Monster (Vol. 1): The Perfect Edition by Naoki Urasawa
Warning: This review is spoiler heavy, but I wanted to write a review of volume one that could let you know if you might want to read the entire series. You can read safely up to the first place I’ve marked for spoilers. There’s another place I warn of even more spoilers, so you have two places you might want to stop reading.
Monster by Naoki Urasawa is an award-winning manga that was written from 1994-2001, and once completed,
June 13th, 2014. Brad Hawley´s rating: 4.5 | Comics | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
September Girls by Bennett Madison
[In our Edge of the Universe column, we review mainstream authors that incorporate elements of speculative fiction into their “literary” work. However you want to label them, we hope you’ll enjoy discussing these books with us.]
September Girls, by Bennett Madison was nominated for a 2014 Andre Norton Award for best YA fiction (it didn’t win; Nalo Hopkinson’s Sister Mine did).
June 13th, 2014. Marion Deeds´s rating: 3 | Bennett Madison | Edge, Young Adult | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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