Monthly Archives: November 2023

Reviews of 3 European Comics: The Book of Chaos, Bramble & Retroworld

Posted on November 30, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

Why is it that all of these stories feel half-baked? What happened to good old-fashioned storytelling in European comics?  The Book of Chaos (2017), by Xavier Dorison and Mathieu Lauffray A cosmic horror story in which professor Jack Stanton discovers … Continue reading →

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Robert E. Howard – The Conquering Sword of Conan (Review)

Posted on November 26, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

The final of the three Conan collections, featuring some longer stories and novellas, some of which are Howard’s finest work and some which are among the worst. It’s a strange mix. After this, farewell Conan. It has been a wild … Continue reading →

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An Unrequested, Exhaustive and Ultimately Pointless Review of the Ernest P. Worrell Movies

Posted on November 22, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

More than you ever wanted to know about the Ernest films. As with everything internet, it is possible to find a community of Ernest P. Worrell fans out there, of which I don’t count myself a member. But you can … Continue reading →

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William Gibson – Count Zero (1986) Review

Posted on November 20, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

8/10 It doesn’t matter what other novel one is coming from, reading Gibson always gives a little whiplash. His clipped style and neologisms pull the reader into a fast-moving future world in which everyone, reader and characters alike, has to … Continue reading →

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Comic Review: Ralph Azham (2011-19) by Lewis Trondheim

Posted on November 14, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

Ralph Azham is an epic fantasy story, set in a world of anthropomorphic animals and follows the rather silly anti-hero Ralph as he gathers companions and powers to rid his world from an evil ruler. Well written, sometimes surprisingly adult … Continue reading →

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Martin MacInnes – In Ascension (2023) Review

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

9/10 This Booker Prize shortlisted novel has disguised itself as mainstream literature. It’s not. It’s science fiction. A first contact story, to be precise. Mixing together the transcendent aspects of Clarke’s 2001: A Space Odyssey and Sagan’s Contact, the strangeness … Continue reading →

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Thomas M. Disch – The Genocides (1965) Review

Posted on November 5, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

8.5/10 Tree-huggers rejoice! It is the end of the world, but the end is green. Quite suddenly and from an unknown hand, billions of alien seeds rained down all over the world, and before long the entire Earth was covered … Continue reading →

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Glen Cook – The White Rose (1985) Review

Posted on November 2, 2023 by Jeroen Admiraal

8.5/10 The third novel in the Black Company series, and much has changed for the Company. In the first book they were a large and powerful company and hired by, arguably, the side of evil. Now, they are a small … Continue reading →

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