Monthly Archives: June 2022

Steven Erikson – The Crippled God (2011) Review

Posted on June 27, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 After 1.5 years of reading and 3.3 million words, The Crippled God (2011) ends the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Erikson writes this finale in his own subversive, Eriksonian way, in which he uses the tropes of epic fantasy, … Continue reading →

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I’m swamping my site in comic reviews

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

Sorry. I don’t know yet if this is going to be a permanent feature of the blog or if this is just a temporary rabbit hole that I’m diving into this year. There are at least 10 more coming.

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Review: Guy Delisle – Burma Chronicles (2007)

Posted on June 23, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 It’s comic artist Guy Delisle again and he is on another adventure. After Shenzhen and Pyongyang, where he was sent out to supervise outsourced work for an animation studio, he now accompanies his wife to Myanmar. You see, he … Continue reading →

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Contingency and Convergence: Toward a Cosmic Biology of Body and Mind (2020), by Russell Powell

Posted on June 20, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

Behind the abstract title and the stuffy academic cover of this book lies a world of deep thought and wonder. Written by one person, Rachell Powell (formerly Russell as it still says on the cover), a book like this is … Continue reading →

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William Gibson – Burning Chrome (1986) Review

Posted on June 15, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 This short story collection showcases William Gibson’s first work before he won all the awards with Neuromancer (1984). And from the very first start of his career he shows himself to be a tremendously talented writer.  Fellow SF writer … Continue reading →

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Review: Betelgeuse (’00 -’05) by Léo

Posted on June 13, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

7/10 The sequel to Aldebaran and this time there is more interstellar travel and another planet to explore! Kim Keller is back, on her way to Betelgeuse to find out what went wrong with the settlement there. On Betelgeuse, just … Continue reading →

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Review: The Colony (2015) by Nicolas Debon

Posted on June 3, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

“All that we have done here, we have done out of our own free will” Nicolas Debon’s The Colony (published in 2015 as L’Essai in French, meaning “The Experiment”) is a standalone graphic novel, and non-fiction. A graphic retelling of … Continue reading →

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