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Barbarius@outside.ofa.dog

Joined 1 year, 5 months ago

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

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7% complete! Barbarius has read 3 of 40 books.

finished reading Luthor by Lee Bermejo

Luthor (GraphicNovel, 2019, DC Comics) No rating

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?

Old Man's War (Paperback, 2007, Tor) 4 stars

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?

Roche limit (GraphicNovel, 2015, Image comics) No rating

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.

finished reading Mae Volume 1 by Gene Ha

Mae Volume 1 (GraphicNovel, 2017, Dark Horse Comics, Dark Horse Books) No rating

When she was just a girl, Abbie discovered a portal to a fantasy world and …

That was enjoyable. But it feels like the author has a huge world with an incredible history and lore developed and we only get a teeny tiny sneak peak at it. Apparently it only went for another six issues after this?