Magazine Review: Golden Fleece June 1939 edited by A.J. Gontier, Jr. & C.G. Williams Golden Fleece Historical Adventure was a short-lived pulp magazine that ran for nine issues in 1938-1939, with this being the final issue (not identified as such in the issue itself.) As the subtitle mentions, it specialized in historical adventure fiction and… Continue reading Magazine Review: Golden Fleece June 1939
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Anime Review: God Mazinger
Anime Review: God Mazinger In a time before history as we know it, the ancient kingdom of Mu is under attack by the Dragonian Empire. King Dorado, leader of Dragonia, has slain the previous rulers for refusing to give in to his demands, and the modified dinosaurs he creates using superscience are nearly unstoppable with… Continue reading Anime Review: God Mazinger
Anime Review: Dragon Ball Daima
Anime Review: Dragon Ball Daima Previously, on Dragon Ball: Son Goku was rocketed to Earth as an infant from the dying planet Vegeta–to conquer it. Instead, he became its greatest defender and the universe’s best martial artist. Along with his friends, quite a few of whom were former enemies, Son Goku defeated threat after threat.… Continue reading Anime Review: Dragon Ball Daima
Movie Review: The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Movie Review: The Adventures of Rex and Rinty (1935) directed by Ford Beebe On the island of Sujan in the Indian Ocean, the natives worship the horse god. They venerate all horses, but only one is the incarnation of the horse god, the God-Horse Rex, King of the Wild Horses (Rex). Wealthy and unscrupulous polo player… Continue reading Movie Review: The Adventures of Rex and Rinty
Book Review: Mary Poppins Opens the Door
Book Review: Mary Poppins Opens the Door by P.L. Travers It is the Fifth of November (remember, remember) and a foggy day in London town. The fog is particularly thick in the Banks household, where things have gone from Bad to Worse since Mary Poppins left the second time. Indeed, it’s so thick that chronically… Continue reading Book Review: Mary Poppins Opens the Door
Book Review: The Lad and the Lion
Book Review: The Lad and the Lion by Edgar Rice Burroughs A certain kingdom in Europe is experiencing unrest. The people are chafing under the absolute monarchy, wanting to switch to a constitutional republic. The current king is actually pretty good as monarchs go, but firmly believes that those who have been born and trained… Continue reading Book Review: The Lad and the Lion
Book Review: Ireland for Beginners
Book Review: Ireland for Beginners by Phil Evans and Eileen Pollock This is not a full history of Ireland, but more a chronology of its subjugation by England, and its long struggle for independence. Thus it begins in 1169 with a Norman invasion invited in by a deposed Irish king. Henry II of England decides… Continue reading Book Review: Ireland for Beginners
Book Review: Nettle & Bone
Book Review: Nettle & Bone by T. Kingfisher We open in media res as Marra, age thirty, tries to make a dog from bones and wire in a cursed land inhabited by cannibals. Some of whom are quite nice, really–just don’t eat anything they offer you. It’s damaging her hands something fierce, but then impossible… Continue reading Book Review: Nettle & Bone
Movie Review: Alexander the Great (1963)
Movie Review: Alexander the Great (1963) directed by Phil Karlson It is approximately 334 B.C., and Alexander of Macedonia (William Shatner), who men call “Great”, has come to Persia to defeat King Darius III. Previous Persian kings had attacked Greece, and Alexander considers their rivalry to be an existential threat to his homeland. He will bring… Continue reading Movie Review: Alexander the Great (1963)
Book Review: The Wide Wide Sea
Book Review: The Wide Wide Sea by Hampton Sides (Disclaimer: I received this book through a Goodreads Giveaway for the purpose of writing this review. No other compensation was offered or received.) Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy led three exploratory missions, the last of which launched in 1776 and returned in 1780.… Continue reading Book Review: The Wide Wide Sea