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A ‘Did Not Finish’… ‘Scourge The Heretic’ – Sandy Mitchell (Black Library)

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  Page Count: 413 Pages (of which I made it through 153 Pages before saying to myself, ‘just because I’m unemployed now, doesn’t mean the time to stick with a book that isn’t working for me…) I hate to start September with a ‘Did Not Finish’ but I ended August on a ‘Did Not Finish’ so… Here we are :o) We all know how it goes here... Not every book is a winner and of these, there are books that I will finish out of a morbid fascination. Not so much these days though… Due to (resignedly gestures at everything…), my reading time is precious so I am much more inclined to drop a book, that isn’t working, and move on to something that I’ll enjoy. Which brings me round to ‘Scourge The Heretic’ and another lovely cover from the Black Library. It was a shame that the book itself didn’t work out… First up, lets have some blurb… While Space Marines and the Imperial Guard battle aliens among the stars, it is the job of the Inquisition to hunt down the heretics who corrupt society from within. ...
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‘God Hates Astronauts Volume 1: The Head That Wouldn’t Die!’ - Ryan Browne (Image Comics)

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  Page Count: 180 Pages When I was reading ‘Eight Billion Genies’, the other day , the blurb reminded me that Ryan Browne had written ‘God Hates Astronauts’; one of many comic book series where I’ve picked up an issue or two but for some reason, never kept reading. There are many reasons, for that, by the way; limited budget, plain forgetfulness and so on… Anyway. ‘God Hates Astronauts’ is a title that stuck in my mind enough for me to find a cheap copy (job has ended now, don’t judge me…) and finally see what the story is all about. Having finished Volume 1…? I’ve honestly got no idea but it was a lot of fun to read :o) Have some blurb… God Hates Astronauts follows the story of a group of incompetent, small-minded, super powered narcissists called "The Power Persons Five" who are hired by NASA to stop all farmers from launching themselves into space in homemade rocket ships. Unfortunately for NASA, this goal is scarcely even addressed and the book focuses more on extramarit...
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Trailer: 'Alligator' (1980)

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Yesterday was intense but it's all done, I just need to find another job now. Easy... :o) I'm got a few things to do then and while I do them, I thought I'd try something a little different with the ol' 'movie trailer posts'... I (re)watched 'Alligator', the other day, and it was still just as awesome as when I watched it the first time. And it got me thinking... What was the trailer like? Was it one of those trailers that told you the whole story before you'd even made it into the cinema...? And most importantly of all, being a horror film... Did the trailer have 'that guy' doing the voice-over? You know who I mean ;o) Answers in order then, 1 - Pretty Cool 2 - No, thank goodness And... 3 - I think so? Sounded like him... Don't take my word for it though. Check the trailer out and see what you think...   Have a great Saturday, see you tomorrow ;o)
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‘Conan The Barbarian’ #33 - Zub, Dagnino, Rodriguez (Titan Comics, Heroic Signatures)

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  This will be a much shorter post than normal… While you’re reading this, I’ll be doing ‘fun stuff’ like clearing my work locker out, shredding notes and making sure that I hand my work laptop in before I leave work for the final time. On the other hand, I will be making time for a bacon roll from my favourite cafe so, it’s not all bad ;o) Anyway… It has been a difficult couple of days for reading (there are currently two books, on the comfy chair, that are exactly my kind of thing, I just can’t get into them) but I knew this was likely to happen so I already had a little ‘Conan’ set to one side, just in case… Thirty three issues in and I’ve stopped looking for continuity between the stories; to be honest, I shouldn’t have started looking in the first place. I mean, there is an overall timeline for Conan (it’s his life…) but the comic seems to hop around that timeline and for me, that is the best way to experience Conan’s adventures, just jump in and see what he’s up right now. #3...
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Movie Night! ‘Winding Down…’ Edition

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My last day of employment, in my current role, is actually on Monday but that’s a Bank Holiday so… My last working day is tomorrow and, it all feels about as weird as you’d expect. I’m just tying up all the loose ends now and there’s not else left to do after that. Daily work stuff continues to move forwards but it is slowly leaving me behind and while that’s only to be expected, it still feels odd. Oh well, just a couple of days to go until the weekend and then I can stop ;o) In the meantime, reading has been a little difficult to focus on, this week, so I’ve broken it up a little with a few movies here and there. There have been a whole load of rewatches (I won’t go into those here, lets just say that  they involved alligators ) but I did make time for a a couple of ‘first time viewings’; one excellent and the other… Not so much… That’s better than my usual success rate though so I’ll take it :o) Let me tell you about them… ‘Obsession’ (2025) After breaking the mysterious ‘One Wi...
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‘Eight Billion Genies’ – Soule, Browne (Image)

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  Page Count: 240 Pages If I was still the kind of blogger that did ‘Best of’ lists (I’ve got nothing against them, these days I’d just rather be reading)… You can see where this is going :o) I think I’ve found one of my favourite reads for this year. I’m not just a sucker for some good cover art; it turns out that I can also be hooked by the right title. And what is there not to be intrigued about by the concept of eight billion genies, all with one wish to grant to ‘their person’? Yep, me neither so that is why I grabbed myself a copy and last night, sat down for a read… Everywhere, at precisely the same moment, everyone on Earth gets a Genie and one wish. As people all over the world make wishes profane and profound, the world - and humanity – change forever.We follow eight characters who find themselves in a Detroit dive bar as ‘G-Day’ descends upon humanity. They navigate their hopes, fears, dreams and wishes over the first eight seconds… The first eight hours… And ultimately…...
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‘Garro: Knight of Grey’ – James Swallow, Taken from ‘Flames of Betrayal’ (Black Library)

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  Page Count: 130 Pages I’m a little bit annoyed with myself for caving in and buying the ‘Flames of Betrayal’ collection but, I really wanted to read ‘Knight of Grey’ so… :o) You see, ‘Flames of Betrayal’ is actually ‘Garro: Knight of Grey’ and then all the stories collected in ‘Era of Ruin’ which funnily enough, I went and reviewed over Here , back in March this year. So… Half annoyed at Black Library for packaging a novella alongside a collection that I already own (I mean, why didn’t they do that when they published ‘Era of Ruin’ in hardback?), half annoyed that I’m just the kind of sucker who will buy the same book twice. Oh well, if that’s the worst thing that happens to me this week… (it won’t be, my job ends on Friday) Anyway :o) One of the things that I love about the ‘Horus Heresy’, and ‘Siege of Terra’, books is that you can pretty much pick a character and then follow them through any number of novels, short stories and so on. I’ve got a few favourites and one that I’ve...
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