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Some ‘Conan’, A Little ‘Hillbilly’ And A Serving Of ‘Creepshow’…

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This was going to be a post about however many episodes of ‘Rings of Power’ I watched, last night, until I gave the first episode about twenty minutes and had to turn it off. I will give it another go but, what was all that about? A recap full of bits that I’m 95% sure weren’t in the last season, a five year time jump and then another jump to ‘thousands of years earlier’. I actually stopped, to make sure I was watching the first episode, and thought ‘nope, my head isn’t up to this tonight.’ I’ll leave it a few days and see if a second viewing makes any difference. Anyway… That would have left me in a bit of a spot, for todays post, but earlier yesterday afternoon, I’d found my way to Forbidden Planet and picked up some comics (I did a little Christmas Shopping too, it wasn’t all about me) A couple of regular purchases and one ‘speculative’. Lets have a quick chat about them :o) ‘Conan The Barbarian #36’ – Zub, Dagnino, Rodriguez (Titan Comics/Heroic Signatures) The ‘Cursed Shores’ stor...
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‘The Lost Hero (Heroes of Olympus)' – Rick Riordan (Puffin)

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  Page Count: 552 Pages I told you I’d be looking at something that’s about as far away from ‘Grimdark’ as you can get ;o) Well, there are hints of ‘grim’ here but not that many… My youngest daughter absolutely loves the ‘Percy Jackson’ books and has wanted me to read her favourite series for a long time. I’m wrapped right round her little finger (and her sisters) so in the end, I agreed to give it a shot. Well, she did say she’d read some Stephen King (if I read ‘The Lost Hero’) but I’m not going to hold her to that. Like I said, I’m pretty soft-hearted when it comes to my kids. Anyway… Here we are, lets talk about ‘The Lost Hero’. Seven Heroes. One Prophecy. Destiny Calls. When Jason, Piper and Leo crash land at Camp Half-Blood, they have no idea what to expect. A haven for the children of the Greek Gods, like the famous Percy Jackson, they are apparently safe here – despite the monsters roaming the woods. . . But before they can settle into their new lives as demigods, the tri...
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‘Avenging Son’ – Guy Haley (Black Library)

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  Page Count: 520 Pages I did say that things would be a little heavy on the Black Library side this week… :o) I’ll tell you what, tomorrow we’ll look at something that’s about as far away from the ‘Grimdark’ as you can get. How does that sound? Cool. In the meantime though, lets hang around in that ‘grim darkness of the far future’ for a little longer… Yesterday, I mentioned that I’d managed to finish a couple of books that I’d stalled on and ‘Avenging Son’ was one of those very books. Not for the reasons you might think though. Take a look at the page count here and then look at a few other books I’ve read recently, there’s your clue. You want another clue? Go on then… The lack of a comfy chair, just recently, may have also played a part. One new comfy chair, and a free Saturday, later… ‘Avenging Son’ was all finished and ready to be posted about here. Lets do this. This is the Era Indomitus… A great darkness has befallen the galaxy, and the armies of Chaos are rampant. To surviv...
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‘Auxilia’ – Russell Zimmerman (Black Library)

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  Page Count: 352 Pages Hi :o) Apologies for the brief period of silence… I’ll be honest, I got to the end of last Thursday and just needed to stop, for a few days, sit quietly in the new comfy chair and read without rushing to put it into a post. So… that’s exactly what I did and it was great. I managed to finish off a couple of books that I’d stalled on (hint: this week is going to be ‘40K Heavy’) and completed a reading challenge set by my youngest daughter. Definitely time well spent and I’m a little more up for posting this week. Anyway… When I saw the blurb for ‘Auxilia’ I thought, ‘hang on, I’m pretty sure that I’ve come across Orysian Roane before…’ And I had, in one of my favourite stories from the ‘Death and Duty’ anthology . I would have read ‘Auxilia’ anyway (I love stories of the Imperial Guard) but was definitely up for finding out what happens next to a character who can be inspiring and infuriating all at the same time. And that’s just what I did, eventually… Never ...
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More comics, this time it’s ‘Hellraiser’…

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Yesterday was basically a morning of admin followed by an afternoon of ‘Interview Disappointment’ (didn’t get invited back for the next round of interviews) and an evening with my youngest daughter who has laid down a reading challenge that I am honour-bound to take up. My TBR Pile is giving me a hurt look right now, like it has no idea what it did wrong. It’s not you ‘TBR Pile’, it’s all on me. Anyway… This week’s blog has been ‘comic book heavy’ but that’s what happens sometimes, maybe you’ll see a book review tomorrow? In the meantime… I’ve been avoiding posting about the ‘Hellraiser’ mini-series, from Boom! Comics; partly because I read them out of order (easily done when they’re all ‘#1’) and I’ve been trying to get my head round the series, mostly because I lost the comics under a pile of paperwork… We’re here now though :o) This post gathers all five issues from the series then, links to the ones that I’ve already mentioned and quick thoughts on the rest… ‘Hellraiser Resurrectio...
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Zombies, More Zombies, Dinosaurs and... Killer Clowns...

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I actually managed a fairly productive day, yesterday, but the downside was that I had no time for reading; just staring at the TBR pile on the rocking chair. Oh well… Maybe today will turn out better, we’ll see. In the meantime, lets take a look at some of the movies that I’ve watched over the last few days. Not a bad selection this time (not great though…) but there is one movie that stands out above the rest... ‘Apocalypse Z: New World’ (2026) In the aftermath of the virus, safe havens exist but supplies are running low and must be replenished. An expedition strikes out, from the Canary Islands, to establish a supply base in Madrid but… The infected hold the city and some of the living have their own ulterior motives for making the trip… I watched ‘Apocalypse Z: The Beginning of the End’ a couple of years ago and really enjoyed it, although I apparently never got round to writing about it here. Oh well… :o) Watching ‘New World’ was a bit of a no-brainer then but unfortunately, it w...
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More ‘Tides of the Tyrant King’ and a ‘Savage Sword, Reforged’…

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I actually picked these comics up last week with a view to reading them over the weekend but… You know what this blog is like… I make a vague promise about how I’ll definitely pick a book soon and at the same time I’m making it, I’m adding at least a week to the ‘wait time’, I’m nothing if not consistent ;o) Anyway… I’ve been making a weekly trip to Forbidden Planet to pick up a comic or two; just to give myself a little routine/something to look forward to while I’m out of work. This time round I came home with a couple of ‘Conan’ comics; ‘Tides of the Tyrant King’ was a no-brainer and while I don’t normally pick up ‘The Savage Sword of Conan – Reforged’, ‘Tides’ looked a little lonely by itself so I thought, why not? All of which leads me to this post, just a quick one today for a couple of short(ish) reads. Let me tell you all about them… ‘Conan: Tides of the Tyrant King #2’ – Zub, Merino (Titan Comics, Heroic Signatures) CONAN OF CIMMERIA believed that THULSA DOOM’s evil had been b...
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