I liked Uketsu’s first book, Strange Pictures, and I liked the idea behind their work. Having said that, the second book, Strange Houses, is a stronger, more cohesive effort. The Author, and a friend find themselves caught up in a mystery when the floor plan of a house they come across seems to suggest some…
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The Star Wars Book (2020) – Pablo Hidalgo, Cole Horton, and Dan Zehr
1977 was… A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away. It’s probably a little gobsmacking to those of us who were there at the beginning to actually contemplate the fact that Star Wars has been around for so long, and has been put through so many iterations, film, television, novels, comics, and countless…
Fallout 76 Official Guide (2018) – David S.J. Hodgson and Garitt Rocha
Open world gaming has never been my thing. I tend to like my games more linear with a set progression, but I’m slowly shedding that thought as I dive into more and more games (when time affords it, life does get in the way). I’ve enjoyed Red Dead Redemption, and L.A. Noire, I’ve yet to…
The Star Trek Book (2016) – Paul Ruditis, Sandford Galden-Stone and Simon Hugo
DK Canada has another winner on its hands. This book is going to get a lot of use by me as I start, with my very next post, a journey through all of Star Trek’s incarnations. When I was a kid I was introduced to space opera first, and it changed my life. That was…
Illuminae: The Illuminae Files Vol. 1 (2015) – Amie Kaufman & Jay Kristoff
This week’s trip to the Book Shelf found me reading a fantastic science fiction novel, that keeps it’s humanity with a pair of wonderful characters, Kady Grant, and Ezra Mason. Kady is not having a good day. She’s broken up with her boyfriend, Ezra, and on the same day, her planet, which is housing…
The Mind Reels 