Daily Archives: January 4, 2010

Exactly What I Wanted: Graphic Novels

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The Very Short Review this week will, of course, be devoted to guiding people who need to exercise their gift cards wisely.  To this end I have selected a couple meaty, relatively expensive graphic novels or books.  You don’t want … Continue reading →


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Y: The Last Man: A Very Short Review

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This series of graphic novels is a classic — classic science fiction.  The basic premise, the death of nearly everything with a Y chromosome, has been handled in one form or another by some of the great SF writers.  The … Continue reading →


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Geek of the Week: Fan Fiction

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Enter “fanfic” into Google and you get about 9,900,000 results.  These results include fan fiction sites for Harry Potter, Twilight, Zelda, Naruto, the Jonas brothers, Lord of the Rings, and yes, even Star Trek.  Fanfic writers spend hours laboring over … Continue reading →


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Riding Basics for the Non-Rider, Revisited

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To start off the new year, a favorite from the early days of the Book View Cafe Horseblog–with excellent and informative additions from the commenters back in August. Next week we’ll be back with a whole new round of posts … Continue reading →


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