Oh man. You know when you are looking forward to something because you loved something related. Then with inevitable huge, crushing disappointment, you get more and more sad about continuing said thing? Yup. So, anyone within a certain age range would have watched The Princess Bride and most of those people would say that they … Continue reading
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Book review: Ready Player One
Oh man! What a book! Though, I am pretty sure I’m the exact demographic that this book is playing to – I got most of the references (though not some of the really old video game ones). So plot: It’s about 30 years in the future and everything is basically pants. Poverty, climate change, massive … Continue reading
Comics roundup #1
Avengers: Endless Wartime Warren Ellis, Mike McKone, Jason Keith I picked this up randomly because it was by Warren Ellis. It was pretty good. The story fused a bit of history from both Captain American from 1944 and Thor and some weird creature from Asgard. They had to fight the fused monster that was begotten … Continue reading
Book review: The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
I mostly read this book while driving down an ice-road! The plot is basically revolution! There’s been a colony on the moon for a relatively long time, enough for several generations to be born on the moon. However, as they are decendents of convicts or new transportees, there’s a limited amount of freedoms and they … Continue reading
Book review: Book review: Something wicked this way comes
This is the type of book you should read on a dark night around halloween, when the wind whistles through the house and scares the crap out of you. Reading during the day, while it is bright and sunny out kind of dulls the mystery some what. The plot: 2 boys find out about a … Continue reading
Book review: A Spell for Chameleon
I don’t think I’ve ever read anything by Piers Anthony and based on A Spell for Chameleon I don’t think I ever will again. This was the most vile, misogynistic piece of shit disguised as a fantasy novel. It blows Dragonflight out of the water when it comes to the horrible portrayal of women. The … Continue reading
My sci-fi/fantasy feminism test
I thought I better put this down here so I can link to it, rather than just to Rendevous with Rama all the time. I thought I ‘d make it harder than the Bechdel test because…well…books are different than films and you can explain harder concepts…well…maybe. So: 1: does it have at least 2 female … Continue reading
Book review: The Diamond Age
I don’t even know where to start with this book. It went from confusing and boring to insane and confusing. Plot: I don’t actually fucking know. There were lots of people doing something with nanotechnology. There were some orgies involved. WHAT THE FUCK. I have a feeling that this novel was supposed to be longer … Continue reading
Book review: Caves of Steel
Well. That was kind of disappointing. It is also annoying because I have never been disappointed by Isaac Asimov before. However, most of the stuff I read by him was when I was in highschool. I’m a bit worried to re-read the Foundation Series now… There’s nothing really wrong with this book. It’s a good … Continue reading
Book review: I am legend
Well, this was a nice quick, disturbing horror romp. So: I am Legend. Vampires take over the world. There’s one dude left. He kind of drifts in and out of going kind of crazy, back to sane, back to despairing, back to hopeful. Then he gets killed. The end. It was tense. It wasn’t a … Continue reading
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