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Barbarius@outside.ofa.dog

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Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.

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B.P.R.D. Volume 5 (GraphicNovel, 2006, Dark Horse Books) No rating

Tragedy befalls the Bureau for Paranormal Research and Defense as the plague of frogs devastates …

I think I'm going to pause here for a while. Not for lack of enjoyment; I want to buy these stories in print (I'm currently reading them digitally) and If I get too far ahead I'll never justify buying the ones I've already read.

The Last Shadow (Paperback, 2022, Tor books) 4 stars

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

The Last Unicorn (2008) 4 stars

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...