It must be stated that A DREAM is not exactly a comic, but rather a book that is filled with poetry and imagery. This piece stands on its own two feet as a unique experience, something that does not come along very often and when it does it simply blows all expectations out of the … Continue reading
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Bea’s Book Reviews: Lollygagging About Lovecraft
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[Bea’s Book Reviews] Anno Dracula [by Kim Newman]
First Published: 1992 Publishers: Simon & Schuster It is 1882 and Her Majesty Queen Victoria has remarried Count Vlad Tepes, Voivode of Wallachia, otherwise known as Count Dracula. While Dracula is propagating his tainted bloodline and his get is expanding across the British Empire, a merciless serial killer has arisen in the slums of Whitechapel, … Continue reading
[Bea’s Reviews] The Mists Of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Author: Marion Zimmer Bradley Published: 1982 The portrayal of complex yet powerful women still remains a sensitive task in all forms of media, though not always from a lack of trying. Arthurian Legend is a gargantuan entity in the realm of folklore filled to the brim with political intrigue, epic quests, prophecy and magic but … Continue reading
[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Assassin’s Creed: Black Flag [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper
Published: 2013 Publisher: Penguin Although Forsaken still holds it’s position of being the zenith of Bowden’s compelling Assassin’s Creed adaptations, Black Flag is still enormously fun. Edward Kenway is an interesting creature, and while at his core he is a good man, it takes nothing short of several self-inflicted tragedies for him to realise. In … Continue reading
[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Assassin’s Creed: Forsaken [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper
Published: 2012 Publisher: Penguin Praise be to Grandmaster Haytham Edward Kenway, great be his name, considerable his wisdom and damn sexy be his face. May the Father of Understanding guide us. Undoubtedly the best of Bowdens’ adaptations of the Assassin’s Creed series not just in terms of character but also plot, despite being an agent … Continue reading
[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Assassins’ Creed: Revelations [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper
Published: 2011 Publisher: Penguin The swan song of Ezio Auditore is all heart, but with very little purpose otherwise. While undoubtedly a personal and touching curtain call for the Man From Fierenze, the story itself, for all of its talk of conspiracy and political subterfuge feels almost redundant. Contrary to what the back cover would … Continue reading
[Bea’s Ranting Reviews] Assassin’s Creed: Brotherhood [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper
Published: 2010 Publisher: Penguin Down with the Borgia! The Man From Firenze returns, wiser, deadlier and stronger than before and with him comes not only a new, fierce enemy but now the responsibility of continuing the Creed. The Borgia have flung the once grand city of Rome into poverty, so it is up to Ezio … Continue reading
[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Assassin’s Creed: Renaissance [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper
Published: 2009 Publisher: Penguin A long and perilous journey awaits young Ezio Auditore, a firey Florentine man whose name and family and snatched from him leaving him with only vengeance in his heart. Oliver Bowdens’ adaptation of 2009s’ mega-smash Assassins’ Creed II is rich and full of character-centric detail that the game could only hint … Continue reading
[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Assassin’s Creed: The Secret Crusade [Oliver Bowden] by Bea Harper
Published: 2011 Publisher: Penguin Holy wars, sprawling desert vistas, whispers of scandal, class division, betrayal, double dealing and never ending power struggles denote but just some of the perils that Syrian Assassin Altaïr Ibn-La’Ahad encounters as his full tale is finally exposed after years of being some sort of intangible yet inspirational legend, the very legend who … Continue reading
[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] The Ruins [Scott Smith] by Bea Harper
Author: Scott Smith First published: 2006 Publisher: Vintage A bitter pill of arsenic is Scott Smiths’ brisk and furious The Ruins. Survival horror, suspense, psychological thriller and drama are but some of the more accurate descriptors this novel has under its belt for good reason. It is cruel, it is unkind and it has a … Continue reading
[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Fevre Dream by George R.R. Martin [by Bea Harper]
Author: George R.R. Martin Published: 1982 One damn fine tale told by a damn fine author about vampires, steamboats, misty bayous, bloody parlors and the power of friendship. REALLY! So lusturous is the detail, so interesting the lead characters that Fevre Dream is still a treasure that is still awaiting discovery by lovers of the … Continue reading
[Bea’s Ranting Book Reviews] Dracula [Bram Stoker]
Note: I personally own five editions of Dracula, but The New Annotated Dracula with notes and essays by Leslie S. Klinger is by far one of the most impressive guides to not only Stokers’ text but everything surrounding in from the man himself, to his personal inspirations and the countless litany of Dracula-related media that … Continue reading
[Book Review] H.G. Wells’ The Island Of Dr Moreau
H.G. Wells was perhaps ahead of his time with the books he wrote, he had such amazing ideas that seemed to suit what he would consider the future, not the present he was born into. This made him such an interesting figure, and his books extremely popular. Amoung some of his most well known works … Continue reading