Inventrix | June 29, 2009
There are tons and tons of books and guides and classes out there in the world on how to write better fiction, how to write a novel, how to etc. And any one of those things, if it’s worth the metaphorical paper it’s printed on, will have writing exercises designed to make you improve. [...]
Inventrix | June 29, 2009
Have I read it recently? No
Okay, I have to admit something before going into this review (which is going to be short). Namely, this book is what I consider “fluff”. It’s a light, fun read, little to no substance, nothing particularly notable or special about it other than I like it and it’s [...]
Inventrix | June 24, 2009
Have I read it recently? Yes
This is one of those books that you find out about completely by accident and then wonder how the heck you didn’t know about it earlier and why isn’t it up in all of those top fantasy novel lists? The premise is simple. Misleadingly simple. It is [...]
Inventrix | June 23, 2009
“We won! We have won the past three times. Why can’t your people just leave us alone?!”
He smiled. “Because, my naive little girl, we don’t want to. We want to win, and if we don’t win the first time we will simply attack again… and again… and again. Eventually we [...]
Inventrix | June 19, 2009
Have I read it recently? Yes
Ladies and gentlemen, may I give you my first steampunk offering in this series of reviews… Lord Kelvin’s Machine! I’m sorry to say that Amazon doesn’t seem to be selling the paperback copy new, which is why I uncharacteristically linked to the hardcover.
This is one of my more obscure [...]
Inventrix | June 18, 2009
I’ve got some news for you guys, news which you may or may not have heard before. Bad news.
There’s going to be a fifth Indiana Jones movie.
Or, as I so cleverly(?) quipped, they’re making a Mutt Jones movie. I wish they would call it Mutt Jones and the something of something-or-other, since he’s [...]
Inventrix | June 17, 2009
Have I read it recently? No
Dragonsdawn is the story of the first settlers on Pern, the fictional world of Anne McCaffrey’s creation which has spawned such a great multitude of draconic science fiction/fantasy. But, don’t be fooled. McCaffrey’s Pern books are, for the most part, written with a target audience of the world’s [...]
Inventrix | June 16, 2009
It occurred to me that it might be rather nice to give you guys the original poem that I mentioned that Susan Cooper wrote, and which the entire series is based around. It’s effectively an age-old prophetic poem, and is rather nice in its own right.
When the Dark comes rising, six shall turn it [...]
Inventrix | June 16, 2009
Right, so, there’s this five-book young adult fantasy series that I read for the first time ages ago, and which I absolutely love to pieces. It is called “The Dark is Rising” by Susan Cooper, which is interestingly enough also the title of the second book in the series. I read the first [...]
Inventrix | June 13, 2009
I could hear the screams from the floor below, carrying through the air as I made my way upwards towards the fateful door. It was my duty to assist my fellows, as the battle was taking place in my alotted sleeping place. Pausing outside the ominous portal to gather my courage about me, [...]
