{"id":15387,"date":"2009-07-25T23:54:24","date_gmt":"2009-07-26T05:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=15387"},"modified":"2013-06-04T11:11:24","modified_gmt":"2013-06-04T17:11:24","slug":"bt09-s-is-for-secondaries-blogathon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/07\/25\/bt09-s-is-for-secondaries-blogathon.html","title":{"rendered":"BT09 – S is for Secondaries (#Blogathon)"},"content":{"rendered":"

And so we hit Midnight here, crossing over into Sunday.<\/p>\n

And here’s a\u00a0quartet of books, all from different publishers. Interesting.<\/p>\n

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RSojourn, Vol. 6, “The Berzerker’s Tale”<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>(Checker) [collects #31-34, Prequel]
\nw. Ian Edginton; a.\u00a0Greg Land<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nNew reader?<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Art<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nNon-comics reader?<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Wrapping up the last unpublished material on Sojourn from the collapse of CrossGen comics. More continued good story from this epic fantasy quest (lovingly illustrated by Land), but impossible to read without knowing how the metastory concluded. A serious pity, that, but glad I picked this up.<\/p>\n

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Star Trek: Klingons: “Blood Will Tell”<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>(IDW) [collects #1-5]
\nw. Scott Tipton, David Tipton; a.\u00a0David Messina<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nNew reader?<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Art<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nNon-comics reader?<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note quite sure what compelled me to buy this, unless it was the stunning photo-realisticc John Corronney covers. But the interior story of Klingon philosophy and history with the Federation (including some TOS eps told from the perspective of the Klingon side) is simply unimpessive, as is the art.<\/p>\n

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StormWatch PHD, Book 2<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>(Wildstorm) [collects #5, 8-12]
\nw. Christos Gage; a.\u00a0Andy Smith, Matthew Dow Smith<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nNew reader?<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Art<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nNon-comics reader?<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Ground-bound PHD is given “leave” up to Skywatch to visit with the “real” StormWatch. But when someone tries to kill Jackson King, suspicions mount between individuals and the two teams …<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, though a murder mystery is a good way to learn about people, this murder mystery is pretty stupid, the the story not well handled, and the art not terribly attractive.<\/p>\n

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Strange Killings: Necromancer<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/i>(Avatar) [collects #1-6]
\nw. Warren Ellis; a.\u00a0Mike Wolfer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Writing<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nNew reader?<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Art<\/strong><\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\nNon-comics reader?<\/td>\n\"\"<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Combat Magician Gravel is back, investigating strange goings-on at a tropical island. But between double-crosses, an SAS team on his tail, and a journalist chasing a story on the same island, Gravel has his hands full even without discovering the place is crawling with zombies …<\/p>\n

Ellis’ Gravel stories are always brutish, clever adventures, with “war is hell” violence and interesting applications of low-level magic to turn situations to Gravel’s advantage. A good series of tales, of which this is one of the better examples.<\/p>\n

Listening to: Shore, Howard, “Amon Hen” (LOTR1: The Fellowship of the Ring))<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

And so we hit Midnight here, crossing over into Sunday. And here’s a\u00a0quartet of books, all from different publishers. Interesting.   RSojourn, Vol. 6, “The Berzerker’s Tale”\u00a0(Checker) [collects #31-34, Prequel] w. Ian Edginton; a.\u00a0Greg Land Writing New reader? Art Non-comics reader? 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