Monthly Archives: February 2023

Book Battle!!! Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Lost World vs Edgar Rice Burroughs’ The Land That Time Forgot

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

Here we have two books with identical premises. A group of travellers sets out on a journey and finds a place on Earth where dinosaurs still exist. Both books are roughly of equal length, and have been written in the … Continue reading →

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Saga, Book One (2014) by Brian K. Vaughan & Fiona Staples

Posted on February 22, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

Which covers Volumes 1-3, or Issues 1-18. I’ll be honest. The first time I saw covers of this series and it showed people with ram’s horns and donkey ears and whatnot, my first reaction was: that’s lame! Is this supposed … Continue reading →

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James S.A. Corey – Tiamat’s Wrath (2019) Review

Posted on February 18, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 The Expanse, book #8 You know… this book isn’t half bad. It is actually – gasp – a little bit good. After the uncomfortable time jump in Persepolis Rising (2017), which I took for a really clumsy setup for a … Continue reading →

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The White Lama (1988-’93) by Alejandro Jodorowsky & Georges Bess

Posted on February 15, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 The White Lama is a story about a white boy, born in a village in Tibet and becoming the next incarnation of the Lama in Tibetan religion. The kid then grows up to attain enlightenment and to defend the … Continue reading →

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Review: Monstress, Book One, by Marjorie Liu & Sana Takeda

Posted on February 9, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

5/10 A review of Book One, which comprises Volumes 1-3, or Issues 1-18 Monstress is a full-blown fantasy epic, set in a complex secondary world of roughly renaissance or early modern times, and full of arcane magic. A very popular … Continue reading →

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Stanislaw Lem – The Futurological Congress (1971) Review

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 I’ve read this once before, years ago, and all I remember was that it was a totally wild, zany, madcap story and that I loved it. It’s like Philip K. Dick on speed and at his most satirical. Let’s … Continue reading →

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Michael Swanwick – The Dog Said Bow-Wow (2007) Review

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 Of the 16 short stories in this collection, 3 are Hugo Award winners, 3 more are Hugo Award nominees, 12 are Locus Awards nominees with 1 winner, and 1 Nebula nominee. This is a show of strength, this collection, … Continue reading →

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