Category: Books & Print
The Gunslinger Draws Three New Heroes in Dark Tower II
The gunslinger is not a whole man. For years he quested after the man in black, whom he thought was his key the Dark Tower. Along the way, he lost bits of his humanity. First, he sacrificed his hawk David[…]
Read moreThe Gunslinger Revisited
“The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.” That’s one of the great opening lines in speculative fiction — or hell, any kind of fiction. It immediately evokes mystery, drama, adventure and an entire Old West[…]
Read moreExplore Frodo’s World with the Guide to Middle Earth 2003 Calendar
Once some fans encounter J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-Earth, they never truly leave it, choosing instead to keep exploring the myriad, mystical depths of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. The rest of us though, could use some help staying in touch[…]
Read moreThe Great Comic Book Store Migration of 2002
Jim Lee penciled the story that got me hooked on comics. Oh I’d read comics a few times before to be sure — I had a G.I. Joe subscription one year, and I remember my grandparents buying me a few[…]
Read moreIs Harry Potter Satanic?
For the last few years — ever since the Harry Potter books became immensely popular — there has been an e-mail circulating online claiming that the adolescent wizard is in liege with Satan, aka the Prince of Darkness. In the[…]
Read moreKnights of the Dinner Table Launches Online Strips
Fans of Knights of the Dinner Table can now get a weekly web-fix while waiting for their monthly editions to arrive. Kenzer & Co. are posting original KODT strips to their Web site three days a week (Monday, Wednesday and[…]
Read moreFirestar Envisions A Glorious Return to Space
Industrialist Marissa Van Hutten has a dream and a nightmare. She longs to see humanity return to the stars, exploring the solar system and given men and women a reason to look up with pride again. But she fears as[…]
Read moreHarry Potter Weaves a Perfect Spell
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone is a creative, heroic and inspiring movie that faithfully reproduces the book of the same name on the big screen.
Read moreCommunist Blood-Suckers Terrorize Romania in Vampire Nation
Thomas Sipos takes the mythological blood-suckers (vampires) combines them with the intellectual ones (communists) in his novel Vampire Nation. The novel’s set in the 1980s, when Ronald Reagan is in the White House, and Transylvania — home of Count Dracula[…]
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