May 29, 2008
Agents of Light and Darkness
By Simon R. Green
This is a fun book! I'm becoming more and more of a fan of urban fantasy, and this is a prime sample of it. A little pulpy in spots (both in the literary and the literal senses), but generally good. I am annoyed to discover it's not the first book in the series, but I'll track down the others at some point.
Book 9 in 2008.
May 04, 2008
The Adventures of Dr. McNinja, Vol 1
By These Guys
Man, I love Dr. McNinja. Having the comics in hardcopy was an added bonus, but when I saw that the graphic novel had bonus features and preserved the alt-text commentary from the site (plus added commentary for the first adventure), I had to have it. I'm glad I made the investment, and will be picking up Vol. 2 as soon as I can.
If you don't already read Dr. McNinja, I can't really do it justice here. Short version: He's a doctor who is also a ninja. He fights zombies, boys who have turned into giant lumberjacks, pirates, and banditos on dinosaurs. If that sounds like your cup of tea, it almost certainly is and you should go read.
Book 8 in 2008! Unread books: 201 (21 to go til I can buy new books)
Rain Fall
By Barry Eisler
I really enjoyed this somewhat pulpy thriller. Set in Tokyo, it follows the adventures of John Rain, half-American, half-Japanese assassin, as he deals with the aftermath of what had seemed like a routine assassination. There's a beautiful girl -- the daughter of the man Rain killed -- and plenty of thugs, both politicians and gangsters. Rain is surprisingly sympathetic, considering that he's an amoral killer-for-hire haunted by memories of the atrocities he committed as a soldier in Vietnam. Eisler gets points from me for describing martial arts accurately (he even has some Aikido thrown into the mix, woo!).
I'm looking forward to reading the rest of this series.
Book 7 in 2008