OriginalBarbas started reading Fire Born of Exile by Aliette de Bodard
I have heard great things about this book and the author and I'm quite excited about it!
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He/Him. A wandering Spanish physicist who reads too much of everything that is not related to my work. I enjoy reading books (mostly #SciFi, #fantasy or #mystery), comics (mainly #EuropeanBD but I just devour anything that looks interesting to me) and from time to time #TTRPG manuals, #nonfiction (#physics and #anarchism) and whatever else I find that might be cool. Glad to join Bookwyrm and I'm loooking forward to see what everyone is reading!
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OriginalBarbas reviewed Cibola Burn by Джеймс Кори (The Expanse 4)
The gates have opened the way to thousands of habitable planets, and the land rush …
A great display of hard sci fi
5 stars
As with every book from The Expanse that I have read before this one, the authors do a great job of imagining a possible future for humanity and to take those premises to places that feel extremely plausible.
Also, murder mystery on a galactic scale, which is always nice. Looking forward to the next one!
OriginalBarbas rated Blake y Mortimer: 5 stars
Edgar P. Jacobs: Blake y Mortimer (Norma)
Blake y Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs (Blake y Mortimer Integral, #1)
LLEGA LA ESPERADA EDICIÓN INTEGRAL DE UNO DE LOS GRANDES CLÁSICOS DEL 9º ARTE
Al fin en edición integral las …
OriginalBarbas started reading Blake y Mortimer by Edgar P. Jacobs (Blake y Mortimer Integral, #1)
LLEGA LA ESPERADA EDICIÓN INTEGRAL DE UNO DE LOS GRANDES CLÁSICOS DEL 9º ARTE
Al …
I have read some Blake & Mortimer albums in the past, but it is my first time owning one and actually reading the first ones. Exciting!
OriginalBarbas rated Girl by Moonlight: 4 stars
OriginalBarbas finished reading Girl by Moonlight
Good RPG manual, employing the Forged in the Dark system and very clearly written. I want to try it at some point!
OriginalBarbas reviewed World War in Balance by Harry Turtledove
A good take on alternate history
4 stars
I am not a big fan of WWII stories, but this book reads very well, features prominent physicists (always a plus in my book, it makes for relatable content) and also displays the point of view of the "Others".
OriginalBarbas started reading Spire: The City Must Fall by Grant Howitt (Spire The City Must Fall)
A fantasy-punk RPG about rebellion, brutality and oppression. What are you prepared to sacrifice to …
I am actually reading the revised edition from 2023, which includes a number of the other sourcebooks in it. So far, so good.
OriginalBarbas reviewed Daredevil by Chip Zdarsky by Chip Zdarsky
A great Daredevil run
5 stars
This will be a short review, but the long and short of it is that Zdarsky and the rest of the team have been outdoing themselves once more.
OriginalBarbas rated Sherlock Holmes and the miskatonic monstrosities: 4 stars
Sherlock Holmes and the miskatonic monstrosities by James Lovegrove
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities is a mystery novel by James Lovegrove. It is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche that …
OriginalBarbas reviewed Written in dead wax by Andrew Cartmel (Vinyl detective)
"He is a record collector -- a connoisseur of vinyl, hunting out rare and elusive …
An unexpected finding
5 stars
For a book whose main plot is the finding of rare vinyls in small shops in London, the book itself it's one of these unearthed gems.
Without spoiling much of the book, it starts with the protagonist (the Vinyl Detective) looking for a rare jazz album for a mysterious client. Then the book continues with this plot, but adding classical elements from the mystery genre ("accidental" deaths with the worst timings possible, mysterious strangers following the protagonists, layers of plot threads to unravel) mixed with a commentary on the history of Jazz and the exploitation of its musicians.
I love Jazz, I also have a terrible musical ear and I am a cheapskate with my audio equipment, so a lot of the technicalities in the text I wasn't able to fully understand. But it is fine, as most of the characters also didn't get them.
Like any good mystery novel, …
For a book whose main plot is the finding of rare vinyls in small shops in London, the book itself it's one of these unearthed gems.
Without spoiling much of the book, it starts with the protagonist (the Vinyl Detective) looking for a rare jazz album for a mysterious client. Then the book continues with this plot, but adding classical elements from the mystery genre ("accidental" deaths with the worst timings possible, mysterious strangers following the protagonists, layers of plot threads to unravel) mixed with a commentary on the history of Jazz and the exploitation of its musicians.
I love Jazz, I also have a terrible musical ear and I am a cheapskate with my audio equipment, so a lot of the technicalities in the text I wasn't able to fully understand. But it is fine, as most of the characters also didn't get them.
Like any good mystery novel, the characters are well rounded, with many depths and very interesting to follow.
Also, the book, like vinyls, has a Side A and a Side B and that is great, as there is a big overarching plot but also individual plots to each side.
I think I will try to buy the next books on the series sooner rather than later.
OriginalBarbas reviewed Usagi Yojimbo Origins, Vol. 3 by Stan Sakai
More Usagi, and that's great
5 stars
As always, all the Usagi Yojimbo stories are great and by reading the earlier ones, such as this one, you can see how Stan Sakai's craft improved over each the previous ones.
This is the first multi issue story arc, and the first to involve all the previously introduced characters. It follows a familiar structure (admitted by Stan Sakai himself on the notes), but it does so in a way that it is incredibly difficult to notice.
The fact that it is colourised only adds to the piece, without substracting anything.
OriginalBarbas rated Vaesen: 4 stars
Vaesen by Johan Egerkrans, Nils Hintze, Nils Karlén, and 1 other
In dark forests and forlorn mountains, by black lakes and hidden groves. At your doorstep. In the shadows, something stirs. …
OriginalBarbas rated Anatomy: 4 stars
OriginalBarbas reviewed Priory of the Orange Tree by Samantha Shannon
A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.
The House of …
A great book and (hopefully) more to come
5 stars
This is the first book from Samantha Shannon I have read, and I have really liked it. The overall story is very good, the characters are very interesting and the worldbuilding has many layers (as it should).
I like how each chapter starts by having a geographical distinction, which helps situate the different characters in the map. It also cements the differences between each region and the lore.
Another important topic of the book is the rupture with other fantasy novels in the importance of the women in the plot (which is good) and the prominence of queer characters in it (which is also good).
I am looking forward to more works from the same author and I imagine that I will be reading them as soon as I know that they are released.