Monthly Archives: November 2022

George R.R. Martin – Fire & Blood (2018) Review

Posted on November 30, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

8.5/10 What bloody use is fictional history? I think it is a just question to ask. These places and people don’t even exist. In regular fantasy fiction you at least have characters to follow with motivations and journeys and character … Continue reading →

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A.E. van Vogt – The World of Null-A (1948) Review

Posted on November 26, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

There is a bit of crazy history behind this book that must be told. The reason is that it explains the book’s existence and what it tries to do.  So, A.E. van Vogt was a science fiction writer in the … Continue reading →

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R.A. Lafferty – Space Chantey (1968) Review

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

8.5/10 The first and most obvious remark to make about this novel is that it is a science fiction retelling of Homer’s Odyssey. But that is also the most annoying, tedious reflection to present to you, because it immediately raises … Continue reading →

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The Frank Book (2003) by Jim Woodring

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

The Frank Book is the essential collection of the first phase of Jim Woodring’s Frank comics, collecting 37 short stories. This will be one of the strangest and most disturbing comics that you will ever read, even though Frank himself … Continue reading →

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William Gibson – The Peripheral (2014) Review

Posted on November 9, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

William Gibson returned to cyberpunk with his novel The Peripheral. The book features plotlines in two future settings, one in the 2030s and one much farther into the future, beyond 2100. Characteristically for Gibson’s approach, he completely overloads these plotlines … Continue reading →

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The Great Power of the Chninkel (1986) by Van Hamme & Rosinski

Posted on November 7, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

Rosinski and Van Hamme’s The Great Power of the Chninkel is an epic graphic novel that offers an odd mix between The Dark Crystal, 2001: A Space Odyssey and the New Testament. Originally published in French in 1986-87 as Le … Continue reading →

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The Sandman, Vol. 7 & 8 (“Brief Lives” & “World’s End”) by Neil Gaiman

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Jeroen Admiraal

Brief Lives (1994) “What could possibly go wrong?” Is what Dream asks his butler Lucien when he is about to embark on a journey with his crazy sister Delirium to find their long lost brother Destruction. That has trouble written … Continue reading →

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