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They’re selfish, flawed, mad, and powerful. There are gods in this novel, and they’re not the flat Eddings-like gods I loved so much, so long ago. It’s an intelligent, thrilling, and complex novel that 46-year-old me reveled in from first page to last.įirst up – the world-building. I have no idea what 16-year-old me would have made of this book. I now include The Unspoken Name among them. I’m sure there are others, I just haven’t had time to read them. Each of those titles marked an evolution in what you could do with the genre. Tastes change, I moved away from a diet of fantasy but occasionally returned to discover the odd gem Nevernight, The Copper Promise and The Fifth Season to name but three (the similarity in cover style between The Unspoken Name and The Fifth Season, is probably not a coincidence. I read others, but it struck me quite some time ago, that they’re all the same. Brought up on Tolkien by my dad, I branched out to Shannara, Druss the Legend, Thomas Covenant, and The Belgariad. The aim of this short article is to review some of the most striking examples of precise anatomical descriptions contained in the Iliad, as well as the considerations on this subject provided by various authors over time. Several authors have focused on this aspect of the Iliad and some have gone as far as to conclude that Homer (or whoever composed the Iliad) likely had a medical background. Some of the anatomical descriptions appear surprisingly elaborate and precise for a text presumably composed around the eighth century BC. However, beyond dramatic effect, the detailed descriptions of wounds and injuries have attracted the attention and curiosity of generations of readers, especially those with a medical background. The descriptions of battles and duels in the Iliad confer an epic character to its narration. Kylix – Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin F2278 (c. Illustration on the interior of a Greek kylix, Achilles dressing the wounds of Patroclus. Anatomical descriptions in the Iliad December 29, 2020 So before Redwall gets picked up for cinematic production (for good or for bad), I suggest you go ahead and dive in! Twenty-two books sounds like a lot (it is) and they can be honestly faulted for being a bit formulaic (they are), but gosh darn it they’re fun! Redwall: Age Appropriate (OH MY GOSH I hadn’t thought about Bay getting his pyrotechnic hands on Redwall until typing that sentence out and now I’m worried that there’s a universe in which that is the case. Listen, we all know Hollywood moves slower than a snail in amber, that not every shiny franchise they set their eyes upon will actually get past the pitch stage, and that even when they do there are no guarantees protecting the original material’s integrity from Michael Bay. Collectively referred to as the Redwall series, these young-adult/preteen adventures authored by the late Brian Jacques feature woodland creatures invariably steeped in deadly battles of good versus evil.Īnd while they’re fairly simple books, they’re also remarkably entertaining. About a month ago, posted an article suggesting that Hollywood take note of a series of books three decades old and twenty-two titles strong. 2 #50 (February 1998): "Faster, Faster!"īatman: Huntress/Spoiler - Blunt Trauma #1 (May 1998): "Blunt Trauma" Robin/Argent Double-Shot #1 (February 1998): "Bright Lights Gotham City" 2 #25 (February 1996): "Sophomore Lethal" Secret Origins 80-Page Giant #1/5 (December 1998): "Daddy's Little Girl" ĭetective Comics #647 (early August 1992): "Inquiring Minds"ĭetective Comics #648 (late August 1992): "Let the Puzzlement Fit the Crime"ĭetective Comics #649 (early September 1992): "Malled" To go to the Batgirl (Stephanie Brown) biography click here.īatgirl Chronology Click to list by alphabetically by title Please note: If you want to go back to the chronological listing after having used the sorting tool you have to reload the page. The chronology list can also be sorted according to Comic book title. Stories that for some reason are no longer part of current continuity will have a comment saying this in a note following the entry.įollow the links for a complete index of the issue, including story and creator info as well as full character chronology and in some cases story synopses. Flashback sequences or story entries will be followed by a note. 3 #1 (October 2009) (as Batgirl V).īelow is the definitive list of appearances of Batgirl in chronological order. 