Words. Pictures. Cats.
Translator of Strange Pictures, Strange Houses, Strange Buildings, Strange Maps etc.
Author of Discovering Yamaguchi Sake
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the first book in the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy, a "portal fantasy" about five Toronto University students taken to a magical fantasy realm. There they are sweet up in a war…
Continue reading...Shadow Magic by Patricia C. Wrede My rating: 3 of 5 stars Shadow Magic is about as traditional a fantasy as you can get. Dark beings, thought vanquished long ago, reawaken and the kingdoms of men, Shee (ahem…), Wyrds, and more must find ancient artifacts…
Continue reading...邪神決闘伝 by Hideyuki Kikuchi My rating: 4 of 5 stars This self-described Cthulhu Western is a very traditional western hammered into a very traditional Cthulhu mythos mold to make something uniquely fun. The writer wears his tastes on his sleeve, writing a western based deeply…
Continue reading...Lord of Emperors by Guy Gavriel Kay My rating: 5 of 5 stars Guy Gavriel Kay might write the must fundamentally human fantasy there is. His stories are steeped in all the love, loss, ambition, and confusion that fills even the most mundane life, yet…
Continue reading...The Shapes of Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Shapes of Midnight by Joseph Payne Brennan I went into this book blind. I did not know who the author was, or when the book was written, only that the…
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