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September 9, 2014
Pariah by Dan Abnett (Book Review)
Coming in at the end of 2012, Dan Abnett’s Pariah was one of my most anticipated reads of the year. The start of a new Inquisition trilogy, dubbed Eisenhorn vs Ravenor, the novel promised much in its premise, which is why I was so excited for it. But unfortunately the reality didn’t pan out, not […]
Thorn and Talon by Dan Abnett (Audio Review)
Among the very first Black Library audios that I listened to was Dan Abnett’s masterpiece Thorn and Talon. Containing three audios set across the timeline of Dan’s Eisenhorn and Ravenor trilogies, it was a pretty damn good audio, one that set a very high bar for others that followed. Even now, almost three years after […]
September 8, 2014
Doctor Mirage #1 (Comics Review)
Valiant Comics has made a great effort in recent times to expand its roster of ongoing titles, whether that be Unity last year or Armor Hunters this year, or any of the others like the rebooted Rai. With each title the publisher has offered something different from the reader and it is clear that each […]
Future’s End: Batwing and Detective Comics (Comics Preview)
There are a lot of titles in the New 52 that I haven’t gotten around to reading as yet, either because I’m already swamped with others that I’m more invested in, or because I don’t find them interesting enough. Batwing is one such title. It had a rough start, far as I can tell, and […]
The Spirit Rebellion by Rachel Aaron (Book Review)
It wasn’t until almost a year after I read The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron that I got around to the sequel, The Spirit Rebellion. And the best thing was that it was as good as its predecessor was. That made me all kinds of happy. I haven’t gone back to the series as yet, […]
The Spirit Thief by Rachel Aaron (Book Review)
Rachel Aaron quickly became one of my favourite authors back in 2012 when I read her debut The Spirit Thief, which is the first book in her fantasy series Eli Monpress. It was an awesome read and it even made my “Best of the Best 2012 Part 2” list. I’ve read some more of her […]
September 7, 2014
Vampirella #4 (Comics Review)
The new Vampirella series is everything that I could ask of it and more. Nancy A. Collins and Patrick Berkenkotter have gotten off to a great start with the first three issues as they put Vampirella through her paces against a sort of enemy that she has never fought before. There’s a fair bit of […]
September 6, 2014
Future’s End: Action Comics and Aquaman (Comics Review)
When I heard about the New 52 version of Action Comics, I was rather surprised. It seemed as if DC wanted to have two Superboy ongoing titles without calling them both Superboy. And the fact is that while the title has been less problematic than the mainline Superman title, it too has suffered from some […]
The Eternal Crusader by Guy Haley (Novella Review)
I started reading Guy Haley’s novels back in 2012 and I quickly became a fan. His Richards and Klein Investigations duology has a bit of a rough start but it really gets better as it goes on and since then he has done quite a fair bit of work for Black Library’s Warhammer 40,000 and […]
September 5, 2014
Sensation Comics #4 (Comics Review)
In very short order we have seen three issues of one of DC’s latest digital-first titles come out. Sensation Comics Featuring Wonder Woman has been a great title right off the bat and I love that great creators like Gail Simone and Ethan Van Sciver got to do the debut of this anthology title. First with […]
