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Doctor Who: Does Star Beast Live Up to the Hype?

March 19, 2025February 25, 2025 by Ed Scriver

Today I am reviewing Doctor Who: The Star Beast, the first of the Doctor Who 2023 Specials. Read my detailed critique of this episode!

Categories Book Reviews, Doctor Who, Fiction, TV Shows Tags Doctor Who, Fantasy, Fiction, Meep, Newsletter, Review, reviews, Science Fiction, Star Beast, The Doctor, TV, TV Shows Leave a comment

Wheel of Time Adaptation Misses the Magic of the Books

March 19, 2025October 8, 2024 by Ed Scriver

This is a few thoughts on the Amazon Prime adaptation of The Wheel of Time and thoughts on TV adaptations in general. What makes this, and others not so great?

Categories Fiction, TV Shows, Wheel of Time Tags Adaptation, Eye of the World, Fantasy, Fiction, Newsletter, Review, Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time Leave a comment

On The Wheel of Time and Literary Criticism

February 25, 2025July 10, 2024 by Ed Scriver

Some musings on some of the literary issues I have with the Wheel of Time novel series and why we should always critique literature.

Categories Fiction, Wheel of Time Tags Art, Criticism, Fiction, Literature, Litereray Analysis, Newsletter, Robert Jordan, Wheel of Time Leave a comment

Misplaced Fools Chapter One Preview

April 18, 2024 by Ed Scriver

This is a short preview of Misplaced Fools, a prelude to the upcoming novel The Fulitity of Esoterica.

Categories Comedy, Fiction, Freebies Tags Comedy, Esmer, Esoterica, Fantasy, Fiction, Mispaced Fools, Newsletter, Parody, Satire, University of Esoterica Leave a comment

Inventive Imps Preview Chapter

March 15, 2024 by Ed Scriver

Welcome to this preview of a chapter from part two of book one of The Futility of Esoterica. Here, we meet one of the wily inventive imps. Who are they? A strange bunch of imps who love inventing stuff and getting into trouble!

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Good Omens: (Not A) Book Review

February 25, 2025February 14, 2024 by Ed Scriver

This is a literary analysis of the Good Omens novel by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

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Book Review: Night Watch by Terry Pratchett

February 25, 2025December 14, 2023 by Ed Scriver

Today, I am reviewing another comic fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett. We are looking at Night Watch, the 29th novel in the long-running Discworld series.

Categories Book Reviews, Comedy, Discworld, Fiction, Terry Pratchett Tags City Watch, Comedy, Discworld, Fiction, Newsletter, Night Watch, Parody, Review, Satire, Terry Pratchett, Vimes Leave a comment

Book Review: Thief of Time

February 25, 2025August 11, 2023 by Ed Scriver

Today we are reviewing “Thief of Time”, from one of my favorite authors, Terry Pratchett. This is a hilarious look at the futility of approaching humanity as a physics problem.

Categories Book Reviews, Comedy, Discworld, Fiction, Inspiration, Terry Pratchett Tags Comedy, Fantasy, Fiction, Newsletter, Satire Leave a comment

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