I read Nick's review and Corey's review (two reviewers who have very similar taste as I do), and they both made me want to pick up this book. I'm not sure if there's anything more I can say about this book, but I'll say a few things: Deck Matthews has made a promise. On sword, amulet, and magical bracelet...... Continue Reading →
Outer Darkness. Vol 1: Each Other’s Throats by John Layman and Afu Chan
Recaptured souls, a crew that includes an exorcist and an oracle, a retrieval mission to darkest depths of space, a second mate looking to stab the new captain in the back at his first chance... And at the center of it all Joshua Briggs, a man who will push and push each person in the... Continue Reading →
Guild of Tokens by Jon Auerbach
Jen Jacobs is wading into a real-life quest game... a long-distance relationship and her not-so-satisfying video game coding job has left her without a lot of fun in her life. A mysterious email offers Jen a chance at tokens, "leveling up," and that dopamine hit she's been looking for. The quests are a bunch of... Continue Reading →
Alterlife by Matt Moss
I was rec'd this book by my blogging buddy, Nick. Here's his great review. John Crussel thinks his luck has been spent... after his daughter's medical bills and the normal expenses of life pile up, he's in the hole. It doesn't help that he's got a big 'keep-up-with-the-Jones' streak. Pushed to the edge, he contemplates... Continue Reading →
Starport by George R.R. Martin. Adaptation by Raya Golden
Martin wrote this as a TV pilot in the early 90s and Golden took the script and adapted it into a graphic novel. A scifi-comedy-mystery set in an alternative Chicago where aliens have built one of three Earth Starports. Yet, radical right-wing "Human Firsters" oppose the port and all things alien. An undercover cop finds... Continue Reading →