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My grandfather escaped a life with no opportunities in Depression-era Los Angeles by joining up with the Civilian Conservation Corp. After graduating from high school and having two siblings and no money for college, he saw this as the best way for him to provide for his family. He was sent to King Canyon and... Continue Reading →
I was turned on to Ellis's work by my blogging buddy, Beth. We did a buddy read of Transmetropolitan last year. Here's a link to her great review here. When I saw this comic up on my Hoopla library app I downloaded it right away. Here's my take on it: Ten years have passed since a collection... Continue Reading →
In a book I can best describe as an urban fantasy-humor-reality game show, a man named Jim is taken away from his root beer-to-induce-suicide night... to play a game of few rules but many risks. Tested and trained, he's mostly informed by other fringe players of the game, because his mentor Oz is not really... Continue Reading →
Dr. Theo Cray is back... and this one is just as good as the first three books. The reader can see how Theo's past cases are affecting him: the survivor's guilt, the distance he's created from his girlfriend, Jillian, and most importantly, the possibility that he has contracted the Hyde virus. Yet, when a woman... Continue Reading →
A high-octane scifi run-and-gun filled with alien parasites, cloaked ships, and all means of smoking guns. Set in the 2082, Captain Calvin Rae is the best soldier in the totalitarian American Union, a nationalist regime that has taken over the bulk of the US and Mexico. Released from his emotions by the chip embedded into... Continue Reading →
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