The Gate to Women's Country by Sheri S. Tepper

I'm beginning to appreciate Tepper's writing I think. This book started the way most books based on a dichotomous society would start. The women were good for breeding and whoring. The men enlisted in the military and lorded over the women. But the twist at the end took me by surprise! Read my appreciation of her other book here.

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A List of Top Ten Samurai Jack Episodes from our Re-Watch of Seasons 1 & 2

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I haven’t stopped squeeing ever since they announced that we will be getting ten more brand new episodes of SJ! I completely lost it when they posted the trailer because the show looks edgier and beautifully darker.

Recently, io9 listed the 10 SJ must-watch episodes that everybody should be enjoying during the free online streaming of ALL SJ episodes.

Since The Bear & I have recently started an SJ re-watch and have covered the first two seasons, I decided I’d list ten favorite episodes of ours. Shall we?

In no particular order but in all awesomeness, here are the episodes that you need to see:

Jack and the Three Blind Archers (Season 1)

Do you see the bodies littering the snow-covered landscape? That is who Jack’s competing against. I love the parts where Jack trains himself in an uber-quick course of using his hearing as the primary sense, in order to defeat them!

Jack and the Scotsman Parts I (Season 1) and II (Season 2)

The Scotsman is a lot of trouble and fun. When they first meet, the SM and SJ do not hit it off right away. Instead, they spent more than half of the episode fighting.

The second time goes better and they work together to rescue SM’s wife. However, my favorite episode happens to be from the SJ comics where the duo are turned into girls by thieving Leprechauns. Don’t believe me? Take a look at that:

Samurai Jacqueline & the Curse of the Scotswoman

Anyway, I think it is okay to say that SJ +SM = One Entertaining Episode!

Jack in Space (Season 1)

This episode is the first time we see Jack in black and he is in space battling giant insectoid robots. Need I say more? Watch it here!

Jack’s Sandals (Season 2)

We find out how big of an impact Jack’s sandals — and culture — have on who he is and there is a new career in foot modelling waiting for him, if he ever gets tired of trying to “get back”!

Jack and the Spartans (Season 2)

Here’s what you need to know about this episode:

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Jack Learns to Jump Good (Season 2)

Samurai Jack: Aku!
Aku: Samurai fool! Your efforts are in vain again. This gateway to the past is once more beyond your…
[Jack jumps]
Aku: …reach? You can fly?
Samurai Jack: No, jump good!

If you want to watch what helped SJ get so good at jumping, click here!

Jack and the Hunters (Season 2)

Aku contacts the Hunters and tries to hire them to kill SJ. They refuse the money and say they’d do it for the fun of the hunt. The leader of the Hunters, Lionor, had one of the sexiest voices and it all made sense when I found out that the same actor had also lent his voice for:

Panthro (Thundercats)!

Jack Is Naked (Season 2)

SJ is dropped into a Lewis Caroll-esque world in this episode but more importantly, this happens:

Jack Under the Sea (Season 2)

Jack visits an underwater race and has a run in with Aku when they betray him. The beautiful art and the comedy regarding SJ’s love for shrimp made this episode a huge favorite.

Well, these are our favorite episodes. Chime in and let us know if our list agrees with yours!

A chance to watch the first few minutes of new SJ content here!

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Samurai Jack Volume 1

Isa Lavinia

ARC provided by IDW Comics through Netgalley

Of course I, like most people of my generation, was addicted to Cartoon Network, so I followed Samurai Jack's adventures, and even subscribed to the theory that Samurai Jack was set in the dystopian future of Powerpuff Girls' Townsville.

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For those unfamiliar with the story, Samurai Jack is stranded in a post-apocalyptic future ruled by the demon wizard Aku. His quest is to go back to his own time, defeat the demon wizard Aku, and thus prevent the terrible future he has witnessed.

In this volume, which comprises 5 issues, Jack starts searching for the Threads of Time, which are the shreds of the Ropes of Eons, used by the gods to mark the passage of time when the universe was formed, and torn by the demon wizard Aku once he mastered the sorcery of time travel.

If Jack can find a single strand of the Threads of Time, it'll lead him to the others and then send him back to his own time.

Will Jack finally be able to defeat the demon wizard Aku?

I really enjoyed the premise, it's original and the writing captures the tone of the show, right down to its most humorous aspects.

The artwork was pretty good, faithful to the show's distinctive style, especially when it came to action scenes.

As always, my only complaint is to do with IDW Publishing's poor quality of the ARC, but since the lettering and artwork in this volume were quite bold, it wasn't as difficult to read as previous ARCs from that publisher.

A must read for all fans of Samurai Jack who, like me, were left hanging when the show was cancelled!

Jim Zub (author)'s official site

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A Plague of Angels by Sheri S. Tepper

Raptor Red by Robert T. Bakker

2016

The Unadulterated Cat by Terry Pratchett

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Samurai Jack, Vol. 1 by Jim Zub

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