Barbarius stopped reading The Magic City by Edith Nesbit
Young Philip Haldane has been living a happy life with his beloved older sister Helen, …
Apparently the mean old nurse from chapter one was too scary...
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Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.
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Barbarius commented on The Last Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender …
The definitive reading order according to me: 1. Ender's Game 2. Ender's Shadow 3-5. The rest of the Ender Quartet (Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind) 6-8. The rest of the Shadow Quartet (Shadow of the Hegemon, Shadow Puppets, Shadow of the Giant) 9. Ender in Exile 10. First Meetings 11. Shadows in Flight 12. The Last Shadow
Barbarius rated B.P.R.D. Volume 3: 4 stars
B.P.R.D. Volume 3 by Michael Mignola, Guy Davis
The Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development is called in after a madman shoots up a secret laboratory and allows …
Barbarius started reading The Last Shadow by Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card's The Last Shadow is the long-awaited conclusion to both the original Ender …
Last book for both series!
Barbarius finished reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving …
Given that this was my first TMNT comic, it was weird to start "at the end". But it was thoroughly enjoyable!
Barbarius started reading Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Last Ronin by Kevin Eastman
Who is the Last Ronin? In a future, battle-ravaged New York City, a lone surviving …
I've been wanting to read this for a good long while now. I was waiting for a paperback release, but I got sick of waiting...
Barbarius finished reading Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Neil Gaiman's enchanting, nationally bestselling children's book Coraline is brought to new life by acclaimed …
This story is so creepy!
Barbarius finished reading Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan
Wow. That was so much more poignant and... sad, than I kind of expected. It was a great finish. I think I need a bit to process this...
Barbarius started reading Y: The Last Man by Brian K. Vaughan
Okay, last one of the series. Here we go!
Barbarius finished reading The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss
Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him …
Okay, while it WASN'T The Doors of Stone, it was utterly enjoyable. I would even say one of my favourites.
Barbarius started reading The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss
Bast knows how to bargain. The give-and-take of a negotiation is as familiar to him …
I mean... It's still not The Doors of Stone...
Barbarius reviewed The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel by American author Peter S. Beagle and published …
I think I overhyped it.
3 stars
This was good, but I was expecting it to be much better.
That being said, I quite enjoyed Beagle's writing style, and his quirky mundane interjections amidst lofty overtones 😊
I don't understand how it's considered "seminal fantasy" though, I don't think it deserves that status...
Barbarius finished reading The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
The Last Unicorn is a fantasy novel by American author Peter S. Beagle and published …
I have to be honest, it was good, but not as good as I thought it would be...
Barbarius reviewed Techno-Feudalism by Yanis Varoufakis
Heavy, but very interesting
4 stars
This was a fascinating read. Essentially Varoufakis argues that capitalism is actually over, and that we are now in an era where rent derived from "digital fiefs" is dominant (e.g.: Amazon doesn't produce goods or acquire capital in the tratitional sense, but because no seller can survive without selling on Amazon, it operates like a fief extracting rent from the vassals (sellers) who have no option but to use their site). It's pretty heavy economic theory, but he frames it as a conversation with his late father, and does a good job at simplifying and explaining what he talks about.
Very interesting, and very convincing.
