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SF and fantasy fiction fan. Lost my dad and sister to cancer so want to support this cause

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Go, Go, Godzilla

Godzilla: The official movie adaptation by Greg Cox

January 16, 2023 by kittenkong42 Leave a Comment

I’m a fan of Kaiju in general, I absolutely love Pacific Rim and hated the western world’s first attempts at Godzilla movies (they were not good). But they tried again back in 2014 and I gave it a shot at the cinema because Ken Watanabe and it seemed a bit more ‘accurate’ to my image of the Big Guy. As a movie it wasn’t perfect and characterisation felt a bit flat so when I did a rewatch over New Year I was steered in the […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: CBR15Passport, Godzilla, Greg Cox, movie novelization

kittenkong42's CBR15 Review No:1 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: CBR15Passport, Godzilla, Greg Cox, movie novelization ·
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When Fairy Tales go bad

Deadly Ever After by Ben Aaronovitch

December 28, 2022 by kittenkong42 Leave a Comment

Deadly Ever After is the latest graphic novel from the increasingly extensive Rivers of London series. I read it as the 4 comics but it will also be available in graphic novel form (which is what I’ll buy my mum for her to read). Sequence wise this is the latest chronological story in canon so may not work for a new reader but as it mostly focuses on 2 side characters it could actually work ok as an introduction to a London in which magic […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy

kittenkong42's CBR14 Review No:13 · Genres: Fantasy, Graphic Novels/Comic Books · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy ·
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The Elenium & Tamuli: More fantasy tropes than you can imagine

The Diamond Throne by David Eddings

The Ruby Knight by David Eddings

The Sapphire Rose by David Eddings

Domes of Fire by David Eddings

The Shining Ones by David Eddings

The Hidden City by David Eddings

December 23, 2022 by kittenkong42 2 Comments

After the success of the Belgariad and Malloreon the author David Eddings followed it up with another twin series – this time the trilogies known as the Elenium and the Tamuli. These series focused initially on a quasi-medieval European society complete with monarchies, internal squabbles between nobility, knights in armour, and a dominant Catholic style church. Later, we travel further afield into an East Asian analogue as well. Layered over this is the concept of gods being very real and capable of giving the gift […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: David Eddings

kittenkong42's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: David Eddings ·
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Cover art for Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao. A chinese woman with an elaborate hairdo poses with one arm up, showing off her armor, over a background of fantasy wings.

Robots, monsters, and medieval, chinese culture

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao

December 19, 2022 by kittenkong42 Leave a Comment

I first encountered Xiran Jay Zhao via twitter when friends linked to her takedown of the 2020 Mulan film (well worth watching – the takedown, not the movie) so when I read that she was writing a novel that built on Medieval Chinese concepts with giant robots and monsters/kaiju I was obviously going to read it. In Iron Widow we see a patriarchal society in which women are very much second class citizens. For most it’s marriage and hope you get a good husband. And […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Kaiju, mecha, Xiran Jay Zhao

kittenkong42's CBR14 Review No:6 · Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Kaiju, mecha, Xiran Jay Zhao ·
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Cover of Amongst Our Weapons

Pieces of Silver: A return to the Folly

Amongst Our Weapons by Ben Aaronovitch

October 4, 2022 by kittenkong42 Leave a Comment

Amongst Our Weapons is the 9th full length novel in the Rivers of London series and as per usual is definitely not the place to start if you haven’t read any of the books yet. (If you haven’t they are very good so head back to book 1 and pick it up!). And if you’re wondering why I’ve titled this review Pieces of Silver it’s because I won of the 100 celebratory coins minted for the publication of this book 🙂 We are once again […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy

kittenkong42's CBR14 Review No:5 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Urban Fantasy ·
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Revisiting Midkemia

Magician by Raymond E Feist

Silverthorn by Raymond E Feist

A Darkness at Sethanon by Raymond E Feist

August 3, 2022 by kittenkong42 3 Comments

It’s been a strange year, I actually started it reading at pace but then lost my inspiration for writing about what I’d read. Going to try and make up for that now by reviewing my trip back to Midkemia! Raymond Feist’s fantasy world, based on the D&D game he and friends played, is always a solid read. It’s a richly detailed fantasy epic comprising inter-related shorter series and actually came to a conclusion in Magician’s End many years after the first books. I’ve revisited the […]

Filed Under: Fantasy Tagged With: Midkemia, Raymond E Feist

kittenkong42's CBR14 Review No:4 · Genres: Fantasy · Tags: Midkemia, Raymond E Feist ·
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