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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Breakfast, Korean Style
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Category Archives: Books
Stephen Dedman’s The Art of Arrow Cutting, and Shadows Bite
Every so often a really good universe with interesting characters and a great back story is created — say, the world of the Dark Knight as depicted in the various animated Batman series, or Cynosure, the transdimensional city that is … Continue reading
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smoky man & Gary Spencer Millidge’s Alan Moore: Portrait of an Extraordinary Gentleman
I have a confession to make up front, one that’s not likely to endear me to this book’s intended audience: I’m not a huge Alan Moore fan. Sure, I adored the first League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series and early Swamp … Continue reading
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Terry Pratchett’s Carpe Jugulum
It was inevitable that Terry Pratchett sooner or later would take on vampires. After all, he’s tackled (or more accurately, blindsided) sword and sorcery, Fritz Leiber, wuxia and practically any other subgenre of the fantastic one can think of. Eventually, … Continue reading
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Terry Pratchett’s Nation
Terry Pratchett is now Sir Terry Pratchett, courtesy of the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List. He was knighted for “Services to Literature,” a grand and absolutely accurate reason. And if his enormous existing ouevre (and the amount of money it … Continue reading
Terry Pratchett’s The Wee Free Men
Rachel Manija Brown wrote this review. Most of you have already made up your minds about Terry Pratchett. You may quibble that his very earliest books aren’t much good, that his middle-latest ones (the period beginning with Jingo) are rambling … Continue reading
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Terry Pratchett’s The Colour of Magic
In 1983 Terry Pratchett’s first Discworld volume was published by Colin Smythe Limited (UK). It wasn’t his first novel, but it was the very first book of what is one of the longest running and best loved series in modern … Continue reading
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Terry Pratchett’s Night Watch
Christine Doiron wrote this review. As a teenager, around the same time as my Monty Python phase, I went through a brief period where I just couldn’t get enough of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld. But, like all phases, I eventually moved … Continue reading
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Terry Pratchett’s A Hat Full of Sky
Rachel Manija Brown wrote this review. Tiffany Aching is back. So are Granny Weatherwax and the Nac Mac Feegle. If that means nothing to you, be aware that I’m writing about the sequel to The Wee Free Men, in which … Continue reading
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Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman’s Good Omens; Martin Jarvis, narrator
Kelley Caspari wrote this review. Having read Good Omens several years ago, I looked forward to revisiting the story in audio format, determined this time to pay better attention to its sometimes subtle twists and set ups. Terry Pratchett collaborating … Continue reading
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Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett’s Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Both Neil Gaiman (Anansi Boys, Coraline) and Terry Pratchett (Wintersmith, The Fifth Elephant) are world class fantasists and giants of popular literature. But back in 1990, when they were, in their own description, “not yet Neil Gaiman and just barely … Continue reading
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