Half Bad Review: All Good
Confession time: I resisted and disdained this book at first because the first chapter and a smattering of other sections are in the second person. And I hate that. There's nothing more irritating than wanting…
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The Raven and the Reindeer Review: Snow Queen Sans Snowmen
At this point, everyone is probably sick of "Let It Go," resultant jokes about letting "let it go" go, and anything to do with animated Norse princesses or their sentient snow sidekicks. Which is…
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Untwine Review: Ties That Bind
Untwine is the kind of book that must be read in installments. Not because it has Dickensian chapters; it actually flows so naturally from page to page, story to story, that it really should be…
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Old Man Logan #1 Review: Lost in New York
I am a sucker for time travel stories. Maybe it has something to do with the immutable march of time we all must inevitably face, or maybe it’s just fun to dwell in the…
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Review—Star Wars: Imperial Assault
Hello Geeklies, and welcome to part two of the tabletop Star Wars GET HYPE GOT HYPE train! (I hope you got hype for Star Wars.) Make sure you check out part one (Star Wars: Armada) if…
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The Message: Radio Drama for the Podcast Age
Everybody loves a good mystery. When Serial exploded into the public consciousness this time last year it did more than spark an interest in the intriguing murder case of Hae Min Lee. Serial gave…
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Sandman: Overture Review: Sleep Tight, Don’t Let the Mad Stars Bite
I was never much afraid of the Corinthian. Oh, don't get me wrong, he's a good character. A great one. But mouths for eyes and a taste for eyeballs? It doesn't really do it for…
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This is Halloween: Roundtable on Our Favorite Frights
Christina Ladd: Area X Cross-contamination between various media was always inevitable. Books that read like movies--and now books that read like video games--were always going to happen, and I'm not sorry they did. But…
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A Borrowed Man Review: The Maltese Volume
One of the blurbs on the back of A Borrowed Man describes the book as "Wolfean." Meaning, that it was written by and is quintessentially representative of Gene Wolfe, one of our modern SFF masters.…
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Geekly Roundtable: Star Wars The Force Awakens Trailer
Monday night was a big night for a lot of people. There was a sportsball game (several in fact for different sports) and the new fall season episodes are in full blast; more importantly…
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