Category: Books & Comics

  • Under The Dome (Stephen King)

    Preface I know I start many a review by saying this, but I’m not a big reader. Then again, every time I check out my book review section (at one of those moments where I also have the irresistable urge to smell my own farts or worse, read my own scripts), it strikes me how…

  • The Hunger Games (2): Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)

    When I finished reading The hunger games, I was torn. On the one hand, I wanted to know how the story went on. On the other, though, I was sad that it did go on. I wished that Suzanne Collins had wrapped up the story in one book, kind of like 1984, as one cog…

  • The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)

    I’m not going to lie: I’m not a big reader. Actually, I guess I have to admit I’m pretty picky about stories in general: because I’m so interested in creating them, it’s become very hard to enjoy them without thinking how I would have done it myself. Only rarely do stories make it possible for…

  • Watchmen (Alan Moore)

    Watchmen comic, I am sorry. I am really, really, really, sorry. In my Watchmen movie review, I was really nasty to you. Said you were another generic comic about people doning spandex. I didn’t see, I just didn’t see: I didn’t see your literary genious, your premise to end all spandex wearing super hero comics…

  • His Dark Materials (3): The Amber Spyglass (Philip Pullman)

    Well, it took me a while, but I’m finally through. Whew. His Dark Materials concludes its trilogy in the Amber Spyglass, and it shows: this book is about double the size of The Subtle Knife, part two of the trilogy, and about five times as many things seem to happen. Which is not necessarily a…

  • His Dark Materials (2): The Subtle Knife (Philip Pullman)

    Every time I read The Subtle Knife, I am completely amazed at the way it starts: it’s hard to tell this is a sequel to the Golden Compass. The Subtle Knife is completely different in every aspect: you’ve no idea where the story is going, you’re completely lost in the masses of new characters and…