supergods Our World in the Age of the Superhero y grant morrison i had read some graphic novesl in the 1990s such as marvels, miracleman, kingdom come , darkseid and knew about at least 10% of the entries in DC/marvel encylopedia but that about it this book by an established if rather pretend counter culture comic book writer told the story of the golden age, silver age, counter age and everyday alternative earth of the comic book Morrison tends to take himself too seriously who has the godlike powers here author or charactor? and from page 262 and the following chapter has a rather underwhelming alpha centauri vision of alien life
as typical with these autobiographies of my life in cultdom (ie dr who, military modelling, medieval battle reinactment) morrison mentions the funny fans and the odd obsessives he meets at all expenses paid conventions - hope they don't read this book
the moon on the hills by bill page one of the many roman britian novels apart chase thriller , part steeped in pagan orphean quest imagery dream trip despite the many dream sequences it is predicable and linear
the japanese devil fish girl by robert rankin his 32nd novel a comic fantasy set in an alternative victorian england after the martian invasion despite a promising start - a young churchill send the chronically sick to infect the planet Mars, and then moves on to the by now typical opening in a travelling freak show despite a voyage on a great passenger airship and meeting with martians, venusians and jupiterians the story increasing goes nowhere in a not that funny cartoon manner with the main charactors being so cardboard they fell over and off the page
the female love interest is byrons daughter ada lovelace born 1815--lets say she does not or in common with the rest of the books charactors act her age
ideas are picked up- the elephant man as a jack the ripper suspect. adolf hitler as a surly wine waiter but then not used
siberia Russias frozen frontier 1581-1991 an academic history full of tables maps and statistics strongest in content after 1917
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