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Professional athlete of the future turns superhero

December 30, 2014 by teresaelectro 3 Comments

This is my last review of the year (and the day)! By some miracle of will power, I met my half-cannonball goal despite only starting reviews last month. Must do better next year, for realz. My final post is for Mara, a YA graphic novel set in the future where professional sports is an even bigger business. Sport competitions keep everyone distracted from the endless world war cycle of Earth. Mara is superstar volleyball player whose been training since she was 2 years old! Barely legal, she lives […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Science Fiction Tagged With: Brian Wood, Clayton Cowles, fantasy, future, Graphic Novel, Jordie Bellaire, Mara, Ming Doyle, professional athlete, science fiction, sports, superhero, volleyball, war, YA, Young Adult, young adult fiction

teresaelectro's CBR6 Review No:26 · Genres: Fantasy, Science Fiction · Tags: Brian Wood, Clayton Cowles, fantasy, future, Graphic Novel, Jordie Bellaire, Mara, Ming Doyle, professional athlete, science fiction, sports, superhero, volleyball, war, YA, Young Adult, young adult fiction ·
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The Violent Century by Lavie Tidhar

Superheroes Need Grammar and Punctuation, Too (A Robert CBR6 Review)

February 2, 2014 by Robert 3 Comments

What happens when an amazing story is torn apart by the author in the name of style over substance? Lavie Tidhar self-sabotages his latest novel, The Violent Century, just like that. Essentially, Tidhar is exploring an alternate reality where an unnamed catastrophic event caused hundreds of people around the world to transform into superhumans. Fogg and Oblivion, two British agents mostly used for information gathering rather than combat, control fog and dissipate matter, respectively. They are reporting their exploits in every major interntational war from […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction Tagged With: fantasy, historical fiction, lavie tidhar, science fantasy, superhero, the violent century

Robert's CBR6 Review No:3 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction · Tags: fantasy, historical fiction, lavie tidhar, science fantasy, superhero, the violent century ·
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