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Sep 23, 2022
Longer Than Most of the Movies Discussed
First off, this is a honking big book. Those of you expecting an average-size volume will be shocked when receiving a book roughly the size of a family Bible, or a good dictionary. The films are discussed and critiqued in exquisite detail, with nary a half-measure to be found.
Naturally there will be some disagreements with some of the selections and opinions in the book. But that should not detract from what deserves to be a well-thumbed work, and a necessary addition to any cinemaphile's bookshelf.
Mar 22, 2022
An Alternate History Sampler.
The "Ring of Fire" series of books has, over the previous of years, produced a rather substantial and intriguing body of work. The transplanted West Virginia community of Grantville isn't the only world being turned topsy-turvy. The Europe of the 1630s (and, more and more, the world beyond it) is facing an existence which is radically changing before its eyes.
Within this series the "Ring of Fire" anthologies stand out by providing small yet intriguing episodes, rather than full-fledged novel-length stories. Incidents of the Grantville "up-timers" co-existing with the natives of the 17th century resulting in a variety of results (up to and including romance). Favorites in this collection include: an up-time girl trying to raise a sunken vessel in Gunnar Dahlin and Dave Freer's "Diving Belle" . . . an up-time musician facing her first major concert in David Carrico's "Command Performance" . . . and Eric Flint's novella, "The Austro-Hungarian Connection", dealing with the pursuit of a small group actually wanting to defect from Grantville for parts unknown.
As with all good anthologies there's something for everyone here.
May 05, 2022
The Catwoman Becomes the Godmother.
An absolutely brilliant story courtesy of Genevieve Valentine, assisted by artwork from Garry Brown, Pat Olliffe, Tom Nguyen, John McCrea and Lee Loughridge, covering a six-issue (plus one annual) from the DC Catwoman comic series. Selina Kyle becomes the head of the Calabrese Family: one of the biggest crime organizations in Gotham City. Granted enormous power and influence, Selina decides she wants to use all of it to unite Gotham's crime families in an attempt to build up the city, as opposed to bleeding it and its citizens dry.
But she soon finds herself slammed hard against the old adage of how the road to Hell is paved with good intentions. As powerful as Selina is, not even she can convince the other families to come together. There is also a traitor within the Calabrese Family who threatens to bring down everything she's working to accomplish. And, on top of this, there's a new Catwoman in town.
Not even the Batman can make everything all right this time.