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5 Mar 2010

The Sandman: The Doll’s House by Neil Gaiman

sandman dolls houseEven though I’d just read the first of the Sandman graphic novels a week ago, I appreciated the summary in the beginning of Volume 2.  Instead of really refreshing things for me, it served more to better my understanding.  

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5 March, 2010 at 11:55 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: adventure, British authors, fantasy, graphic novels, mythology, pop culture, religion, Series
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2 Mar 2010

The Unwritten Vol 1 by Mike Carey and Peter Gross

250px-The_Unwritten_1After reading two great reviews of The Unwritten (first by my boss on Slog, and then by Nymeth–both of whose judgement I completely trust regarding graphic novels), I knew that I wanted to read this.

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2 March, 2010 at 17:52 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: adventure, British authors, fantasy, graphic novels, pop culture, Series
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26 Feb 2010

The Sandman: Preludes and Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman

Sandman_Vol01I didn’t know much about Neil Gaiman’s much acclaimed Sandman series before taking this out of the library, except that it is much acclaimed and other comic book characters make appearances, but since I know very little about comics, that wasn’t much help.  Did that stop me from loving it?  Hells to the Nos.

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26 February, 2010 at 13:30 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: British authors, fantasy, graphic novels, pop culture, religion, Series
Posted in Fiction | 6 Comments »

11 Feb 2010

Manga Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare & Kate Brown

MSND_COVER_awWhat fools these Manga be!

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11 February, 2010 at 13:48 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: fantasy, graphic novels, play, Shakespeareish
Posted in Fiction | 5 Comments »

7 Feb 2010

Spike: After the Fall by Brian Lynch and Franco Urru

spike_atf_cvr400Poor, poor Spike.  He gets a made a vampire, gets dumped by his sire after more than 100 years of love and mayhem, falls in love with a slayer, gets a chip put in his brain by the government, gets a soul, gets the chip out, dies in the Hellmouth, gets brought back to Wolfram & Hart but is incorporeal, gets all corporealized, saves the world (again), and lands, with the rest of L.A., in Hell.

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7 February, 2010 at 15:57 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: adventure, dystopia, fantasy, graphic novels, humor, pop culture, war
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24 Jan 2010

Fallen by Lauren Kate

9780385618021I am making an effort to read more YA literature.  But then I read it and I remember why I don’t usually pick up books like this.  And the worst of it is, I kinda liked it.

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24 January, 2010 at 16:04 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: coming of age, fantasy, female authors, paranormal, religion, YA
Posted in Fiction | 10 Comments »

13 May 2009

The Good Fairies of New York by Martin Millar

fairies1Why is it that when Spanish authors use the supernatural or occult in their work it is called magical realism, but when other, non-Spanish authors do it, it is relegated to SciFi/Fantasy, terms that have an inherent connotation of dorkiness of the worst kind.  Ah well, those who would shun said genres are missing out on great literature.  Yep, that’s right, I said literature.  A word that has an inherent connotation of intellect, art, and high brow goodness.  

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13 May, 2009 at 16:37 by J.T. Oldfield

Tags: British authors, fantasy, humor, Magical Realism, Music
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