EDIT May not be a graphic novel.
https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/The-Mysteries/Bill-Watterson/9781524884949
From Bill Watterson, bestselling creator of the beloved comic strip Calvin and Hobbes, and John Kascht, one of America’s most renowned caricaturists, comes a mysterious and beautifully illustrated fable about what lies beyond human understanding.
In a fable for grown-ups by cartoonist Bill Watterson, a long-ago kingdom is afflicted with unexplainable calamities. Hoping to end the torment, the king dispatches his knights to discover the source of the mysterious events. Years later, a single battered knight returns.
For the book’s illustrations, Watterson and caricaturist John Kascht worked together for several years in unusually close collaboration. Both artists abandoned their past ways of working, inventing images together that neither could anticipate—a mysterious process in its own right.
I am unbelievably hyped for this.
Thanks to you all for you support during out campaign! The rally provided by this group helped push our project to a whole new level. I’m so thankful for you all!
Today my publisher is working on setting up our BackerKit page. This is the first time we have used BackerKit, and I think they will allow additional orders for a certain number of days after a campaign ends? Once I know details for sure, I will update this post. (I’m still new to Reddit, so if someone knows of a better way for me to share those details, please let me know.)
We will also do updates for all investors through Kickstarter, and if you want to share ideas/thoughts with us, I think you can still message us there. If not, our website is www.faeriequeene.com. So, you can reach out to us via the site contact form.
This community is incredible. Thanks to the members who urged me to post here. What a group!
Grateful for you all,
Rebecca Reynolds
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Though Edmund Spenser wrote in the 1590s, he was a …
I’m looking for a book in which the main character starts off morally adjusted and becomes evil or less so moral as the book(or books)progress.
(Any genre is fine)
Thanks in advance!!
On April 1, 2022, the world was gifted the glorious Taylor Swift-themed April Fool’s bingo card: I Don’t Know About You, But I’m Feeling ‘22. Jokes were exchanged, fun was had by all, and it was widely agreed that only a fool would actually attempt the card. Ladies, gentlemen, it’s me. Hi. I’m the problem fool. It’s me.
I hope you’re happy, u/improperly_paranoid
Row 1
Picture to Burn: Read and subsequently burn a book with pictures. HARD MODE: The book is a love story and you are newly single.
Lately I realized most of fantasy books I’ve read are heavily influenced by the theme of war. Then there are books about trying to avoid war by politics.
I wanna read something that’s still serious and rather adult but focuses on different theme.
Not criminal, not romance (I like romance as a subplot tho).
I would love to read something about any other disaster that can happen to people other than war. Plagues, natural disasters, famine etc. I’m okay with all types of violence, gore etc. Preferably not a quest nor magic school trope. And I would prefer something happening in medieval or any historical kinda setting (anything before WW2, so it could be our world or other universe, so I’m okay with Edwardian-like universe but I don’t wanna modern London for example) Bonus points if it’s not saving the whole world but rather saving what’s close to the characters. Extra bonus points for women characters. Oh, and not scifi.
I’ve read …
I am currently reading Emma, and I just love the luscious writing style and Austen’s humour; the amount of shade she can effortlessly throw in less than a paragraph. Is. Just. Great.
I also love fantasy, but right now I do not feel like I can invest myself in epic high fantasy and its sky-high stakes.
I am officialy in want of a lower-ish stakes, witty writing style and and preferably female-centric setting. So: Are there any fantasy books that can be compared to what Austen does?
I was a book worm child and young adult. I read constantly, everything and fast. If my parents wanted to punish me, they took my books away. I read in the car, under my school books, in the bathroom, under the covers, at parties. Books were such a central part of my life until I was in my 20s, when slowly but surely, I lost the ability to focus on anything but rereading a few favourites.
Maybe the combination of smartphones, social media and kids did it, but suddenly I’d rather do anything but read. I would read a couple things on vacation, and that was about it. I felt so guilty about it (and weird - to go from being an objectively well-read young adult to a mindless FB scrolling adult), but I just didn’t have the stamina or interest to consume new books.
Finally, I downloaded the Libby app. It was my daughter that inspired me to get it set up, because I was getting concerned about her screen time and how much less she read than myself as a kid, but also because …
Many great books are recognizable even based on just their first sentences. How many of these can you recognize?
If you like SF thrillers, hard sci-fi, or military SF, this one is for you!
Here’s the setup:
A US government program is sending satellites with scoops into orbit, looking for alien organisms that can survive the void of space. When one of the scoops comes down in the Arizona desert two soldiers are sent out to pick it up. But as they get closer, they realize the signal has moved - someone has already picked up the object and moved it into the tiny town of Piedmont. As the two men pull into town, bodies line the streets. In less than five minutes they are dead too.
The government is forced to mobilize Project Wildfire, a top-secret emergency response protocol. Four of the nation’s most elite biophysicists are summoned to a clandestine underground laboratory where they must race to understand and contain the crisis. But the Andromeda Strain proves different from anything they’ve ever seen - and what they don’t know could not only hurt them, but lead to unprecedented worldwide …
Title says it all. Just a cozy little adorable story that I rather enjoyed.
I bounced off The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet a few times I think mostly because I was expecting something very different. With Wild-Built I was able to not let my expectations hijack my enjoyment of the book.
The world is interesting and both the main characters are fun. I’ll definitely be reading the follow up in the future.
As Neil Clarke has just noted
http://neil-clarke.com/a-concerning-trend/
This is not good. As he notes, it’s increasing barriers for new and international authors. And I do not understand the mentality of someone who wants to become an ‘author’ but not do any work, where’s the fun in that?
I love thinking about the vastness of our universe. It helps put my life into perspective. When I feel stressed, I like to think about this and it helps me feel more grounded and makes my worries feel meaningless.
So, I’m looking for books that bring a sense of wonder or make you feel small. It’s a plus if the book involves first-contact.
Thanks for the suggestions!
Given the news and events of the past few days I watched Arrival again this morning which is based on the science fiction novella “Story of Your Life” by Ted Chiang, written in 1998.
Are there any more books about first contact with an alien race as the primary premise?
I read sci fi books long ago, mostly really good short stories. But I got more into epic medieval fantasy through the years, but quite recently watched Legend of the galactic heroes and really loved it .
As someone who likes mystery, epic battles, huge conflicts, character progression and high stakes are there any recommendations?
Just makes sense with the account sharing crackdown and all, presumably Netflix is getting an influx of “new” users.