Mostly reading sci-fi, fantasy, and comics/graphic novels, but occasionally some other stuff too.
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12% complete! Barbarius has read 5 of 40 books.
One of my importers--an assassin? SEND FOR THE ARMY!
Wait! Lord Julius--these matters are best handled quietly…!
SEND FOR THE ARMY AND HAVE THEIR FEET WRAPPED IN COTTON!!
— Cerebus (Cerebus, #1) by Dave Sim (Page 314 - 315)
The Stars My Destination is a science fiction novel by American writer Alfred Bester. Its first publication was in book …
@ben_hr oh no... Really?
HOORAY FOR LOVE!
Basit Deniau’s houses were haunted to begin with.
A house embedded with an artificial intelligence is a common thing: a …
The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, …
Fables Compendium Two starts with the story “Arabian Nights (and Days)”, when foreigners start showing …
Content warning Character relationships
Snow White: "Hold on, I need to go back and get my cane." Bigby: "No, you won't need it. You can lean on my from now on."
— Fables by Bill Willingham, Mark Buckingham (Page 232)
I know it's cheesey, but it's still so damn sweet when they finally reunite!
Public Service Announcement: If you ever need to remember the order of Lucy Maude Montgomery's classic Anne series, just remember the place where Anne is "of" just gets bigger each time: Anne of Green Gables Anne of Avonlea Anne of the Island Anne of Canada Anne of the Americas Anne of Earth Anne of the Solar System Anne of the Milky Way Anne of the Local Group Anne of the Universe Anne of the Multiverse
Fables Compendium Two starts with the story “Arabian Nights (and Days)”, when foreigners start showing up in Fabletown–much to the …
When twelve-year-old Anne Shirley came to Avonlea, she quickly won everyone’s heart. Now, she’s five years older, almost a woman, …
When a savage creature, known only as the Adversary, conquered the fabled lands of legends …
Fables is one of the best ongoing comic series, in my opinion (although it did stop... And then has started again? This is the first compendium of four, which covers the original run of 150 issues).
Essentially, all your fairy tale characters are real, and have fled into the mundane world, living in New York. The reason for their departure from their various "Homelands" is due to an enemy known only as "The Adversary", who's swept over the various fable lands, killing and conquering.
What I think is really good, and the real strength of this series, is the sheer amount of depth that is allowed and explored in what are very familiar characters, and then how they fit in with each other and as a community.
I would, and do, thoroughly recommend this series to anyone.
When a savage creature, known only as the Adversary, conquered the fabled lands of legends …
I was right thinking that I had already read all these stories, but they were still great fun in revisiting!
Inheriting your mysterious uncle's supervillain business is more complicated than you might imagine.
Sure, there are the things you'd expect. …
