Black Wolves by Kate Elliott
I’m not going to spend much time summarizing the plot of Kate Elliott’s epic fantasy Black Wolves. I don’t think I could. Black Wolves (2015)is the first book of a series, also called BLACK WOLVES. It is 780 pages long, and the story spans nearly fifty years (although there is a large gap in the timeline). It involves a nation called the Hundred, which sits on the northern border of a large,
October 7th, 2016. Marion Deeds´s rating: 4.5 | Kate Elliott | SFF Reviews | 1 comment |
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
As most of the world already knows, A Princess of Mars is the first of 11 Burroughs novels that tell of John Carter’s adventures on the planet Barsoom (Mars, to we Earthlings). This was Burroughs’ very first novel, and one of the first books in the swashbuckling space-opera vein; perhaps the very first. It is a marvel of fast-moving action and imagination; indeed, practically every page offers some new marvel or piece of outrageous spectacle. Unfortunately, the book also displays some of the weaknesses of the novice author,
October 7th, 2016. Sandy Ferber and Tim Scheidler´s rating: 3.5 | Edgar Rice Burroughs | SFF Reviews | 3 comments |
The House at the End of the Street directed by Mark Tonderai
Although actress Jennifer Lawrence had appeared in several television programs and seven theatrical films prior to 2012, few could have foreseen the magnitude of her breakthrough that year. While it is true that critics had praised her work in 2010’s Winter’s Bone, her career was most assuredly catapulted into the stratosphere by a pair of films that bracketed 2012. Bringing to life the Katniss Everdeen character in The Hunger Games, she helped propel that March release to an almost $700 million worldwide gross;
October 7th, 2016. Sandy Ferber | Film / TV, Horror | SFF Reviews | no comments |
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