Category Archives: Fiction

True Loves 1 and 2

Posted on December 9, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Manien Botma Penciller: Jason Turner Publisher: New Reliable Press Date Published: Volume 1 – May 2006, Volume 2 – June 2009 Volumes: Both are single volume A modern romance, True Loves follows a young vintage clothing store owner falling into … Continue reading →

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I, Robot

Posted on October 8, 2009 by goldnsilver

  Author: Isaac Asimov Publisher: Spectra Date Published: 1950 Pages: 224 Firstly, if you have watched the ‘I, Robot’ movie please forget about it when approaching the book. The two texts are not at all alike; except they both feature robots and a character … Continue reading →

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Perfume: The Story Of A Murderer

Posted on July 4, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Patrick Suskind Publisher: Penguin Date Published: 1985 Pages: 263 Patrick Suskind’s Perfume follows the life of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille, abandoned at birth in the slums of eighteenth-century Paris, but blessed with an outstanding sense of smell. This gift enables Jean-Baptiste … Continue reading →

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12 Days

Posted on May 30, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author/Artist: June Kim Publisher: Tokyopop Date Published: 2006 Volume/s: 1 Only Pages: 208 When Jackie’s ex-lover Noah dies, she decides the best and quickest way to get over the love of her life is to hold a personal ritual with … Continue reading →

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Orange

Posted on May 1, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author/Artist: Benjamin Publisher: Tokyopop Date Published: 2006 Pages: 144 Her name is Orange. She’s a young girl in high school, coming of age in the heart of the city. And she has decided she has nothing to live for. Not … Continue reading →

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The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead

Posted on April 9, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: William S Burroughs Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 1969 Pages: 192 In this funny, nightmarish masterpiece of imaginative excess, grotesque characters engage in acts of violent one-upmanship, boundless riches mangle a corner of Africa into a Bacchanalian utopia, and technology, … Continue reading →

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The Well of Echoes Quartet

Posted on February 9, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Ian Irvine Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 2001-2004 Pages: Total of 2,798 over four books Tiaan, a lonely crystal worker, is using a new crystal when she begins to have extraordinary visions. The crystal has woken her talent for geomancy, … Continue reading →

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Presidential Material: Barack Obama & John McCain

Posted on January 18, 2009 by goldnsilver

  Barack Obama Author: Jeff Mariotte Penciller:  Tom Morgan John McCain Author: Andy Helfer Penciller:  Stephen Thompson Both Comics: Colourist: Len O’Grady Letters: Robbie Robbins Cover Art: J Scott Campbell Cover Colours: Edgar Delgado Editor: Scott Dunbier Publisher: IDW Publishing Date Published: … Continue reading →

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Watchmen

Posted on January 16, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Alan Moore Penciller:  Dave Gibbons Colourist: John Higgins Publisher: DC Comics Date Published: Originally published September 1986 – October 1987, hard cover compendium published 2008 Who watches the Watchmen? ‘Watchmen’ has all the big words attached to it, like ‘the greatest … Continue reading →

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Lolita

Posted on January 15, 2009 by goldnsilver

Author: Vladimir Nabokov Publisher: Penguin Dates Published: 1955 Pages: 336 ‘Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul.’ Poet and pervert, Humbert Humbert becomes obsessed by twelve-year-old Lolita and seeks to possess her, first carnally … Continue reading →

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