Category Archives: Otaku Stuff

Novel – World War: In The Balance

Posted on 2020-06-30 by Stephan Sokolow

Now for a book that has been mentioned before as a source for some of the fanfics I’ve reviewed: World War: In The Balance by Harry Turtledove The basic concept…Now for a book that has been mentioned before as a … Continue reading →

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Novel – Decision at Doona

Posted on 2020-01-20 by Stephan Sokolow

While working on another blog post (still to come), I needed a point of comparison, so I decided to re-read one of my old favourites. Decision at Doona by Anne…While working on another blog post (still to come), I needed … Continue reading →

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Novel – Mother of Demons

Posted on 2019-12-28 by Stephan Sokolow

Here’s a book I read on the Baen Free Library ages ago and finally got around to buying and reading in print at the beginning of December. Mother of Demons…Here’s a book I read on the Baen Free Library ages … Continue reading →

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Novel – Eon

Posted on 2019-05-04 by Stephan Sokolow

UPDATE 2019-05-18: I found some other notes I’d lost under a pile of other TODOs and have revised this again with more critiques of specific details. Branching out, I thought…UPDATE 2019-05-18: I found some other notes I’d lost under a … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – Being Harry Potter

Posted on 2018-12-12 by Stephan Sokolow

Kirinin really has a knack for writing fanfiction that has a special spark to it. I first recognized that when I was looking for Ranma ½ fanfiction and read The…Kirinin really has a knack for writing fanfiction that has a … Continue reading →

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Fanfiction – In Love of Quidditch

Posted on 2018-09-17 by Stephan Sokolow

Now for a bit of compare and contrast with a story that has some interesting characteristics. In Love of Quidditch by Secondary Luminescence This story shares a very similar premise…Now for a bit of compare and contrast with a story … Continue reading →

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Novel – Nightfall

Posted on 2018-07-04 by Stephan Sokolow

Since I was re-reading it anyway, I thought I might as well review one of my old sci-fi favourites: Nightfall by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg. Originally written in 1941…Since I was re-reading it anyway, I thought I might as … Continue reading →

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