Right. This was fucking brilliant and super creepy. The Illustrated Man was written in 1951 and so in some respects shows it’s age a little bit. There is no real plot, it’s a collection of short stories as shown on the back of the Illustrated Man. Another man watches all night as the Illustrated Man’s … Continue reading
Category Archives: Fantasy
Book review: Kushiel’s Dart
Okay, so this book was equal parts intriguing, disturbing and frustrating. I’ve never read 50 Shades of Grey but this kind of felt like the medieval version of it. Okay, probably not like it all and since it’s not on the list, I’m not going to read it! So the plot revolves Phèdre who is … Continue reading
Book review: Final Empire
Oh gawd. So remember when I complained about Dragonflight‘s setting being a caricature of medieval times? This was like a caricature of the horrible setting of Dragonflight. Not only is everything fucking awful, it’s been that way for 1000 years, there are ashfalls – like ash falling from the sky ALL THE TIME, their ruler … Continue reading
Book review: The Princess Bride
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
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: Dragonflight
Or how to make a book with dragons in it lame Oh my god. Why is this book on the list. WHY. In the land of subjective evaluation, I deem this book terrible. TERRIBLE. Plot: There’s this place and every so often, what seem to be interstellar spores rain from the sky and would devastate … Continue reading
Book review: The Name of the Wind
Or why are fantasy novels so effing long Right this isn’t so much a book review as a book rant. The Name of the Wind follows the story of an ‘arcanist’ in training named Kvothe. He’s the son of a travelling troupe but they get brutally murdered by the Chandrian (Demons? Maybe? Not even sure … Continue reading
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