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Sep 13, 2021
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...
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May 5, 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...
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Mar 17, 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...
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Jan 14, 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...
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Nov 29, 2020
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...
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Oct 5, 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...
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Sep 6, 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...
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Aug 16, 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...
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Jul 13, 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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