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A.I.: The Good, The Bad, The Monster

The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag

March 14, 2025 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

History, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge TITLE: The Electric State by Simon Stålenhag REVIEW: It is complex. It is different. It is familiar. It is sad. It is confusing. It is straight forward. It is something you have never read before. It is something you know. You will get something from it and everyone else will get their own thing, but everyone will experience it emotionally. Or not. Just read it already, alright  I cannot  tell you about this book as I am not really 100% […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: #history, alternative history, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, Dystopian, Dystopias, family, robots, siblings, Simon Stalenhag, Teenage girls

BlackRaven's CBR17 Review No:145 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: #history, alternative history, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, CBR17 Pie Chart Challenge, Dystopian, Dystopias, family, robots, siblings, Simon Stalenhag, Teenage girls ·
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Orphans and them

We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles

December 26, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I have had We Called Them Giants by Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles as an online reader copy for a few months. I have had opportunities to read it, but for the most part I figured it would expire before I had a chance to. Thankfully I was able to find it and read it at lunch today. It was an interesting experience. This graphic novel is an on book. We know the dystopian aspects (a girl wakes up one morning to find […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult Tagged With: Aliens, angels, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Clayton Cowles, coming-of-age, Dystopian, Extraterrestrial beings, family, foster & adopted family, friendship, Human-alien encounters, Kieron Gillen, Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles, orphans, Social Themes, Stephanie Hans

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:620 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Horror, Mystery, Religion, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Suspense, Young Adult · Tags: Aliens, angels, Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Clayton Cowles, coming-of-age, Dystopian, Extraterrestrial beings, family, foster & adopted family, friendship, Human-alien encounters, Kieron Gillen, Kieron Gillen, Stephanie Hans and Clayton Cowles, orphans, Social Themes, Stephanie Hans ·
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St. Oscars world

The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente.

November 15, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I did not think I would like the short novel; The Past is Red by Catherynne M. Valente. I felt I would never understand it and was going to stop reading as things felt disjointed, the narrator was bouncing all over, and there was stuff that was very off. The book felt like a translation that was not smoothly translated at that. However, once I understood the flow (there was one), the bounces between “really then, then, and now,” plus how reliable the narrative is […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Catherynne M. Valente, Satire, women

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:558 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Health, History, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Apocalyptic & Post-Apocalyptic, Catherynne M. Valente, Satire, women ·
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