All posts by David Fernau

     
 
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Review: A Cast of Stones

May 29, 2019
Author: Patrick CarrPublisher: Bethany HouseGenre: Fantasy I hesitate to admit it, but this series is overtly Christian fantasy. With the three persons of the Godhead called Deas, Eliason, and Aurae, it’s not pretending to be anything except what it [...]
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Review: A Star Curiously Singing

March 18, 2019
Author: Kerry Nietz Publisher: Freeheads Genre: Cyberpunk “Christian cyberpunk.” That’s not a phrase you hear a heck of a lot, probably because the world of most cyberpunk novels is dark and dismal, with pretty much zero discussion of [...]
by David Fernau
 
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Review: The Thorn of Dentonhill

February 27, 2019
Author: Marshall Ryan Maresca Publisher: DAW Books Genre: Fantasy Fair warning: This isn’t your usual fantasy. No dragons and hoards of gold, no elves or dwarves, and no saving the world by killing the evil god. In many ways, this is closer to a [...]
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Review: Live PD

January 21, 2019
Genre: Reality, Documentary, Crime Rating: TV-14 It may not be very geeky — there are no spaceships or wizards — Live PD has quickly become a national phenomenon, showing what cops face all across our country with very little editing. The show [...]
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Wizard 101 Shoots Itself in the Foot with Promotion

November 16, 2018
Early November 15, 2018, kid’s video game Wizard101 announced a new promotion that’s running from now until November 18. It’s a “the more you buy the more you get” sort of promotion, which is troubling enough on a game [...]
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Review: Thunderbirds Are Go Season 1 (ep. 1-26)

September 27, 2018
Directors: David Scott, Theo Baynton Writers: Rob Hoegee, Ian Carney, Mark Huckerby, Nick Ostler, Andrew Robinson, Scott Sonneborn, Stan Berkowitz, Ken Pontac, Dan Berlinka, Paul Giacoppo, Danny Stack, Benjamin Townsend Composer: Ben Foster, Nick Foster [...]
by David Fernau

 
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Review: Finnian and the Seven Mountains #1

September 17, 2018
Author: Philip Kosloski Artist: Michael Lavoy Publisher: Self-published Genre: Comic, legendary Comics can be a very good medium for reaching young people, and this is true for telling Christian legends as well. Author Philip Koslowski and artist/letterer [...]
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Con Report: SpoCon 2018

August 18, 2018
Friends, geeks, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come not to bury the small convention, but to praise it! Seriously, that’s going to be the theme of this whole report: How your small, local convention is not something to be shunned while you save up the [...]
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Review: Promise of Blood (Powder Mage Series #1)

August 8, 2018
Author: Brian McClellan Publisher: Orbit Genre: Fantasy The king is dead and his Privileged cabal of sorcerers are being challenged by a new cabal with new magic, based around firearms. The Privileged want to eradicate the Powder Mages, the Powder Mages [...]
by David Fernau

 
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Review: Wearing the Cape: Wearing the Cape Series Book 1

July 22, 2018
Author: Marion Harmon Publisher: CreateSpace Genre: Superheroes Wearing the Cape is a good old-fashioned superhero romp in a world that’s just a little bit more like ours than those portrayed in the comics, with a somewhat unlikely hero. Marion [...]
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Review: Off Armageddon Reef (Safehold Book 1)

June 24, 2018
Author: David Weber Publisher: Tor Books Genre: Science Fiction It can be very challenging to find God-honoring science fiction, especially from a “mainstream” author and publisher. At least part of the reason for this, I believe, is because [...]
by David Fernau
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