Of all things Geek. I am…
Sometimes you don’t need 1,000 pages on a subject. Sometimes 200 will do. In the case of Ninja: The Shadow Warrior by Joel Levy which I recently picked up, this is definitely the case.
It is a complete, if not truncated, history of ninja and ninjutsu and reads more like a PBS one hour special on the subject. It covers the basics and either sates your appetite or wets it, leaving you hungry for more.
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I have finally read Chuck Klosterman’s debut book, Fargo Rocks City and it was everything I thought it would be.
I understand that as a fan of Klosterman’s work, it is a bit odd that I picked up his sophomore effort Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto and then went on to read and own every other book he has published, save for his debut.
Well, I have remedied that mistake and his debut is on par with the wit and pop culture furnishings that I’ve become accustomed to.
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If you’re going to write, write what you know. That’s what they say. They also say, “Good writers borrow, great writers steal,” so there must be a special pantheon for writers who do all three.
With Ready Player One, Ernest Cline did all three.
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What happens when an ordinary man falls in with a woman bestowed with power? What happens when the two of them run afoul of a salesman, an Incantrix, and the law? And finally, what happens when all of this is in the name of an old magical world hidden away within a carpet?
Weaveworld by Clive Barker happens.
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The setup and follow through to Cadets: 2 Ship of the Gods by Edward Miller, sequel to Cadets, is fast-paced and doesn’t mess around, just like the enemy they are facing.
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