2 #126 (July 2004) (as Robin IV) and Batgirl Vol. Batgirl first appeared in Detective Comics #647 (August 1992) (as Spoiler), Robin Vol. But through a maze of traps, illness, surprises, suspense, romance, adventure, and villains, they end up withdrawing, the secrets and the treasure lost, the rush of discovery fresh in the hearts of our protagonists. The films and books abound, particularly in fiction: a group of explorers hack their way through a jungle in search of a mysterious lost city and its trove of treasure. Four Lost Cities is a journey into the forgotten past, but, foreseeing a future in which the majority of people on Earth will be living in cities, it may also reveal something of our own fate. Investigating across the centuries and around the world, Newitz explores the rise and fall of four ancient cities. In Four Lost Cities, acclaimed science journalist Annalee Newitz takes readers on an entertaining and mind-bending adventure into the deep history of urban life. Around July or August, Flint’s first boil-water advisory came out right after we did our story. Flint River water so gnarly you have to mix it with Kool-Aid so you don’t gag. “ In the totem of American life, the ghetto feels it first. I’d rather be kayaking in a yellow rubber speedo with the cartel again near the Texas border than listen to all of it.” “ Politics has become absurdist theater, mind-torture. Been traveling all over the country filming this thing.” “I’ve been busy working on the book and shooting a pilot for A&E. To actually get something this big right.” Something tells me the world is worried and everyone is looking to Detroit for hope. “ Detroit is a critical part of the world. I support Detroit Bookfest 100% and so should you.” If we’re gonna do hockey arenas and skyscrapers, we better have some culture. The Detroit Festival of Books is great for Detroit. You do the best you can writing your book, you put it out there, you hope it’s well-received, then you move on.”ĭetroit Festival of Books (aka: Detroit Bookfest) Weekends are for family, beer and gardening.” “ I try to write daily Monday through Friday from 8am to Noon or 10am to 2pm. Sometimes the image makes the point when it’s impossible to capture it in words.” “Sometimes the image is better, you know, films, photos. They can be smuggled, buried, don’t need a plug, can’t be told to shut up. Always were and always will be the greatest art that humanity could ever conceive. LaCour’s breakthrough novel brings the changing seasons of Caitlin’s first year without Ingrid to the page with indelible emotion and honesty. Hold Still is the indelible debut that launched Nina LaCour, the award-winning author of We Are Okay. Journeying through Ingrid’s final days, Caitlin fights back through unspeakable loss to find renewed hope. In words and drawings, Ingrid documented a painful farewell in her journal. A life without the art, the laughter, the music, and the joy that she shared with her best friend. Ingrid’s suicide immobilizes Caitlin, leaving her unsure of her place in a new life she hardly recognizes. But by dawn Ingrid, and her promise, were gone. That night Ingrid told Caitlin, I’ll go wherever you go. A haunting and hopeful book about loss, love, and redemption.” – Gayle Forman, #1 bestselling author of If I Stay and I Have Lost My Way “Hold Still may be the truest depiction of the aching, gaping hole left in the wake of a suicide that I’ve ever read. A beautiful new edition of the stunning debut novel by Nina LaCour, award-winning author of We Are Okay Although his reasons for hunting Siora are viscerally personal, what Gharek can’t anticipate is that when he finally does find her, she will hold the key to saving his world, or what’s left of it. Gharek of Cabast was once the right-hand man of the reviled empress but is now a wanted fugitive. The creature’s power and reach are growing with every soul it consumes, but Siora is preoccupied with her own troubles: namely an assassin who has sworn an oath of vengeance against her. Born with the ability to see and speak to ghosts, she has heard their desperate pleas as an otherworldly predator stalks the dead amid the fertile killing fields of the collapsing Krael Empire. Siora has been on the run for longer than she cares to remember, from her past and her gift. Published by Ace, Penguin Audio on November 8, 2022Īmazon, Audible, Audiobook, Barnes & Noble, Apple This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review. Review copy was received from NetGalley, Publisher. There is their kiddo, Wen, an adopted and much-loved Chinese girl who is portrayed in a rich, endearing, and authentic way throughout the story. There is a longtime couple, Eric and Andrew, who have taken a well-earned vacation in a remote cabin near a lake in rural New Hampshire. The moving parts are surprisingly mundane. Here the author has stripped his narrative back to the most threadbare elements in a tale that is nearly impossible to review without unveiling some critical shocks. In this peek-between-your-fingers work of domestic horror, the Bram Stoker Award–winning author demonstrates a counterintuitive maturity in his writing even as he inflicts the cruelest possible scenarios on his unwitting victims. A striking work of psychological horror and unblinking terror from bloody fantasist Tremblay ( Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, 2016, etc.) |