Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.
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Why do we remember the past and not the future? What does it mean for time to "flow"? Do we …
In 2045, as Islam has overrun Europe and the West openly shuns monotheism, the Vatican-funded …
A re-read of an excellent story. I want to see how it's aged for me.
A re-read of an excellent story. I want to see how it's aged for me.
This apparently acts as a prequel to an animated movie that I haven't seen. So I don't really know how it relates to that. But, as a stand-alone story it's not too bad. Not great and essential reading, but not bad.
It's kind of Elseworlds-like, but doesn't carry that official branding (DC's label for non-canonical, alternative version stories). You get a chapter each for the quick origins of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman; and then a few chapters on their combined story, narrated by a very skeptical Lois Lane.
It's definitely a darker version of each character, which is interesting, but explores a lot of the regular themes of "gods amongst men".
This apparently acts as a prequel to an animated movie that I haven't seen. So I don't really know how it relates to that. But, as a stand-alone story it's not too bad. Not great and essential reading, but not bad.
It's kind of Elseworlds-like, but doesn't carry that official branding (DC's label for non-canonical, alternative version stories). You get a chapter each for the quick origins of Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman; and then a few chapters on their combined story, narrated by a very skeptical Lois Lane.
It's definitely a darker version of each character, which is interesting, but explores a lot of the regular themes of "gods amongst men".
A Prime Minister strides into a boiling sea. And disappears.
Plunged into a slippery nightmare, stripped of human power …
A Prime Minister strides into a boiling sea. And disappears.
Plunged into a slippery …
It feels... Unfinished, maybe? I mean, it finishes with "to be continued", but I think that's metaphorical...
It feels... Unfinished, maybe? I mean, it finishes with "to be continued", but I think that's metaphorical...
A Prime Minister strides into a boiling sea. And disappears.
Plunged into a slippery nightmare, stripped of human power …
Mona Lisa Overdrive is the final novel of the William Gibson's cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy.
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Wait... I forgot I wanted to read through a bunch of comics I got for cheap to sort through which to keep and which to donate...
Mona Lisa Overdrive is the final novel of the William Gibson's cyberpunk Sprawl trilogy.
Living in the vast computer …
Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in …
Oh... Now I'm all out of Murderbot too...
Oh... Now I'm all out of Murderbot too...
Perihelion and its crew embark on a dangerous new mission at a corporate-controlled station in the throes of a hostile …
Am I making it worse? I think I'm making it worse.
Everyone's favorite lethal SecUnit is back.
Following …
It was revealed that chapter... I'm not 100% convinced it was worth revealing part way through and not at the beginning... But, minor quibble.
It was revealed that chapter... I'm not 100% convinced it was worth revealing part way through and not at the beginning... But, minor quibble.
Increasingly, people are responding to the contemporary crises underwritten by capitalism by exploring the politics of communism. Some have taken …
