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The Edge of The World by Kevin J. Anderson (Book Review)

Back in 2012 I was offered a chance to review a copy of Kevin J. Anderson’s third and final Terra Incognita novel, The Key To Creation, as part of a massive reviews-promotion event by the David Gemmell Legend Awards organizers. As I hadn’t read the previous books, and this was one of only two books […]

Death Vigil #3 (Comics Review)

Whoever said that dying by your lover’s hand, and then being resurrected by an ancient order of guardians to fight on for the fate of the entire world is meant to be serious has clearly not read Stjepan’s Sejic’s magnificent Death Vigil. Just two issues in, this series has been utterly awesome, in part because […]

Future’s End: Green Lantern Corps and New Suicide Squad (Comics Review)

From my reading thus far, the second week of Future’s End one-shots hasn’t been as overwhelmingly positive as the first week. Many titles seem to have suffered from the oddest stories being told, partly because few of them have actually tied in to the larger Future’s End story. They are mostly just dealing with their […]

Sensation Comics #5 (Comics Review)

The new Wonder Woman ongoing, Sensation Comics, has been chugging along as one of DC’s best offerings in the New 52 since the title’s re-introduction to the comics world almost a month ago. The previous issues have dealt with different aspects of what makes Wonder Woman who she is, but there have also been some common strands […]

Grimm Fairy Tales #102 (Comics Review)

Last month Zenescope began a new phase in its flagship Grimm Fairy Tales series with the launch of issue #101 which started a new arc, set a year after the events of Grimm Fairy Tales #100. The new arc brought together Sela Mathers and Shang as they tried to rebuild the Realm Knights, the team […]

Legends of Dune by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert (Book Review)

Frank Herbert’s Dune is for me one of the best space opera stories told, ever. It has had a great influence on me, as both a reader and a writer, and it really opened up the world of grand space opera for me, a world of rich, detailed settings and fantastic characters. Since Frank Herbert’s […]

The Last Days of Krypton by Kevin J. Anderson (Audio Review)

I’ve had a long fascination with Superman, since my earliest years in fact, and as I’ve grown older, I’ve become very curious about what happened to Krypton, that Kal-El’s parents had to take the drastic step of sending him away from the world all the way to Earth. Over the years, many different variants of […]

Hidden Empire by Kevin J. Anderson (Book Review)

Kevin J. Anderson is one of my favourite writers, owing largely to his Young Jedi Knight series and for the fact that he and Brian Herbert continued on the legacy of Brian’s father Frank Herbert in continuing the Dune Chronicles series and also doing a whole lot of prequel fiction. Hidden Empire is the first […]

The Death of Antagonis by David Annandale (Book Review)

David Annandale debuted on the Black Library back in early 2012 and since then he has turned out one quality work after another, whether that be for novels or novellas or even audio dramas. He has written in all the different formats that Black Library publishes, and I would even say that he has emerged […]

Future’s End: Batgirl and Batman (Comics Review)

As I’ve mentioned previously, Gail Simone is leaving Batgirl for other projects, one of which involves her recently-announced reboot of Secret Six for DC, a Suicide Squad-style supervillain team book but with a different focus and outlook on the characters. Gail’s run on Batgirl made me fall in love with the character and with her […]