http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com Adventures in Medialand Fri, 19 Feb 2010 13:13:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Simon R. Green: Nightside 7-9 (Hell to Pay, Unnatural Inquirer, Just Another Judgement Day) Simon R. Green: Secret Histories 1-2 (The Man With the Golden Torc, Daemons are Forever) Vernor Vinge: Rainbows End House of Mystery Vol. 03: The Space Between (Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Luca Rossi, Jose Marzan Jr.) John Constantine, Hellblazer: Pandemonium ... http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com/2010/02/19/new-stuff-lisaa-luettavaa/ R. Scott Bakker: The Prince of Nothing Trilogy (The Darkness That Comes Before, The Warrior Prophet, The Thousandfold Thought) David Louis Edelman: The Jump 225 Trilogy (Infoquake, MultiReal, Geosynchron) David J. Williams: The Mirrored Heavens, The Burning Skies Philip Palmer: Debatable Space Fables Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover (Bill Willingham, Matthew Sturges, Mark ... http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com/2010/02/13/new-stuff-uutta-luettavaa/ Vacation is over and my reading speed falters as free time is reduced. 8th Honor Harrington novel. The books are thickening to frightening depths, this one being nearly 800 pages. That doesn't seem to make books less good though, since this as good as any of the previous ones. After events ... http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com/2010/01/30/david-weber-echoes-of-honor/ C. E. Murphy: Urban Shaman, Thunderbird Falls, Coyote Dreams I know I'm not really the target audience for these urban fantasy fares, but there's still a thing that I don't get: Why do female authors have to make their female protagonists so mind-numbingly stupid? It's not just Murphy, it's like in ... http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com/2010/01/24/c-e-murphy-the-walker-papers-1-3/ Simon Dark Vol. 01-03: What Simon Does, Ashes, The Game of Life Winterworld Gravel Vol. 02: The Major Seven Punisher: Frank Castle - Welcome to the Bayou http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com/2010/01/19/new-comics-uusia-sarjiksia/ Human Target is a DC comic that debuted during the 70's. I'm not at all familiar with that, my only experience of Human Target is from a Peter Milligan comics that Vertigo published. The miniseries from 1999 and 2002 (which have been said to inspired this series) were good. Although ... http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com/2010/01/17/human-target-1x01/ Jeff Somers' second Avery Cates novel, aka. Avery Cates kills the world. Official blurb: Avery Cates is a very rich man. He's probably the richest criminal in New York City. But right now, Avery Cates is pissed. Because everyone around him has just started to die - in a particularly gruesome ... http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com/2010/01/17/jeff-somers-digital-plague/ Mario Acevedo: The Nymphos of Rocky Flats, X-Rated Bloodsuckers, The Undead Kama Sutra, Jailbait Zombie. Urban fantasy-comedy with a vampire PI... we'll see about that. Urbaania fantasiaa uusimman Harry Dresdenin pokkariversiota odotellessa. Taylor Anderson: Into the Storm, Crusade. Sci-Fi series about a WWII destroyer that travels to alternate reality... Sci-Fi sarja toisen maailmansodan sotalaivasta joka ... http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com/2010/01/14/new-books-uusia-kirjoja-2/ Official blurb: In the near future, the only thing growing faster than the criminal population is the Electric Church, a new religion founded by a mysterious man named Dennis Squalor. The Church preaches that life is too brief to contemplate the mysteries of the universe: eternity is required. In order ... http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com/2010/01/13/jeff-somers-electric-church/ Dark Hollow is John Connolly's second Charlie Parker novel. Charlie Parker books this far have been supernatural-horror-mysteries with absolutely fantastic, lyrical writing. Parker is an ex-police officer who turned kind of a vigilante after his wife and daughter got brutally killed by serial killer called Travelling Man (in first Parker ... http://jpkangas.wippiesblog.com/2010/01/11/john-connelly-dark-hollow/