Book Review: Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton A monster stalks Isla Nublar, red in tooth and claw, seeking whom it may devour. It is a deadly threat to all who live, merciless, implacable–some might call it evil. The name of this monster is not stegosaurus or velociraptor, or even Tyrannosaurus Rex. The name of this… Continue reading Book Review: Jurassic Park
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Manga Review: Kitaro the Vampire Slayer
Manga Review: Kitaro the Vampire Slayer by Shigeru Mizuki It’s time for another volume of stories about the yokai boy named Kitaro! As you might guess, there are vampires this time. “The Vampire Eryt” is a long tale involving a mop-topped bloodsucker with a guitar, visually inspired by the Beatles. Even though his playing can… Continue reading Manga Review: Kitaro the Vampire Slayer
Book Review: The Railway Children
Book Review: The Railway Children by E. Nesbit Life takes some odd turns. For example, one day you’re an adorable trio of children living a comfortable upper-middle class life in London. The next, your father is sent to prison for a crime he did not commit and you have to go live in a much less impressive house out in… Continue reading Book Review: The Railway Children
Magazine Review: High Adventure #160: Ten Detective Aces Special
Magazine Review: High Adventure #160: Ten Detective Aces Special edited by John P. Gunnison Ten Detective Aces started publication in 1928 under the title The Dragnet Magazine and primarily featured gangster stories. Public interest in gangsters as a separate subgenre was fading, so in 1930 the magazine started featuring more general crime and detective stories under the title Detective-Dragnet Magazine, and in 1933 switched to Ten… Continue reading Magazine Review: High Adventure #160: Ten Detective Aces Special
Comic Book Review: Kaijumax, Season One: Terror and Respect
Comic Book Review: Kaijumax, Season One: Terror and Respect by Zander Cannon Electrogor just wanted to feed his family. His children were the only things in the world he cared about. Unfortunately, what Electrogor’s children eat is gigawatts of electrical power and he got caught trying to tap one of the humans’ power cables. There… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Kaijumax, Season One: Terror and Respect
Comic Book Review: Little White Duck: A Childhood in China
Comic Book Review: Little White Duck: A Childhood in China by Na Liu & Andrés Vera Martínez Da Qin (Na Liu’s childhood nickname) and her little sister Xiao Qin lived a peaceful life with their parents in Wu Han. When Da Qin was four, a very sad thing happened. The leader of her country, Mao… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Little White Duck: A Childhood in China
Book Review: Peter Pan
Book Review: Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie All of us have visited the Neverland, but relatively few remember, for most children go there only in their imaginations. Only a handful ever come in person, and just one always returns. He is the boy that will never grow up, Peter Pan. Peter is both beautiful and… Continue reading Book Review: Peter Pan
Book Review: Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories
Book Review: Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories by Naomi Kritzer This is the first collection of speculative fiction stories by Naomi Kritzer, headlined by the title piece, which won a Hugo Award in 2016. There’s seventeen stories in all. “Cat Pictures Please” is a sweet story about an artificial intelligence accidentally created from a… Continue reading Book Review: Cat Pictures Please and Other Stories
Book Review: Truth: The Merchant of Dreams
Book Review: Truth: The Merchant of Dreams by Zak Maymin Disclaimer: I received a download of this book through a Goodreads giveaway to facilitate writing this review. No other compensation was offered or requested. “Don’t lie.” “Honesty is the best policy.” “The truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.” That’s what we tell… Continue reading Book Review: Truth: The Merchant of Dreams
Book Review: London Falling
Book Review: London Falling by Paul Cornell It’s New Year’s Eve, and Operation Goodfellow is about to end. The years spent infiltrating Rob Toshack’s organized crime network, the money spent, it’s all produced nothing they can use to pin a charge on the kingpin. So at midnight, the Metropolitan Police are pulling the plug. But… Continue reading Book Review: London Falling