The Complete Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft
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Another fantastic edition in the Knickerbocker Classic series is The Complete Fiction of H.P....
The Last Days of Jack Sparks
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THE MOST CHILLING AND UNPREDICTABLE THRILLER OF THE YEAR. Jack Sparks died while writing this book....
The Vorrh
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'In The Vorrh we have one of the most original and stunning works of fantasy that has ever been my...
David McK (3562 KP) rated Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? in Books
Jan 28, 2019
Perhaps the foreword puts it best: released back in the mid-80s, this is (now) effectivel a 'what-if', with the central conceit being that this was a story told by Lois to a Daily Planet reporter about Superman's Last Days.
I say a 'What-if' as, obviously, the Man of Steel is still around today: at the time this was released, however, DC was going through a major 'cleaning of the house'; retconning and throwing out over 50 years worth of backstory for their various properties in an attempt to reset the switch; to go back to basics (as it were). As such, it was possible (just) that this very well could have been the last Superman story ever written.
Unlike some of Moore's other works ([b:Batman: The Dark Knight Returns|59960|Batman The Dark Knight Returns (The Dark Knight Saga, #1)|Frank Miller|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327892039s/59960.jpg|1104159]The Dark Knight Returns, for example, or even [b:Watchmen|472331|Watchmen|Alan Moore|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1442239711s/472331.jpg|4358649]Watchmen), this does show it's age somewhat; very much having a 'Silver Age' feel to it.
Fifty Years of Hurt: The Story of England Football and Why We Never Stop Believing
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'England invented football, codified it, became champions of the world in 1966 but humiliatingly...
Midnight in Europe
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Paris, 1938. As the shadow of war darkens Europe, democratic forces on the Continent struggle...
David McK (3562 KP) rated Batman, Volume 1: The Court of Owls in Books
Jan 28, 2019
Unlike those previously two mentioned, this is a more contemporary tale, with Batman at the height of his crime-fighting powers, unlike the aging Batman of [b:The Dark Knight Returns|59960|Batman The Dark Knight Returns|Frank Miller|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327892039s/59960.jpg|1104159], or the still-relatively-green of the majority of [b:The Killing Joke|96358|Batman The Killing Joke|Alan Moore|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1346331835s/96358.jpg|551787], and also has the wider Bat-family (that sounds awful, doesn't it?) of Nightwing, Robin and Red Robin all in it.
The Court of Owls itself is an urban legend from Gotham of a secret society that lives in the shadows and watches/judges all: like Batman, an urban legend that soon proves not to be such after all.
While I may read volume 2 in the future, it's also not one that I'd be hunting out for.
In Two Minds: A Biography of Jonathan Miller
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New in paperback, In Two Minds is the first comprehensive biography of Jonathan Miller - the story...
Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology
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Using the same approach as the popular Milestones in Science and Technology and Milestones in Health...
The Love Poems
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Ovid's love-poetry was typically original and innovative. His witty analysis in the Amores (Loves)...
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