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Graphic Novel Review: ‘Snow Piercer: The Escape’ by Jacques Lob and Jean-Marc Rochette
A grim dystopian French graphic novel receives its long-overdue English translation.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Fun Parts’ by Sam Lipsyte
Sam Lipsyte is the laureate of the broken people.
Read More »Book Review: ‘A History of Britain in Thirty-six Postage Stamps’ by Chris West
West provides a surprising amount of information about the history and politics of Britain from the time of Queen Victoria in this concise book.
Read More »Book Review: `These Are the Voyages, Season Two’ by Marc Cushman and Susan Osborn
The second volume of Marc Cushman's exhaustive history of the original `Star Trek' is as indispensable as it gets for any true fan.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Enchanted’ by Rene Denfeld
Is the mind really able to disconnet in times of need and danger and take us into the beauty and enchantment of the situation, leaving us free of fear and distress?
Read More »Book Review: ‘Blood Royal’ by Eric Jager
The story of a murder that unraveled France.
Read More »Book Review: ‘The Triumph of Improvisation’ by James Graham Wilson
New book traces the end of the Cold War through the efforts of four key men.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Fic: Why Fanfiction is Taking Over the World’ by Anne Jamison
This chronology begins at what is arguably fan fiction’s very roots – ancient Greece, where Virgil borrowed Homer’s characters.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Snow White’s Seven Patches’ by Jewel Kats, illustrated by Dan Goodfellow
A clever, modern Snow White with a twist.
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