Category Archives: world-crossing
Review 142: Otherland 1 – City of Golden Shadow
Otherland 1: City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams Let me just start by saying this: the first time I finished this series, I immediately went back and started reading it again. I can’t think of any other series that … Continue reading
Filed under adventure, brothers, fantasy, fathers, friendship, gender, gender roles, internet, quest, science fiction, sisters, survival, Tad Williams, transhumanism, virtual reality, world-crossing
Review 138: JLA/Avengers
JLA/Avengers by Kurt Busiek and George Pérez Everybody loves a good team-up. No matter who your favorite hero is, whether in the realm of sports, music, science, writing, art – you get a secret thrill from the idea of what … Continue reading
Filed under apocalypse, Avengers, comic books, DC Comics, disaster, George Perez, JLA, Kurt Busiek, Marvel Comics, quest, super-heroes, supervillains, world-crossing
Review 137: The Last Watch
The Last Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko This review is acceptable to the forces of Light. – The Night Watch This review is acceptable to the forces of Darkness. – The Day Watch When I finished The Twilight Watch a couple … Continue reading
Filed under afterlife, apocalypse, death, detective fiction, fantasy, ghosts, good and evil, morality, Russia, Sergei Lukyanenko, vampires, werewolves, witches, wizardry, world-crossing
Review 107: Wizard and Glass
Wizard and Glass by Stephen King So. Now that we’ve put three books behind us, and sit at the pivot of the series, it is time that we settle down and have ourselves a little palaver about Roland, the Gunslinger. … Continue reading
Filed under adventure, coming of age, Dark Tower, death, fantasy, friendship, murder, quest, romance, sexuality, Stephen King, teenagers, witches, wizardry, world-crossing
Review 103: The Waste Lands
The Waste Lands by Stephen King Remember to go to the Listener Survey! If you don’t, you have clearly forgotten the face of your father….) The way this book started really threw me when I first read it. It was … Continue reading
Filed under Dark Tower, fantasy, Stephen King, world-crossing
Review 98: The Drawing of the Three
The Drawing of the Three by Stephen King I have a soft spot in my heart for world-crossing stories. Perhaps it’s the remnant of the same childhood fantasy that everyone has – you know the one, “My family is not … Continue reading
Filed under Dark Tower, fantasy, Stephen King, world-crossing
