Archive for August, 2008

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Review - Therefore Repent! by Jim Munroe and Salgood Sam

The Rapture has provided adventure fodder for those who believe in it — I’m looking at you especially, Tim LeHaye — as well as those who don’t. To the best of my knowledge, though, it’s never been depicted as anything other than exactly what is happening. God has taken all the Christians away to Heaven [...]

Review - That Salty Air by Tim Sievert

In this fable of the sea, Hugh is a fisherman whose relationship with the sea turns stormy after a personal tragedy. “That Salty Air” portrays not only a man who is enraged by the primal fury of the oceans that give him his bounty, but of the woman who must struggle against his rage — [...]

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Review - Sardine in Outer Space 5 by Emmanuel Guibert

French creator Emmanuel Guibert offers giddy science fiction tomfoolery with the fifth volume of his “Sardine in Outer Space” series, “My Cousin Manga and Other Stories.”
Guibert’s work follows. the adventures of the little witch-like girl Sardine and the cat hiding in her hat as they travel with goofball Captain Yellow Shoulder and the manic Little [...]

Review - Red Colored Elegy by Seiichi Hayashi

Seiichi Hayashi’s “Red Colored Elegy” evokes French New Wave film as it follows the relationship between Ichiro and Sachiko, investigating the personal tortures that have an effect on their status as a couple.
Structurally, Hayashi unfolds his tale through disjointed scenes that either hint at more than they reveal, or sometimes just make the reader feel [...]

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