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Book Review: King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild

Posted on September 28, 2017 by Tietsu

  I don’t demand much from my nonfiction. If you’re teaching me something and can convey it even in a lightly poetic prose then I’m going to love you. Maybe I’m just cheap, maybe I’m just easily impressed by people … Continue reading →

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(Comic) Book Review: Giganto Maxia by Kentaro Miura

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Tietsu

One hundred million years ago lands us firmly in the center of what is commonly known as the Cretaceous period, and what is more uncommonly known as the “DEAR-LORD-GOD-FUCK-NO-PLEASE-DON’T-MAKE-ME-GO BACK-THERE” period. It is a time where the Tyrannosaurus, Spinosaurus, and … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Wall of Storms by Ken Liu

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Tietsu

I finished the first book of this series on something of a fence. It was perfectly fine, but it rang too much as a classic Chinese/Japanese tale where the background usurped the characters in the novel. This was largely because … Continue reading →

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