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- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Unified Theory of Libraries (A Letter to Anna)
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- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Ghostly Librarian
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Category Archives: Books
Patricia A. McKillip’s Fool’s Run
Some folks really shouldn’t write science fiction. If my reading of Fool’s Run is a fair indication, Patricia McKillip is one of those writers. Now before you send me any angry email saying I’m a cruel, heartless reviewer who obviously … Continue reading
Patricia A. McKillip’s In the Forests of Serre
Patricia A. McKillip does something in In the Forests of Serre that I don’t think I’ve ever noticed her doing before: there are recognizable elements of traditional folklore in the story. In fact, they are critically important parts of the … Continue reading
Patricia A. McKillip’s Harrowing the Dragon
I’ve been sitting by the fireplace in the Green Man Pub reading the wonderful stories in this collection while listening to the Neverending Session play around with a reel called ‘The Winter Queen’ that was written by Will Harmon, a … Continue reading
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Patricia A. McKillip’s The Moon and the Face
In The Moon and the Face, Patricia McKillip revisits Kyreol and Terje from her lovely young adult novel Moon-Flash. Kyreol and Terje, having followed the river to the Dome in book one of this duology, now push beyond the new … Continue reading
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Patricia A. McKillip’s Moon-Flash
It’s quite gratifying to revisit books from one’s childhood. Actually, it can be gratifying or disastrous. I’m pleased to say it was the former for me with Patricia A. McKillip‘s Moon-Flash. Originally published by Argo Books in 1984, Moon-Flash is … Continue reading
Patricia A. McKillip’s Od Magic
The title of this novel may have been meant to be a pun. While Od is a significant, but not central, character in the book, the magic itself is also meant to be otherworldly, or odd. Well, perhaps it would … Continue reading
Paul Dini and Chip Kidd’s Batman Animated
We in this household have been watching the Warner Brothers DVD release of the animated Batman series covered in Batman Animated one or two episodes at a time for a few months now. There’s at least three more animated Batman … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, superheroes
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Neil Gaiman and Andy Kubert’s Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader
Here at GMR we are rather fond of our graphic novels, trade paperbacks and manga. But it’s the rare – very rare – case where we review individual issues of a title or series. The only other time we’ve done … Continue reading
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Grant Morrison and Tony S. Daniel’s Batman R.I.P.
Pity the poor Batman. He’s had his back broken, his sidekick killed, another sidekick shot and paralyzed below the waist, his city ravaged by plague and earthquake, and his pet supercomputer go berserk and try to take over the world. … Continue reading
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Grant Morrison, Frank Quitely, and Philip Tan’s Batman & Robin: Batman Reborn
Grant Morrison, in Batman Reborn, has brought us the next generation of — well, of Batman and Robin. In this case, Batman is Dick Grayson, the former Robin, the former Nightwing. Robin is Bruce Wayne’s son Damian, ten years old, … Continue reading
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