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One Hundred Years of Solitude, a book unlike any I've read before.
One hundred years of solitude fascinating novel that narrates the misadventures of a family (the Buendías) and a town (Macondo) through...
Sep 13, 2021


Winter Solstice, Camelot Station by John Ford, maybe the best short story you've never heard of.
This prose poem, which won a World Fantasy Award for best short story, reimagines Camelot as a train station and explores some of the...
May 5, 2021


Jorge Luis Borges, Yosiharu Tsuge, Freddy Lombard, Soft City and other recent reads.
Jorge Luis Borges “The Aleph” is a short story (20-ish pages) by Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges. It’s the first thing I’ve read by...
Mar 17, 2021


The Dragon Waiting by John M. Ford, the best fantasy novel I read in 2020
The Dragon Waiting is a historical fantasy novel set in the late 15th century (early Renaissance) in an alternate universe in which the...
Jan 14, 2021


Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Review.
I decided to pick this book up after watching the YouTube video TEDed did on it (which was also why I read Fahrenheit 451 and Dune and...
Nov 30, 2020


The Book of Atrix Wolfe by Patricia A. McKillip Review
Patricia McKillip’s “The book of Atrix Wolfe” was recommended by the r/fantasy community on reddit as a great fae/soft magic read with...
Oct 5, 2020


Three Shadows by Cyril Pedrosa Review and Commentary
One of the best stories I have read in the last couple of months, Frenchman Pedrosa’s “Three Shadows” stands out as a deep and emotional...
Sep 6, 2020


I am King by Damien Shillingford Review and Commentary
I am King is a fantasy adventure journey/chase with definite classic influences to its world and magic. Centered around Beau, a...
Aug 16, 2020


Sandman Volume 7: Brief Lives R&C
My favorite Sandman volume thus far, Gaiman managed to create an interesting and nuanced thread at the core of this story and surround it...
Jul 13, 2020


Rage of Dragons by Evan Winter R&C
The Rage of Dragons is a military fantasy book (and the first in a four-book series) by newcomer author Evan Winter. It revolves around...
Jul 13, 2020


Stormfront and Fool Moon (Dresden Files books 1,2) by Jim Butcher R&C
The first two entries of this huge series (to which two books will be added later this year) are murder-mysteries with fantastical...
Jul 13, 2020


Spirited Away by Studio Ghibli R&C
Spirited Away is generally heralded as one of if not the best movie by Miyazaki’s Studio Ghibli and, after watching it for the first...
Jul 13, 2020
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