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Continuing the archive of independent Books reporting (Archive Page 121).

Competition: Joanne M. Harris’s #AskLoki Blog Tour

February 12, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here’s how you can win one of a limited collection of The Gospel of Loki gift bags complete with signed book, tote bag, bookmarks and posters. The Gospel of Loki is the first adult fantasy novel from Joanne M. Harris. Harris is known to millions through her general fiction including Chocolat, which was made into […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: competitions, Gollancz

From the Inkwell: Worldbuilding is a funny business

February 12, 2014 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Robin Wyatt Dunn is the author of the forthcoming fantasy Fighting Down into the Kingdom of Dreams. In the book we encounter a giant metal rabbit, the lost dreaming of the Rat City of Roth and re-fight old battles with fusion weapons in a parallel New York City. Geek Native invited Robin to write a […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: from the inkwell, worldbuilding

Exclusive: The literary inspirations for The Red Knight and The Fell Sword

February 11, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Written by Miles Cameron and published by Gollancz, The Fell Sword is the sequel to the highly acclaimed fantasy The Red Knight. Man lives in small patches of civilisation claimed from the Wild. Inside these pockets man leads a life of tournaments, politics and courtly love. Outside the walls man is prey. Last month Gollancz […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: fantasy, Gollancz

17 DC New 52 superhero Valentine’s Day cards to groan at

February 8, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Last year DC comics issues a bunch of pun-laden superhero Valentine’s Day cards. They did so in order to promote the 2013 “Young Romance: A New 52 Valentine’s Day Special“. In it Wonder Woman talks to Eros about her feelings for Superman, Aquaman treats his wife like a queen, Dick Grauson and the daughter of […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Aquaman, batgirl, cyborg, DC, Green Arrow, green lantern, new 52, superheroes, swamp thing, The Flash, Wonder Woman

Innerspace: A review of Solid State Tank Girl

February 8, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is not my favourite Tank Girl of all time. I didn’t come to grips with the art and I found the story too fantastical. Sure, Tank Girl stories are often on the fantastic side of zany but I can always pick up on that touch of survivalism in the post-apocalyptic world. Tank Girl is […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: reviews, Tank Girl, titan comics

Hope in the Legion of the Damned: A review of Andromeda’s Fall

February 7, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Andromeda’s Fall is my first experience of a William C. Dietz Legion of the Damned novel. In fact, I took my prompt from the word “prequel” to go investigate the original series. There’s a tiny sliver of a summary on Wikipedia; When there’s no hope for the terminally ill or a condemned criminal they have […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: reviews, sci-fi, Titan Books

Competition: Win one of three new Grimm novels – The Chopping Block

February 5, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 24 Comments

A pile of bones hidden in a Portland forest leads to murder mystery for detectives Nick Burkhardt and Hank Griffin. These bones have been stripped of flesh, severed and their not animal. More skeletal discoveries make it clear; these bones were cooked before being buried. Nick, Hank and a local werewolf find themselves hunting a […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: competitions, Grimm, Titan Books

Bluff your Tolkien knowledge: The Silmarillion in three minutes

February 4, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Think you aught to know what happens in Tolkien’s The Silmarillion in order to protect your geek cred? Don’t fancy reading the book? This video might help – although, yeah, you really should give it a read. Creating by John Kloess the YouTube animation rushes through the events in the book, paying special attention to […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Gandalf, J. R. R. Tolkien, lord of the rings, Middle-earth, the hobbit

Back after 7 years: ElfQuest – The Final Quest

February 4, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I think it’s been about 7 years since the last ElfQuest. You may well have fond memories of the title. Now there’s a new series with the title “Elfquest: The Final Quest.” It’s out now. You can grab a copy at sites like TFAW or via the Dark Horse app. Issue one is full colour […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: dark horse, elfquest

Mail Order Comics files for bankruptcy

February 4, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mail Order Comics has liabilities of $969,101 and assets of $43,790 so it’s filed for bankruptcy in a federal American court. The company’s assets include 250,000 comics worth 10c and 1,500 graphic novels worth five bucks each. The company had AdanceMe among its lenders, a last-resort, high-interest option. Diamond Comic Distributors are also owned money, […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Diamond Comic Distributors, legal, money

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