Christopher Priest's first novel is a book of two parts. The first part lays out a "willfully obscure" premise: Elias Wentik, a British scientist experimenting with hallucinogenic drugs in a research outpost in Antarctica, is taken by U.S. government agents to a place in the Brazilian jungle. There ...
“Living is not an art, but to write of life is. Life is a series of accidents and anticlimaxes, misremembered and misunderstood, with lessons only dimly learned. Life is disorganized, lacks shape, lacks story.”In “The Affirmation” by Christopher PriestA Priest book isn't just a (SF) book. It is the ...
I held him tightly against me. He was neither cold nor warm. One of his outstretched hands, clenched in fear, was touching the side of my face. The relief of finding him at last overwhelmed everything – everything except the fear of this place. I wanted to turn around so that I could head back towar...
I wish this was longer: it wraps up nicely, but it could very easily be continued, as well. Medusa, Black Bolt, and Maximus discover who their real enemies are. And they're in for an epic fight that will determine the future of the Inhumans and the Alpha Primitives. It's also gorgeous. Jus...
Maximus and Black Bolt fight Spider-Man, leading to a feedback loop between Maximus and Peter Parker, in which Maximus frets over May while Spider-Man knows about Attilan. This is dealt with when Maximus tells him to forget in a half hour, and I'm assuming Parker does since he doesn't have insider k...
Black Bolt, Maximus and Medusa remain in New York, practicing, trying to figure out if they can trust Elisha, the Alpha Primative, and trying to figure out how to get to Attilan without dying as soon as they get there. (Or Medusa may survive, but it's not likely that Black Bolt and Maximus will.) ...
So, yeah, I forgot to add the cover, but it doesn't really do Phil Noto's art inside justice. Just perfection! And Christopher Priest is nailing this. Lead by an Alpha Primative, a human turned slave by the Inhumans, Black Bolt, Medusa, and Maximus are now in the human world - thanks to Lockjaw...
I just can't even tell you how happy I am about this title. I'm five-starring it despite the retcon, by the way. It's a pretty big plot-hole/retcon. See, Maximus Boltagon's sanity was destroyed when Black Bolt (aka Blackagar Boltagon) used his voice to stop some Kree enemies, and he accidental...
There is nothing wrong with this graphic novel. It's well written and well illustrated. I just didn't connect to the characters, and while I found the final reveal compelling, it was too little too late. The story took such a long time getting there, I found myself bored. I'd be intereste...
This is what the cover promises. I knew that the fact that Matt Murdock was blind was part of the connection to that character, so I was intrigued to see if I liked this more given the promise of this cover. It turns out a lot of this is about not-Deathstroke, and the revelation comes at the end...
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