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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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If It Walks Like a Duck and Talks Like a Duck (and Does Autocorrect Ducking Things)

(won't you let me) walk you home from school by somethingdifferent

January 13, 2021 by wicherwill Leave a Comment

After postcardsandbooks‘ post I am newly emboldened to publicly review fanfiction! I feel like doing so will also clarify my review of Bloodline, not that it was fooling anyone. First, rules, both my own ones and the ones that I am sticking with re: reviewing. No less than 5:1 ratio for books : fanworks (and honestly I reviewed two fanworks** last year in the course of reading 130 books, I am not often called to write page-long reviews) (although I always comment!) It’s okay for […]

Filed Under: Fanfiction, Romance Tagged With: somethingdifferent, star wars, yes i'm reviewing fanfiction what of it

wicherwill's CBR13 Review No:6 · Genres: Fanfiction, Romance · Tags: somethingdifferent, star wars, yes i'm reviewing fanfiction what of it ·
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I still miss you, Space Mom

The Princess Diarist by Carrie Fisher

January 9, 2021 by Malin 4 Comments

3.5 stars On the 27th of December 2016, Carrie Frances Fisher, probably best known worldwide as the actress who portrayed Princess Leia Organa in six Star Wars movies died of heart failure. I bought this audiobook on the same day in honour of her memory, but haven’t really felt up to listening to it before now. Carrie Fisher is probably the celebrity whose death has hit me the hardest. Heath Ledger, Alan Rickman, and David Bowie all upset me, but with Carrie Fisher, I felt genuine and […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: audiobook, autobiography, carrie fisher, CBR13, fandom, Malin, non fiction, star wars, the princess diarist

Malin's CBR13 Review No:1 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: audiobook, autobiography, carrie fisher, CBR13, fandom, Malin, non fiction, star wars, the princess diarist ·
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I expected too much from this one.

Alphabet Squadron (Star Wars: Alphabet Squadron, #1) by Alexander Freed

March 26, 2020 by narfna 2 Comments

I was disappointed in this one, considering how much I’ve enjoyed Freed’s other Star Wars stuff. Up until I read this book, I might have even told you he was the most talented Star Wars writer working today (Claudia Gray being a very close second). His Rogue One novelization was a piece of art. The short story he wrote for A Certain Point of View was extremely poignant. But Alphabet Squadron was just okay. There was really nothing special about it at all. Maybe I […]

Filed Under: Science Fiction Tagged With: alexander freed, alphabet squadron, audiobooks, narfna, space opera, star wars, star wars: alphabet squadron, tie-in novel

narfna's CBR12 Review No:37 · Genres: Science Fiction · Tags: alexander freed, alphabet squadron, audiobooks, narfna, space opera, star wars, star wars: alphabet squadron, tie-in novel ·
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Bane III

Siths Have More Fun

Dynasty of Evil (Star Wars: Darth Bane, Book 3) by Drew Karpyshyn

January 21, 2020 by Halbs Leave a Comment

This is the final installment in Drew Karpyshyn’s fun and sometimes surprisingly dark Darth Bane trilogy. I’ve reviewed the first two books in the series, as well, so if this sounds interesting you may want to go back and check those out. Since it’s the end of the trilogy this review will have to be the most vague. I won’t include spoilers not included on the back cover or on the cover art! I’m only a casual fan of Star Wars, but even I am […]

Filed Under: Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Drew Karpyshyn, star wars, star wars legends

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:5 · Genres: Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Drew Karpyshyn, star wars, star wars legends ·
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