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Make sure you know what the ingredients in your bread are

Calamity Jack by Shannon Hale

March 2, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

While still fun, Calamity Jack, the sequel to Rapunzel’s Revenge is not as strong as the first graphic novel. Shannon Hale, Dean Hale and Nathan Hale this time show the world of Jack of Jack and the Beanstalk fame. We see (in a quick flashback) how the goose came into Jack’s possession; why the magic beans were important (no cow in sight) and that we should watch out for Mother’s who know how to back some crazy bread. Then we jump forward to “now” where […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Western, Young Adult Tagged With: Dean Hale, Fairy Tales & Folklore, giants, Jack and the Beanstalk, nathan hale, pixies/fairies, Rapunzel’s Revenge, Shannon Hale

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:103 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Mystery, Romance, Science Fiction, Western, Young Adult · Tags: Dean Hale, Fairy Tales & Folklore, giants, Jack and the Beanstalk, nathan hale, pixies/fairies, Rapunzel’s Revenge, Shannon Hale ·
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In many ways, this is every bit as important to speculative fiction as The Lord of the Rings

A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs

February 27, 2021 by ingres77 9 Comments

Born in 1875, Edgar Rice Burroughs worked a number of odd jobs until, at the age of 35, he decided to pick up writing. Recalling in 1929 that, “if people were paid for writing rot such as I read in some of those magazines, that I could write stories just as rotten.” So, in 1911, he started writing what would go on to become A Princess of Mars, the first book in his Barsoom series. Shortly thereafter, he would go on to create Tarzan – […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Western Tagged With: A Princess of Mars, Barsoom, Buck Rogers, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Flash Gordon, John Carter, pulp fiction, star wars, Superman

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:14 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Western · Tags: A Princess of Mars, Barsoom, Buck Rogers, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Flash Gordon, John Carter, pulp fiction, star wars, Superman ·
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Like a tumescent Ronald Reagan on the fourth of July

The Rider of Lost Creek by Louis L'Amour

February 26, 2021 by ingres77 Leave a Comment

Growing up, my dad had a sizable collection of books written by Louis L’Amour. They were all part of a matching set, with brown leatherette covers (hey, you can still buy them). I always liked the look of them, taking up the bottom shelf of the family bookcase. For a while, in my teens, I blew through them, and remember finding them enjoyable. This time? Not so much. Louis L’Amour published 100 novels and over 250 short stories in his long career, and is as […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Western Tagged With: Louis L'Amour, The Rider of Lost Creek

ingres77's CBR13 Review No:13 · Genres: Fiction, Western · Tags: Louis L'Amour, The Rider of Lost Creek ·
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That will teach Mother to lock her up in a tower…. ah tree-tower

Rapunzel’s Revenge Book 1 by Shannon and Dean Hale

February 25, 2021 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

It is rare that I reread a book especially if I remember reading it at least once before. And if I do, it tends not to be right away. However, Rapunzel’s Revenge Book 1 by Shannon Hale and Dean Hale (along with illustrations by Nathan Hale, no relation) was a book that I thought deserved a second read. This is for several reasons. The first was that it was not flowing a hundred percent smoothly text-wise. I thought perhaps I had skipped a panel or […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Mystery, Romance, Western, Young Adult Tagged With: Dean Hale, fairy/folk tale, nathan hale, Rapunzel, Robbers and outlaws, Shannon and Dean Hale, Shannon Hale

BlackRaven's CBR13 Review No:99 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel/Comic, Mystery, Romance, Western, Young Adult · Tags: Dean Hale, fairy/folk tale, nathan hale, Rapunzel, Robbers and outlaws, Shannon and Dean Hale, Shannon Hale ·
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Damn the Man

Upright Women Wanted by Sarah Gailey

February 2, 2021 by Debcapsfan 1 Comment

I listened to Sarah Gailey’s Magic for Liars last year and enjoyed it, but this was even better. Upright Women Wanted is set in a Wild West style world from the future, where a continuous war has torn the country apart and men dominate society. Information, the tool we use to grow and learn and resist, is tightly controlled with approved materials from the Librarians. The goal for this society is to keep people uneducated and very carefully educated. At the start of the story, […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Western Tagged With: #Science Fiction, queer, Sarah Gailey, western

Debcapsfan's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Western · Tags: #Science Fiction, queer, Sarah Gailey, western ·
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