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This Planet Has a Moon Problem

The way things worked out, I ended up finishing several books around the same time, so here’s a series of reviews. It Waits in the Forest, by Sarah Dass – It’s another Rick Riordan Presents book, although I think its almost-eighteen … Continue reading →

Posted in Alchemical Journeys, Alchemy, Arabian, Authors, Caribbean, Chinese, edgar rice burroughs, Greek Mythology, incryptid, Islam, Japanese, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Norse, Oz, Oz Authors, Piers Anthony, Religion, Rick Riordan, Roman, seanan mcguire, Technology, up-and-under, Xanth | Tagged a. deborah baker, alif the unseen, amtor, arabian nights, artemis, barsoom, bucks, change, christina rossetti, cuckoos, diana, dragons, emerald city, g. willow wilson, goblin market, h.g. wells, impossible city, it waits in the forest, jinn, john wyndham, johrlac, mani, mars, moon, pellucidar, pirates of venus, rick riordan presents, sarah dass, six crystal princesses, tarzan, the midwich cuckoos, the war of the worlds, tidal creatures, tsukuyomi, venus, village of the damned |

Morbid and Marvelous

The Chickens of Atlantis and Other Foul and Filthy Fiends, by Robert Rankin – This is the fourth, and presumably the last, book in Rankin’s series of novels taking place in a steampunk Victorian England where War of the Worlds … Continue reading →

Posted in Astronomy, Authors, Book Reviews, Christianity, Education, Evolution, Fairy Tales, Humor, Jonathan Swift, Monsters, Philosophy, Poetry, Prejudice, Religion, Robert Rankin, Science | Tagged 2010 odyssey two, aleister crowley, arthur c. clarke, bible, charles kingsley, europa, fairies, gulliver's travels, h.g. wells, h.p. lovecraft, jupiter, morality, richard harris barham, satire, the chickens of atlantis and other foul and filthy fiends, the house on the borderland, the ingoldsby legends, the water-babies, thomas ingoldsby, war of the worlds, william hope hodgson, winston churchill |

Unnatural Creations

Baba Yaga: The Wild Witch of the East in Russian Fairy Tales, translated by Sibelan Forrester – This volume collects a number of stories involving the infamous Russian witch, as well as some analysis of her character. It’s a bit … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Humor, Monsters, Mythology, Russian | Tagged baba yaga, h.g. wells, ivan bilibin, nick harkaway, sibelan forrester, the gone-away world, the island of doctor moreau, the wild witch of the east in russian fairy tales, vasilisa the fair, witches |

Don’t Morlocks Live in the Future?

The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells – Published in 1895, this was not the first time travel story, but definitely a pioneering work in the genre. The protagonist known simply as the Time Traveller uses a vehicle to travel to … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Celebrities, Diana Wynne Jones, Humor, Magic, Monsters | Tagged eloi, eva ibbotson, h.g. wells, mac montandon, morlocks, olivia munn, suck it wonder woman, the abominables, the invisible man, the time machine, time travel, witch's business, witches, yeti |

Doomsday Averted

Abarat: Absolute Midnight, by Clive Barker – This is the third book in the children’s series about an archipelago where each island corresponds to an hour of the day. It’s been a while since I read the other two, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Robert Rankin | Tagged abarat, absolute midnight, clive barker, crisis on infinite earths, dc comics, george perez, h.g. wells, marv wolfman, power girl, steampunk, the japanese devil fish girl and other unnatural attractions, war of the worlds |

What Will Haven Be

One thing I’ve seen noted about the future in Back to the Future Part II is that it more or less assumed certain trends would continue in the same way. Inflation was particularly bad in the 1980s, so there were … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Cartoons, Douglas Adams, Futurama, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Music, Star Trek, Technology, Television, The Jetsons | Tagged back to the future, back to the future part ii, back to the future part iii, bender bending rodriguez, computers, elroy jetson, fashion, future, george jetson, h.g. wells, michael jackson, robots, science fiction, the time machine, time travel, zapp brannigan |

More Moon Men

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, by Grace Lin – I remember being drawn to this book on a library shelf, but not checking it out because I already had several books checked out. More recently, Amy mentioned it in … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Chinese, Fairy Tales, Mythology | Tagged altair, Buffalo Boy, Buffalo Boy Flatland, da-a-fu, edward bellamy, from the earth to the moon, grace lin, h.g. wells, jules verne, jung shang, looking backward, milky way, moon, niu lang, the collector's book of science fiction by h.g. wells, the first men in the moon, the war of the worlds, vega, when the sleeper wakes, where the mountain meets the moon, wild swans, yue lao |

Daft Steampunk

I’m way behind with writing reviews of books I’ve finished recently, so here are a few. The Song of the Quarkbeast, by Jasper Fforde – The sequel to The Last Dragonslayer continues the adventures of Jennifer Strange, the orphan girl … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chronicles of Kazam, Humor, Jasper Fforde, Lewis Carroll, Magic, Robert Rankin | Tagged aleister crowley, alice lovell, cameron bell, Charles Babbage, colonel katterfelto, darwin the monkey, h.g. wells, jennifer strange, king snodd, quarkbeast, sherlock holmes, the mechanical messiah and other marvels of the modern age, the song of the quarkbeast, the war of the worlds, thermos |

Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future

The ray gun has long been a staple of science fiction, but you still don’t see too many of them around. The main reason seems to be that they would require a major power source, hence making handheld energy weapons … Continue reading →

Posted in Science, Star Trek, Star Wars, Technology | Tagged electrolasers, guns, h.g. wells, heat rays, lasers, lightsabers, masers, nikola tesla, phasers, ray guns, science fiction, tasers, teleforce weapon, tom swift, war of the worlds, weapons |

Time, Time, Time, See What’s Become of Me

The theme of time travel is so prevalent in fiction and general speculation these days that it surprises me a little how recent it really is. I guess part of it is because the idea of time as something through … Continue reading →

Posted in Edward Einhorn, Fairy Tales, Futurama, Humor, Oz, Oz Authors, Philosophy, Science, Television | Tagged a connecticut yankee in king arthur's court, a sound of thunder, angels, back to the future, bender bending rodriguez, bender's big score, bill and ted's excellent adventure, demons, edward bellamy, el anachronopete, enrique gaspar y rimbau, h.g. wells, looking backward, mark twain, ozma, paradox in oz, philip j. fry, presentism, ray bradbury, rip van winkle, samuel madden, tempus the parrot-ox, the time machine, time, time machines, time travel, washington irving |