Anime Review: [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Kimimaro Yoga is an impoverished college student, bitter about the suicide of his father, which he sees as abandonment, and working hard to make sure he has a financially stable future. One day he is approached by a being called Masakaki and offered a deal. If… Continue reading Anime Review: [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility
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Open Thread: Top Ten Posts So Far
HI folks! Busy with homework at the moment, so a quick look at what you, the readers, have been clicking on. The top eleven review posts so far are: Book Review: Ghosts in the Yew (that one day surge is still keeping it on top.) Comic Strip Review: Dick Tracy (thanks to the folks at… Continue reading Open Thread: Top Ten Posts So Far
Comic Book Review: Jack Kirby’s The Demon
Comic Book Review: Jack Kirby’s The Demon by Jack Kirby and Mike Royer In the 1970s, the Comics Code eased up a bit, and horror comics again became a viable subgenre. At DC Comics, most of their horror output was in short story anthologies like Ghosts or House of Secrets. But as DC happened to have comics legend… Continue reading Comic Book Review: Jack Kirby’s The Demon
Book Review: Spur #30 Boise Belle
Book Review: Spur #30 Boise Belle by Dirk Fletcher I’m not sure what this type of book is called in the marketing department, so I’m going to borrow a phrase from the pulps and call it “spicy Western.” This is a subgenre of the Western, usually in long-running paperback series, in which a tough… Continue reading Book Review: Spur #30 Boise Belle
Open Thread: Job Hunting
Busy day today–off to Job Club in the morning, then a Veterans’ Job Fair at the U of M immediately afterwards–might make it home in time to change for Anime Club, plus do a little homework. How’s your job search going? Related posts: Webtoon Review: Inside Job Book Review: Hunting Season: Immigration and Murder in… Continue reading Open Thread: Job Hunting
Anime Review: Shiki
Anime Review: Shiki Megumi Shimizu hates living in an isolated mountain town in the middle of nowhere. She wants to move to the big city with its bright lights and fashion centers. So she dresses like a fashion model and yearns for the hot big city boy who moved in last year. She feels unappreciated… Continue reading Anime Review: Shiki
Book Review: Dark Waters
Book Review: Dark Waters by Robin Blake Disclaimer: I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. My copy was an Advance Reading Copy, and there may be minor changes in the final product. It is the Year of Our Lord 1741 in the small but bustling English… Continue reading Book Review: Dark Waters
Book Review: The Jewels of Aptor
Book Review: The Jewels of Aptor by Samuel R. Delaney This is the first novel by Samuel R. Delaney, published in 1967. He was one of the first successful African-American science fiction authors, as well as one of the first openly gay SF writers, and certainly the most successful person so far to be both.… Continue reading Book Review: The Jewels of Aptor
Open Post: Wedding
Open Thread: Wedding Went to my cousin’s wedding on Sunday; she married a Norwegian guy. Big church service with the families showing off their musical talents and my cousin’s father the preacher giving the homily. Got to ride in a stretch limo for the first time to and from the reception. Considerably less comfortable than… Continue reading Open Post: Wedding
Book Review: Murder for Revenge
Book Review: Murder for Revenge edited by Otto Penzler This is another themed anthology, this time around the concept of revenge. That’s a pretty loose theme as these things go. It’s got a big-name author list going for it though. “Like a Bone in the Throat” by Lawrence Block starts the book off strong with… Continue reading Book Review: Murder for Revenge