The Use of Heavy Water (The Valence Chronicles #2)
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Décor don’t usually go on vacation, but after their adventure in the Iota Cloud, Pet is looking...
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Our Hideous Progeny
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Mary is the great-niece of Victor Frankenstein. She knows her great uncle disappeared in mysterious...
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The Becalmer
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Harica is gifted with the ability to defuse conflicts using her mind. When she is recruited to...
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Sera is a LO-EC, a human who gained superpowers as an unintended side effect of a biotechnological...
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David McK (3791 KP) rated The Aeronaut's Windlass in Books
Dec 20, 2023
Rather, this is probably best described as Steampunk, which is a genre I previously had little exploration in, and which Google defines as:
"...a subgenre of science fiction and sometimes fantasy that incorporates technology and aesthetic designs inspired by 19th-century industrial steam-powered machinery.".
Reading that description, this definitely fits right into that bracket!
To my mind, it also falls more towards the fantasy aspect of Steampunk: after all, we have a new magic system, airships, the ability to communicate with animals (cats), and monsters from the ground all within the pages of this story even if (for my money), it never quite gripped me as much as a Harry Dresden book.
David McK (3791 KP) rated Mission impossible dead reckoning part one (2023) in Movies
Aug 19, 2023 (Updated Jun 1, 2025)
Long winded title.
It's also the 7th entry (of a definite 8, possibly more) in what-has-become Tom Cruise's signature franchise, which has now been running for nearly 30 years (27 years as of 2023, to be precise).
And I was initially shocked by how old Cruise looked during the opening scenes of this - no longer the fresh baby-faced figure of the early entries!
Anyway, this particular entry goes more into the realms of science-fiction than any of the previous instalments have, with Ethan Hunt and co searching for a way to stop the rogue AI known only as The Entity.
Personally, I found this to get a bit muddled in the middle - with one surprising death that I wasn't expecting (and that left a bit of a sour taste) - although it all leads to a barn-buster of a final act.
Personally, I still feel that Rogue Nation is the one to beat.
Our Lives in Between (Enlightened #1)
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It had been five years since the accident that derailed Veronica’s life, which left her suffering...
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Decision at Thunder Rift: Book One of The Saga of the Gray Death Legion
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THE EPIC FIRST NOVEL OF THE LEGENDARY SCIENCE FICTION SERIES... Thirty meters tall, seventy tons...
David McK (3791 KP) rated Frank Herbert's Dune, the Graphic Novel book 3: The Prophet in Books
Apr 6, 2025
Which I'm well aware, due to the nature of the medium, leaves a lot out.
As such, it's interesting reading this (after having read the previous 2 entries in the same graphic novel series) to see how much is familiar, and how much is changed.
Oh, the basics are there right enough (in the movies), but there are several differences to the story: Paul Atriedes sister (only teased in Part 2), here, being the most prominent example.
Not having read the 'original' original, I can't say how much was changed for the move from print to graphic novel medium, but I do believe that the authors/artists/stencillers here did try to stick as close as possible to that story.
I can understand why it was slimmed down for the move to the big screen.
The Weather Woman
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The rich and atmospheric new novel from prize-winning author Sally Gardner, set in the 18th century...
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