of Blackwing. If you have read Blackwing, then I probably don’t need to do … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Fantasy
Tagged Ace Books, Epic Fantasy, Flintlock Fantasy, Grimdark
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Tolkien 101: The History of the Hobbit by John Rateliff
Writing a post on John Rateliff’s encyclopedic The History of the Hobbit isn’t the problem. The problem is writing one that doesn’t turn into a 3,000 word behemoth itself. I will try very hard to keep this post to a … Continue reading
Rat Queens vol. 5 is a disjointed, hot mess
*Sigh* This graphic novel is a hot mess. The first issue focuses on Orc Dave. It is interesting and good worldbuilding, but it is also repetitive and tangential. Why include a flashback at what will be the beginning of a … Continue reading
Oathbringer Continues to Build on a Structurally Remarkable Series
This is it. The review that I’ve been scheduling and cancelling in turn for three months. I will keep this short, because if you have been looking for Oathbringer review, surely you have found one or…1,998 reviews to read first. … Continue reading
Tolkien 101: LOTR Appendices
Even as a kid, I was thrown off when I got to the climax of The Return of the King and there was still half a book left. There is that overlong denouement (a problem Tolkien was able to avoid … Continue reading
July 2018 Month-in-Review
July was a good blog month and a bad reading month. After reading fourteen books (not include two DNFs) last July, this July I only managed to read four books. But despite a very busy work schedule and still being … Continue reading