REVIEW: Westworld E01S01: The Original

REVIEW: Westworld E01S01: The Original

It’s hard to remember now, but it was only a decade ago that television itself seemed to have been reinvented by JJ Abrams “Lost”. It was, it seemed, a deep mystery that would, over the course of its seven seasons, give us amazing revelations, telling a complete and...

Review: Season 02 Episode 09: 2.7init5.fve

There’s a number of people who were fans of season one that think the second season of Mr. Robot is a terrible failure. I’m not one of them, but I get why they’re unhappy. There’s no doubt that the core plot for this season just isn’t as thrilling as the first season...

Review: Red Seas Under Red Skies

Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Lies of Locke Lamora was a tremendous book. It also told a complete story, pulling out all the stops to chronicle the rise and fall of the Gentleman Bastards. Volume 2 picks up where the first left...
Review: Berserk, Vol. 4

Review: Berserk, Vol. 4

BERSERK VOLUME 04 This is my second time reading Berserk from beginning to end. The last time was over a decade ago. As I was reading the first three volumes I had a nagging feeling that I was missing something. It was as if I remembered Berserk being better than it...

Thor, Volume 1: The Goddess of Thunder

Thor, Volume 1: The Goddess of Thunder by Jason Aaron A lot of people love Aaron’s writing, but to be honest, most of what I’ve read by him hadn’t resonated with me that much up until now. But this book was good comics. Writing thought balloons for a character...

Review: Salvation’s Reach

Salvation’s Reach by Dan Abnett My rating: 4 of 5 stars There are two basic types of long novel series: those where each book stands as its own story (Terry Pratchett’s Discworld, and Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files come to mind), and then there are the...

Review: Shovel Ready

Shovel Ready by Adam Sternbergh My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’m a native New Yorker, although I haven’t a lived there since the turn of the century. There’s no doubt that the city has fundamentally changed over the last 30 years. It was once a far...

OUT NOW: Merry Christmas Mister Krampus

Merry Christmas Mister Krampus A SOCIETY OF STEAM Christmas Adventure. The Krampus Has Invaded New York City And Only a 12-Year-Old Girl Can Stop Him! It’s Christmas time, and Sir Denis Darby has taken young Sarah Stanton on shopping expedition in one of New...

Episode 04 of The Fool is Out Now

WHAT IF… the world is falling apart and it isn’t even your world? The good news is that Matt Zero is awake and alive. The bad news? The FooL’s on fire, and everything is burning down around him! But even if Matt Zero can survive the out of control...

Episode 01 of The FooL is Out Now

Betsey Weisz thought she had seen it all… …until the FooL opened a door to a whole new reality. Betsey and Matt have escaped the cosmic frying pan and landed in a whole new fire when they crash land in an alternate reality where shapeshifters called changelings are a...