Light-weight and unimpressive Terry Pratchett children's novel.
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A weak 700 page "epic" fantasy, the start of a three book series I'll never finish.
read more'The Weavers of Saramyr' - Book Review
A lesson in writing: while inditing your villains, don't drag the "heroes" into the same moral quagmire.
read more'Yakuza Apocalypse' - Movie Review
Takashi Miike returns to his cult movie roots with this weird-ass movie about the spread of Yakuza vampires (and possibly the end of the world).
read more'The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories' - Book Review
Clarke's follow-up to Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell doesn't have the same depth.
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The BBC tackles Clarke's monumental book - the perfection I saw in the first two episodes gives way to inevitable disappointment, but eventually an appreciation of a very good series.
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The BBC tackles Clarke's monumental book - and may have achieved perfection.
read more'The Farthest Shore' - Book Review
The third book (and last of the initial trilogy) in the "Earthsea" trilogy, The Farthest Shore sees Ged and a new companion facing their own mortality.
read more'The Tombs of Atuan' - Book Review
Sequel to A Wizard of Earthsea, this is also a coming-of-age tale - but the feel is radically different.
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Silly but enjoyable and slightly creepy ghost story from Britain during the Second World War.
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