What happens when Vision, who is immensely powerful, longs for a "regular family" including all the turmoil, unpredictability, and emotional struggles that come with it. Superman meets the Bicentennial Man.
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Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too. Only posting books I've read/reading since joining in 2023 (maybe one day I'll go through my bookshelf and change this).
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Barbarius reviewed The Vision by Tom King
The Vision wants to be human, and what's more human than family? So he heads …
Super-Bicentennial Man
3 stars
Barbarius finished reading The Vision by Tom King
The Vision by Tom King
The Vision wants to be human, and what's more human than family? So he heads back to the beginning, to …
Barbarius quoted The Vision by Tom King
The Vision wants to be human, and what's more human than family? So he heads …
"I do not relish asking this of you. You are an Avenger, you are needed there. Obviously. I am just trying to say... you are needed here as well." "Yes. I understand. I will talk to Iron Man. Perhaps Nova can be called in. He was supposed to have a night with his mother, but sacrifices must be made."
— The Vision by Tom King
The true lives of the Avengers.
Barbarius started reading The Vision by Tom King
The Vision by Tom King
The Vision wants to be human, and what's more human than family? So he heads back to the beginning, to …
Barbarius finished reading Luthor by Lee Bermejo
The superstar, critically acclaimed team behind BATMAN: DAMNED and JOKER deliver a bold story in …
What if Lex Luthor is actually a good guy? And his motivations were that knowing that all that stops the end of the human race is staying on the good side of an alien?
Barbarius started reading Luthor by Lee Bermejo
Luthor by Lee Bermejo, Brian Azzarello
The superstar, critically acclaimed team behind BATMAN: DAMNED and JOKER deliver a bold story in which readers get a glimpse …
Barbarius commented on Old Man's War by John Scalzi
John Scalzi channels Robert Heinlein (including a wry sense of humor) in a novel about …
A bunch of Scalzi's books are going in a Humble Bundle right now; 21 books for A$30 (https://www.humblebundle.com/books/john-scalzis-interdependency-old-mans-war-and-more-tor-books-encore). Are they any good?
Barbarius finished reading Critical Role by Matthew Mercer
Critical Role by Matthew Mercer, Olivia Samson, Matthew Colville, and 1 other
The band of adventurers known as Vox Machina will save the world. Eventually. But even they have to start somewhere. …
Barbarius started reading Critical Role by Matthew Mercer
The band of adventurers known as Vox Machina will save the world. Eventually. But even …
I was given this as a gift years ago... Now's a good time to read it, I guess?
Barbarius finished reading Roche limit by Michael Moreci
It's 75 years after the events that left the Roche Limit colony in flames. When …
I like that this series is three separate stories, and not a continuation of characters throughout. It's also definitely scratching a hard SF itch in a way that SF comics seem to not normally be able to do.
Barbarius started reading Roche limit by Michael Moreci
Roche limit by Michael Moreci, Kyle Charles
It's 75 years after the events that left the Roche Limit colony in flames. When a crew of military and …
Barbarius finished reading The Big Four by Agatha Christie
The Big Four by Agatha Christie
They are a vicious international quartet of criminals known as "The Big Four". Number One was a brilliant Chinese, the …
Barbarius quoted The Big Four by Agatha Christie
They are a vicious international quartet of criminals known as "The Big Four". Number One …
You surprise me, Hastings. Do you not know that all celebrated detectives have brothers who would be even more celebrated than they are were it not for constitutional indolence?
— The Big Four by Agatha Christie (Page 128)
Barbarius rated Roche Limit: 3 stars
Roche Limit by Michael Moreci
"Our destiny is the stars, and I will lead us there." Twenty years after this promise, billionaire Langford Skaargard's dream …