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Dark Alchemy: Magical Tales From Masters Of Modern Fantasy
3 of 5 stars
Dark Alchemy: Magical Tales From Masters Of Modern Fantasy
by Jack Dann
Any collection of short stories contains little pearls as well as tales that don't really stick. This book was purchased by my wife who buys almost anything Neil Gaiman writes, yes she is a fan... I should never have shown her my Sandman...
tagged: english, fiction, and fantasy
Stepping Up: How Taking Responsibility Changes Everything
3 of 5 stars
Stepping Up: How Taking Responsibility Changes Everything
by John Izzo
tagged: english, non-fiction, and self-development
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
4 of 5 stars
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
by Glenn Greenwald
Greenwald's book on how he got in touch with Snowden and revealed the biggest and most shocking InfoSec leak ever, reads almost as Ludlum's Bourne saga. One has to admire Snowden's patience when he reaches out to Greenwald, who is border...
tagged: english, non-fiction, and infosec
Knights of Sidonia, Volume 1
3 of 5 stars
Knights of Sidonia, Volume 1
by Tsutomu Nihei
After having seen season 1 and 2 on Netflix, I got back into Japanese comics. So off I went to find the manga in the hope to get more background info on this better than average scifi epos. As usual, mangas do tend to to use quite some ...
tagged: manga and english
Made in China diary
4 of 5 stars
Made in China diary
by Anaïde Gregory Studio
Wow... Alienating and fascinating. With 90% photos this little book offers a mesmerizing view on Chinese manufacturing. It goes beyond our Western understanding and is difficult to grasp. Looking at this unknown territory through the eye...
tagged: non-fiction, travel, design, french, and english
Schaduw
1 of 5 stars
Schaduw
by Bruno De Roover
Pick it up and 5, max 10 minutes later put it down. Done. Reads and feels like a common US comic. Lots of graphics, flashy colours, no story to speak of. Dislodged from the Real Jerommeke. Weird at least, alien at best or vice versa.
tagged: comics and dutch
Amoras 3: Krimson
2 of 5 stars
Amoras 3: Krimson
by Marc Legendre
WTF? Somebody should have told the writer to stick with one genre. There's some horror, there's some end-of-the-world scifi and doom, there's some Mad Max rip-off, there's some time travelling but nothing seems to go anywhere... and last...
tagged: comics and dutch
Amoras 2: Jérusalem
3 of 5 stars
Amoras 2: Jérusalem
by Marc Legendre
Although the idea was quite tantalising and the extra characters introduced promising, the story line keeps on dabbling on the surface. Very little background is developed and the main characters, though drawn and behaving more maturely,...
tagged: comics and dutch
Amoras 4: Lambik
2 of 5 stars
Amoras 4: Lambik
by Marc Legendre
Oh dear, it looks like every character is getting his/her own book. I'm still not overly enthousiast with the comic's progress and the huge amount of gratuitous violence and often questionable morality. As a child I loved S&W for its sim...
tagged: comics and dutch
Amoras 1: Suske
3 of 5 stars
Amoras 1: Suske
by Marc Legendre
A daring idea, take some icons of the flemish comic scene and put them in a more adult and contemporary environment. Curious where this is heading.
tagged: comics and dutch

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