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from the Spells, Space & Screams: Collections & Anthologies in Fantasy, Science Fiction, & Horror group.
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A Wall Around the World by Theodore R. Cogswell ★★★★½ Well before Harry Potter and Witch Mountain there were magical children having adventures!
Darkrose and Diamonds by Ursula K. Le Guin ★★★½☆
“And will I tell you that these three lived happily ever after? I will not, for no one ever does. But there was happiness. And they did live.”
- Stephen King
That was a better summation to this wandering tale of life, magic, and love than Le Guin managed.
The Valley of the Worm by Robert E. Howard ★★★½☆
The final battle of a Sword & Sorcery legend.
The Golden Key by George MacDonald ★★★½☆
Two youths go on a quest but are separated early. Eventually, they find their way back to each other and their promised land.
Then we can’t say effort was not made.
Russell Crow and David Hyde Pierce make a scary movie within a movie. I can’t tell if it’s ok or a disaster: https://youtu.be/NWHI9UR4aaM?si=kCW2s...
The Night Has 999 Eyes ★★☆☆☆ I don’t know what this meant.
Angel, Dark Angel DNF
This went in too many directions and I lost interest.
Walpurgisnacht ★★★☆☆
The progenitor of a family fortune finds a way to have a merry afterlife and his dependent family still resents it.
The George Business ★★★½☆
George bargains with a dragon to help him become a Baron. It doesn’t work out but it does lead to a potentially lucrative business. It was a light and funny story.
Some Parameters… ★★★☆☆
An interesting introspection of science fiction and its personal meaning to the author.
The Horses of Lir ★★★★★ Absolutely magical. It was a Jim Henson movie of an 80s childhood. Beautiful.
M. Night’s newest movie is a serial killer daddy: https://youtu.be/oUgPrNGGRQY?si=1w9B-...Could be good.
Any In Plain Site fans of Frederick Weller, cousin of RoboCop’s Peter Weller? He just invented a board game which I thought was delightfully nerdy: https://youtu.be/w-AGO-wpOQ8?si=NoZQK...
There’s just something special about an old paperback.
Chief of Station - https://youtu.be/m1ieIWJvEkM?si=ecAqo...The old school action movie vibes make me smile.
Blech was right.
Sweet.
It was overcast for me unfortunately.
On my way to the path of totality, wish me luck!
And I Only Am Escaped to Tell Thee ★★★☆☆One more lyric for Alanis Morissette’s Ironic. I enjoyed reading about the mystery of the Mary Celeste.
Twist in the end. Very thoughtful and philosophical. That bit of epilogue was the least believable. He just yada yada’d the terrorist-Murderbot to National-treasure-we-will-invest-millions-in before releasing. What America is that, lol?!?! The little “this doesn’t really make me happy” last line made me laugh though.
Fire and/or Ice, Exeunt Omnes, A Very Good Year… ★★★☆☆ Creative and mildly entertaining.
My Lady of the Diodes DNF
Two pages in and I had no desire to continue. Not bad but not engaging.
Monk was great. Tony Shalloub did a webisode/you tube of Monk during Covid. https://youtu.be/f4W2xmqjvx4?si=ZL0KY...
