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Dark Tower versus White Tower
The Gunslinger, by Stephen King – This is only the second King book I’ve read, the first being The Stand. And I believe the Man in Black in this series is the same as Randall Flagg from that book. I was … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, African, Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Celtic, Characters, Chinese, Comics, Food, Greek Mythology, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Relationships, Vietnamese | Tagged aliens, amy chu, apes, ares, bigfoot, bigfoot dreams, cap'n bill, cats, chasing the moon, childe roland to the dark tower came, children of ragnarok, cindy and cragg, divine misfortune, dragons, eleggua, emperor mollusk versus the sinister brain, fairies, gil's all fright diner, gorillas, greyback in blue, igbo, impundulu, janet k. lee, king anko, margaret atwood, maya and the rising dark, mermaids, monster, my dinner with ares, ogbunabali, orishas, pixies, pizza, pizza madness, ragnarok, rena barron, robert browning, robert jordan, robots versus slime monsters, sasquatch, saturn, sea serpents, sea sirens, stephen king, the automatic detective, the dark tower, the great hunt, the gunslinger, the handmaid's tale, the sea fairies, the stand, the wheel of time, trot griffiths, work ethic |
The Anti-Chaos Committee
I’ve finished several books recently, but I was holding off on writing about them not just because I had other stuff to do, but because it seems like I don’t do much else besides book reviews these days. Oziana isn’t … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Fairy Tales, German, Greek Mythology, Hinduism, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, marissa meyer, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, october daye, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, seanan mcguire | Tagged abolitionism, angela davis, constance verity, constance verity destroys the universe, cotton mather, demons, dryads, elves, erlking, fairies, gilded, ibram x. kendi, jefferson davis, king kong, kiranmala and the kingdom beyond, luanne g. smith, martin luther king, pixies, planet of the apes, president thomas jefferson, racism, rakkhosh, rumplestiltskin, sayantani dasgupta, slavery, stamped from the beginning, thakurmar jhuli, the brightest fell, the chaos curse, the princess bride, the raven spell, uplift suasion, vivienne to, w.e.b. dubois, wild hunt, william lloyd garrison, winged monkeys, witches |
Atomized and Bewitched
I often end up making posts on books I’ve written long after the fact. I’m trying to at least take some notes in the meantime, but I don’t always. Anyway, this time, there’s a Mickey Mouse classic comic collection, one … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Cartoons, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Comics, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marin Elizabeth Xiques, Oz, Oz Authors, Relationships, Television | Tagged a nameless witch, alice in wonderland, atomo bleep-bleep, atomo bloop-bloop, betsy bobbin, carl barks, christopher sterling, cowardly lion, demons, disney, disney masters, dorothy gale, dr. einmug, eega beeva, floyd gottfredson, magic belt, mickey mouse, mickey mouse in the delta dimension, ozma, patchwork girl, peg-leg pete, romano scarpa, shan-grilla, shangri-la, silver shoes, the delta dimension, the fabulous city of shan-grilla, the silver shoes of oz, the wonderful wizard of oz, tralla la, trolls, trudy van tubb, wicked witch of the east, witches |
Wizards’ Work
Once & Future, by Amy Rose Capetta and Cori McCarthy – Written by a queer couple and published under the imprint of mystery and thriller author James Patterson, this combines the King Arthur myth with science fiction, LGBT themes, and … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Arthurian Legend, Authors, Book Reviews, British, Corporations, Humor, Magic, Mythology, Relationships | Tagged amy rose capetta, banshees, cori mccarthy, guinevere, homosexuality, james patterson, king arthur, kobolds, merlin, nimue, once and future, reincarnation, sexuality, sir lancelot, sir perceival, t.h. white, the once and future king, too many curses, wizards |
Catching Up with Constance (and Others)
Not counting the one on The Lost Tales of Oz, how long has it been since I’ve done a book review post? I checked, and it looks like it’s been about a month. And on Goodreads, I’m still listed as … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Brentford Trilogy, Greek Mythology, Humor, incryptid, Monsters, Mythology, Relationships, Robert Rankin, seanan mcguire | Tagged al capone, al jolson, aleister crowley, alex price, barry the time sprout, constance verity, constance verity saves the world, cryptozoology, fairies, giants, gorgons, griffins, half-off ragnarok, jim pooley, john omally, melissa grey, prince albert, queen victoria, the abominable showman, the girl at midnight, the last adventure of constance verity, the lord of the ring roads, the witches of chiswick, vegetable lamb of tartary |
Gods, Men, and Monsters
In the Company of Ogres, by A. Lee Martinez – This was a comedic look on fantasy, hardly anything new, but still entertaining. It tells the story of Never Dead Ned, a guy who dies quite often, but is always … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Heroes of Olympus, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magnus Chase, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Rick Riordan, Terry Pratchett, Trials of Apollo | Tagged amazons, ants, apollo, demons, dungeons and dragons, dwarves, ents, goblins, in the company of ogres, myrmekes, neil diamond, nero claudius caesar augustus germanicus, ogres, orcs, percy jackson, salamanders, sirens, taylor swift, the hidden oracle |
Fairy Tales from the Final Frontier
I haven’t been doing a lot of book reviews recently, have I? Well, maybe I have and just can’t remember. Regardless, I just finished one book and had a few others I didn’t think I could say enough about to … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Arabian, Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Humor, Mythology, Tom Holt | Tagged brothers grimm, carswell thorne, cinderella, cress, djinn rummy, emperor mollusk versus the sinister brain, hansel and gretel, jinn, little red riding hood, lunar chronicles, maria tatar, marissa meyer, princess winter, queen levana, rapunzel, scarlet, snow white, the hard facts of the grimms' fairy tales, winter |
Coming to a Holt
It turns out that the New York Public Library has a lot of Tom Holt’s back catalog on eBooks, so I’ve been catching up on them. The three I read most recently were: The Good, the Bad, and the Smug … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Fairy Tales, Music, Tom Holt, Uncategorized, XTC | Tagged andy partridge, angels, blondel, chasing the moon, crusades, elves, goblins, here comes the sun, james and the giant peach, king richard i of england, overtime, roald dahl, the good the bad and the smug, youspace |
Many Monsters
I recently finished reading the book Monster, by A. Lee Martinez, which includes a lot of different mythological monsters. Some are quite familiar, like the sphinx and the hydra, while others are rather more obscure. I’m going to look at … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Celtic, Inuit, Japanese, Monsters, Mythology, Native American, Religion, Uncategorized | Tagged az-i-wu-gum-mukh-'ti, e.w. nelson, fir bolg, formorians, gaborchend, kojin, monster, ogres, shinto, tuatha de danann, walrus |
Sorta Fairytales
Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked: Sex, Morality, and the Evolution of a Fairy Tale, by Catherine Orenstein – An in-depth analysis of a fairly simple fairy tale, focusing largely on how it changed over time. Some analysts have placed a … Continue reading →
Posted in A. Lee Martinez, Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Fairy Tales, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Uncategorized | Tagged big bad wolf, bill willingham, brothers grimm, catherine orenstein, charles perrault, cryptozoology, dragons, fables, farewell, kenneth grahame, little red riding hood, little red riding hood uncloaked, mark buckingham, monster, rose red, snow white, st. george, the reluctant dragon |