Man of Steel

Superman is still an icon figure, but Man of Steel shows what happens after 80 years of random writers and artists taking their best and worst shots.  Man of Steel is mix tape of Superman Greatest Hits with a little bit of everything tossed in for good measure.  It wasn’t bad, but it was a little long winded on aspects of Clark Kent’s story that I have to believe anyone with a pulse is already familiar with. I really liked the look of Man of Steel, until he actually put on the cape and became Superman.  Man of Steel feels most like a…

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Against All Things Ending

Stephen R Donaldson writes about people you don’t like doing things you don’t understand.  But I still have a soft spot for him.  Among the first books I discovered on my own were the three books of The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant The Unbeliever.  These were kind of a cross between Alice in Wonderland, Lord of The Rings, and Dune, with a touch of The Wizard of Oz tossed in for good measure.  I loved these stories. The Second Chronicles of Thomas Covenant were a little less cheery than the first, and the first were about as cheery as a…

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