Lord Samper's Library

Yesterday was one of those days where I woke up feeling pretty rough, took myself to the comfy chair, for breakfast, and then dozed until lunchtime. I woke up, still feeling pretty rough, so decided to take the hint and not push it. I left job hunting for the evening and settled down with a little reading, and some TV on the side. Let me tell you about it… ‘Hellraiser Resurrections: The Deep Gospel #1’ – Howard, Cha, Simpson (Boom!) In which the Female Cenobite finds a new identity, and new companions… Two issues in, or so I thought… Yesterday, I found out that the series is actually three issues old and I missed the first one. I’ll have to do something about that.  In the meantime, ‘The Deep Gospel’ has a lot going for it, whether it stands alone or is the start of something longer. I’ll admit that I don’t know a lot about the setting, outside of the ‘Hellraiser’ movies, so Howard’s deep dive into the realm of the Cenobites really filled in those gaps, all grimly drawn by Jenna Ch...

Yep, I'm one year older (again) and despite the various bits and pieces going on right now, I can confirm that my 'fifties' are still much better than my 'forties' were. Trust me, if you're hovering at forty-nine and feeling a little nervous... you've got nothing to worry about ;o) Anyway... For the sake of a little alliteration, yesterdays Birthday was all about the 'Four Bs'; bacon, burgers, bonbons and books (I mean, plenty of other stuff happened as well, and it was awesome, but, you know...) I ate the burgers & bacon and I'm working my way through the bonbons but, that's not what you're here for; lets take a look at the books... I've heard a lot of good things about 'There Is No Antimemetics Division' and going by the first couple of chapters, I'm even more certain that I'm in for a good read. I've officially bumped this book up to the top of the TBR pile so am hoping to have something a little more detai...

  Page Count: 142 Pages Apologies for the lack of blog post yesterday… I’m not quite sure why my laptop decided to act up but it got to a point where I had to choose between blog and job-hunting and unfortunately, there was no contest. Anyway, we’re here now, lets see how it goes… :o) After a day spent wrestling with (quite frankly) a ‘sulky laptop’, I wasn’t really up for too much reading but wanted to keep a little momentum going. Luckily for me, I have a small pile of ‘Doctor Who’ novelisations on hand for just this kind of situation ;o) This time round, I thought I’d go for ‘The Invasion of Time’; a book that I’d read, way back in the day, but never actually seen on TV. And I’d pretty much forgotten the plot anyway so it was like picking it up for the first time ;o) A traitor to the Time Lords? Can the Doctor really be in league with the evil Vardans, spearheading a treacherous invasion of his home planet, Gallifrey? Or is he playing a deadly double game, saving the Time Lords ...

  Page Count: 142 Pages There are a few things that will guarantee that I pick up a book, for a further inspection, and… A number of those things are on the cover of this book :o) I literally had no choice in the matter, I had to pick the book and take a look. The blurb pretty much sold it to me… A home to reavers and rakes, sorcerers and slayers, undead kings and undying things – expanding a page at a time in the stories added by its authors. In the once lands, a lineage of sorcerous wayfinders work to keep godlike monstrosities locked behind the crumbling walls of cursed cities, by allowing the vengeful ghosts of forest gods to inhabit their living flesh. In the wild wastes, tribes of cannibal huntresses fight to balance the old ways and new in a struggle to keep their culture alive by trading in death. In the sprawling city of Khyber, ambitions dance on sword edges while clans of thieves and reavers clutch at power. Welcome to… Shared World. Yep, I was sold. ‘Shared World’ came ...

I've smoked a bit of weed, in my time, but not for a long time and for very good reason. You see, my tolerance, for the stuff, is very much 'no tolerance at all' and I inevitably end up falling asleep in all sorts of weird places. It's not cool :o) Now I'm in my fifties, it has got worse (if you can believe it)... One of my neighbour's was smoking, yesterday, and just the smell was enough to send me to sleep and then wake up in the mood for a burger. So, off I went to Greenwich for a McDonald's and while I was there, did a little book browsing at the same time. Of course I did ;o) The pickings were slim but some determined foraging turned up the following... I told you it was 'slim pickings' but hopefully, it's a case of quality over quantity ;o) I had never heard of 'Zombies and Power Tools' but with a title like that, I was never going to pass up the opportunity of a read. You wouldn't either ;o) My 'poor old' eyes struggled...

I’ve been going a little ‘stir crazy’, these last few days, so yesterday afternoon, I took myself into town for a slice of pizza (spicy chicken, in case you were wondering) and a visit to Forbidden Planet to pick up a couple of comics. I say ‘a couple’ but I came out with three comics, I think that was remarkably restrained of me. One series ends, another begins and, ‘Conan the Barbarian’ just keeps rolling along… Just the way I like it :o) ‘Event Horizon: Inferno’ #5 – Ward, Carey, Honchar (ID Dark) There weren’t many surprises here, ok any surprises, but #5 rounds ‘Event Horizon: Inferno’ off in decent style with a strong vein of ‘be careful what you wish for’ vs ‘man really is unaware of his true standing in the universe’. Yep, I’m looking at you Durante… You were a little too villainish but at the same time, it somehow made the final outcome a little more sweet ;o) I’m half and half over where Starck’s arc (see what I did there?) ends up, as I think she deserved a little more, but...