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  • Masquerade II: Compliance vs. Rebellion

    Between them stands a sellsword, a little man of common birth and no great mind. And if you discover the schematics of that engine you may find the power that drives it. explore Baru's relationship with control, compliance and rebellion through the series so far; you can find She finds herself in a pattern of putting off her romantic interests until oblivion is closing in, even

  • What Makes a Good Read?

    This observation has been lurking in my mind for a while, but came to the fore thanks to the book I’m Yet I consistently find myself setting it down after only a chapter or two, where lesser books have held It's a fairly rare reward of reading speculative fiction, but when it comes I find that it soothes many

  • Audio vs. Physical Books: Reading into Storytelling Traditions

    wild urban fantasy with the pace and tension of great thrillers (I've discussed before the idea of finding My mind easily wanders; whether thinking about a part of the book, in response to something in the world

  • Swift Riffle: Gay Representation in Speculative Fiction

    I’ve touched on Ya Hoon Lee’s mind-bending sci-fi epic Machineries of Empire before, and once again I

  • Vampires IV: The God of Endings Review & Analysis

    I remember the trembling, delirious haze of my mind clearing only enough to ask my grandfather, Why? I thought you might find some use for the world, and it for you.” Vano and Ehru themselves were tortured in the monastery for years before finding sanctuary with Piroska

  • The Locked Tomb: Tamsyn Muir's Impeccable & Imaginative Style

    Foreshadowing Probably the greatest trick Muir pulls on the reader is Harrow's erasure of Gideon from her mind

  • The Tyrant Philosophers: Worldbuilding & Stormlight Parallels

    to tell by how often I bring it up, Sanderson's Stormlight Archive takes up a lot of space in my mind She discovers a sprawling and lavish party surrounding the structure; people mindlessly enjoying hedonism third book also hinted at lycanthropy; I truly don't think anything is off the table here, which is kind

  • The Wonders and Terrors of “The Black Company” [Part II]

    riverboat sequence through swamps and jungles that calls Heart of Darkness and Apocalypse Now heavily to mind Or find a way into other planes entirely, those from which wizards pull their chaotic and dangerous array

  • The Makings of a Masterpiece

    The world is elegant and crystalline; human minds merging and separating in a vast network, needing no Bear with just one more favourite quote of mine: “Wars are dense with causes and effects, calculations

  • 8 (or 40) Incredible Novels to Start Reading Now

    Try to go in as blank-minded as the amnesiac protagonist, and enjoy Clarke's ambient and mysterious storytelling

  • Loss of Humanity

    When a reader opens my newsletter/blog, they will find: a) A new perspective on a social issue – perhaps Despite being victims of the October 7th attack, Israel has more than defense or even retribution in mind We have only ourselves, and I hope we can find our lost humanity before it is too late.

  • The Saint of Bright Doors: Lost in the System

    It's hard to find a perfect term for this idea in books and film; mimesis is the best the internet could who have reached the fourth level of awakening; patricide; and the assassination of the Perfect and Kind - Vajra Chandrasekera , The Saint of Bright Doors Adult Fetter ultimately finds himself in the city At one point the story finds Fetter attempting to return to Luriat after visiting home. His release is only secured because his father, the Perfect and Kind, has summoned him.

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