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Speed Racer
Categories: Movies ReviewsA mighty thanks to all of those who posted to let me know that I shouldn't be afraid to go see Speed Racer. I did, and I agree--it was a good movie. I enjoyed it more than Iron Man, actually--though I understand why I would be in the minority on that one. Continue Reading...
Iron Man
Categories: Movies ReviewsI finally saw Iron Man the other day. I know, I'm a little slow to the party, but I did want to get to it eventually. I love a good superhero story, which is odd, since comics never managed to grab hold of me as a kid. My guess is that I like the archetypes they deal with, but don't necessarily like the comic book format. They tend to be very large offenders in the "This will never end" department. At least with a book series, the novels form pre-defined breaks. And even a very long series like the Wheel of Time or the like has an ending out there somewhere. All you have to do is convince me that there WILL be an ending, and I'm willing to read. Most comics convince me of the opposite. Continue Reading...
Starred Review! + Fanart
Categories: Alcatraz Fan Art ReviewsI thought it kind of odd that Publisher's Weekly had never gotten around to doing a review of ALCATRAZ, since they'd done reviews of all of my other books. I'd pretty much given up on seeing one, when suddenly we got one this week, out of the blue. Whatever their reason for waiting, I'm not going to complain on some good publicity during the holiday season. They gave it a starred review, my first since ELANTRIS. Continue Reading...
New Sample Chapter + Harry Potter
Categories: Mistborn 2 Books ReviewsMistborn 2 is less than one week away! In anticipation, here is chapter two of the book! Chapter one is here, if you missed it. Chapter three will be on Friday, then the pre-release is on Saturday! (And, if you are coming, I highly recommend that you call and reserve a copy, just in case. I don't think we'll run out, but I can't be sure.) Continue Reading...