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- What’s New for the 19th of July: Charles de Lint’s Ottawa novels with a quote from Drink Down the Moon, Gary’s review of Nordic fiddle music, It’s Michele Walther and Irina Behrendt playing Aaron Copland’s ‘Hoe Down’ from his Rodeo album
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- What’s New for the Fifth of July: Remembering Jane Yolen; some new Americana and jazz music; Fishing Blues
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- A Kinrowan Estate story: A Walk
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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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- A Kinrowan Estate story: Hedge Witches
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Tag Archives: fantasy
Steven Brust’s Brokedown Palace
The first question that occurs to me when I encounter a book by Steven Brust is “What is he up to now?” With Brust one can never be sure, except that it’s going to be fun. It might be a … Continue reading
Harold Zwart’s Mortal Instruments: City of Bones
Along with the recent surge of superhero movies, we seem to have had a spate of films based on fantasy/dystopian future science fiction series oriented toward teenagers. This is not necessarily a bad thing, although the results, as might be … Continue reading
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Tagged dark fantasy, fantasy
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Alex Bledsoe’s Dark Jenny
What do you get when you mix the legend of King Arthur with the detective fiction of Raymond Chandler? It seems you come up with Alex Bledsoe’s stories of Eddie LaCrosse, sometime mercenary soldier, sometime hardboiled detective. In Dark Jenny, … Continue reading
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Tagged fantasy, historical fiction, mystery
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Midori Snyder’s hannah’s garden
Well, I must say I was quite surprised when our Lady Grey asked me to write a review for this charming magazine. I am here as an observer for my Lady of the Winter Court, and I had not anticipated … Continue reading
Terry Pratchett’s Wintersmith
Terry Pratchett began his series of Discworld stories for younger readers in 2003, with the marvelous Wee Free Men. There he introduced Tiffany Aching, shepherd’s daughter and witch-in-training. Her adventures continued in A Hat Full of Sky (2004), likewise excellent. … Continue reading
Carl Rinsch’s 47 Ronin
The story of the Forty-Seven Ronin is a very popular one in Japan, where it is known in its various forms as Chushingura. The historical events on which it is based took place at the beginning of the eighteenth century. … Continue reading
Adam Beechen, Ryan Benjamin, and John Stanisci’s Batman Beyond: Hush Beyond
I’m having a hard time keeping track of all the Batman variants popping up every time I turn around. This time, we’ve got 16-year-old Terry McGinnis, working under the tutelage of the retired and semi-invalid Bruce Wayne in an adventure … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, fantasy, graphic novel, superheroes
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Adam Beechen, Ryan Benjamin, and John Stanisci’s Batman Beyond: Industrial Revolution
You may find this hard to swallow, but there is actually a Batman series out there that I like. In fact, I think it’s pretty good. It’s Batman Beyond, from the team of Adam Beechen, Ryan Benjamin, and John Stanisci, … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, fantasy, graphic novel, superheroes
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Alan Taylor: Thor: The Dark World
In spite of what you may have heard, sequels aren’t always bad. Indeed, sometimes they are better than the originals. Case in point: Alan Taylor’s take on the Thor franchise for Marvel, Thor: The Dark World. Once, before the time … Continue reading
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Tagged comics, fantasy, superheroes
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Kenneth Branagh, Joss Whedon (uncredited): Thor
Kenneth Branagh’s Thor was one of the first wave of Marvel Universe superhero movies, and I admit I didn’t see it until much after its release – thanks to Netflix. There was war between Asgard and the Frost Giants of … Continue reading
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