Appleseed is a sprawling epic weaving together strands of science fiction, eco-horror, fabulism, and even classic mythology. It is told through three interconnecting timelines; each timeline shining a light on the beauty of the natural world, the damage done to it, and what its future may hold. We simultaneously follow two brothers: one faun, one […]
This novel is one of the young-adult or junior novels that are ancillary to the main storyline novels, TV series, and, of course, the movies, but still a part of the overall canon material. It essentially serves as an origin story for Padme and the various handmaidens, starting at the point where Padme is elected […]
“They’ll stall you,” Organa said. “I know it’s a horrifying situation, but you can’t fight every evil in the galaxy.” “Evil? ” Padmé said. “I’ve fought evil and it was easy: I shot it. It’s apathy I can’t stand.” E.K. Johnston I didn’t really know what to expect going into this book and I was […]
Yahweh: You’ve been unhappy because you’ve desired things that cannot be. Lucifer: That’s what desire IS. The need for what we can’t have. The need for what’s readily available is called greed. Lucifer The Lucifer series is for serious readers. Please note that I said serious READERS, not comic fans. Even if you’ve never read a Superman […]
Better is the end of a thing than the beginning thereof; and the patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit. Ecclesiastes 7:8 Well, in this case Ecclesiastes is half right, anyway. Mike Carey’s sprawling tale of Heaven and Hell draws towards its close in Morningstar, the tenth volume in a series whose […]
The title of Carey’s ninth installment of Lucifer is perhaps the epitome of truth in advertising. Here, finally, we get to the crux of the stories told thus far: Lilith’s plan for revenge, Jill Presto’s desperate struggle to end her pregnancy, Elaine Belloc’s rise to godhead, and the little matter of just who precisely shall […]
And thus we come to volume 8 of Mike Carey’s Lucifer, in which backstory is given, a madman is ridden like a chariot of doom, and a wolf eats his way to the end of the world. The first third of the book fills in the gaps about Lilith and the Lilim (including everybody’s favorite […]
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