People can often be heard to talk about the soul of a “thing”; that a film has soul, that a tune is soulful, that a dish is soul food or even that an object might speak to their soul. I don’t think we spend much time thinking about what any of this means. If something has soul, how does it
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Senlin Ascends. Well, what can I say? I was sceptical of the premise, but when I started to read it I just got swept off my feet and in the interim of finishing the book and publishing this review – yep, sorry about the wait – I’ve already finished book 2 and 3.At this point I will say that neither
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“Twas a cold and frosty night….”I look over and Crow is shaking his head.“Erm….” I search around for a different tack and venture forth with, “Once upon a time?”“No. It was only a couple of weeks actually.” He gives me that look with his pupils all dark and deep. “So it’s not like we’re entering the realm of the enchanted,
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What might one say of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance? Lovers of the original, like myself, appear to be blown away by it, and even those who didn’t like the original movie have nothing but good things to say about it. So if you haven’t watched it, don’t waste time reading this and go check it out by whatever
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With its mysterious sleepwalkers, epidemics and AI framed against the back-drop of modern day America, Wanderers is a little more sci-fi than fantasy, but I was game for a change of scenery after Priory of the Orange Tree. Now some of you might have heard of Chuck Wendig before, but I wasn’t familiar with any of his (admittedly prodigious) works
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Heads turned to see me, arms raised to the sky and imploring existence to “give me a goddamn notebook!” School mothers quirked worried smiles at me as my son stopped his bike and said “are you alright daddy?” No! Not at all, for my brain had caught alight and I had no means by which to write down the idea
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