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- jun - @J I had the same thought about the rhino. And he’s nearly drowned twice so far. @K I’m glad to...
- K - It was the passage of time between advances that really got me. On the one hand, yeah, Cal is a 15 year old...
- J - Wow. You’ve convinced me I made the right decision in not reading the rest. How many times does he nearly...
- J - True. Like we can’t rebuild our society without some cataclysmic tragedy to motivate us.
- K - I think part of the issue is that so many dystopian books are also post-apocalyptic. It’s often used as...
alternate history Archive
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J’s Take on The Eyre Affair
Posted on February 11, 2011 | 5 CommentsI’m not quite sure I knew what I was getting into when we decided to read The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde. I’m not quite sure I knew what I was getting into when I... -
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (Vol 1) (Alan Moore)
Posted on April 7, 2010 | 7 CommentsThe Plot Miss Mina Murray has been tasked by the mysterious M to collect a group of the world’s most famous ‘heroes’ to work on behalf of him (and perhaps the British government) in reclaiming... -
J’s Take on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and bleh
Posted on December 6, 2009 | 5 CommentsI’m the one who suggested we read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith, for October, in the spirit of Halloween. So of course it figures that I’m the last one... -
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Jane Austen and Seth Grahame-Smith: D-
Posted on November 28, 2009 | 7 CommentsFrom the back cover: “It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains must be in want of more brains.” So begins Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, an expanded edition of... -
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Seth Grahame-Smith)
Posted on October 4, 2009 | 10 CommentsThe Plot Fifty-five years ago, the British Empire was faced with an uprising of the non-colonial sort: the dead were walking and they wanted brains. The scourge continues unabated, but life has adapted to cope...