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#4841 User is offline   Abyss 

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Posted 13 May 2025 - 04:31 PM

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BEASTS OF BURDEN Evan Dworkin writes, Jill Thompson art. Where has this comic been all my life?

Animal wizards, sometimes with human partners, sometimes in loose packs or groups, fight the forces of darkness. The stories are well paced, the characters are wonderful (there's a cowardly doberman, an english sheepdog who's basically Gandalf only more badass, a husky who's faced a werewolf, a cat who's a satan worshipper's ex-familiar...). They face a haunted doghouse, free ranging vampire heads, demons, giant spiders. The art is glorious, able to keep the animals cute but show them in full bloody gory combat with a tribe of goblins.
Four good sized collections, all worthwhile.


Say less. This sounds awesome!


Just Finished the last collection, and yeah, absolutely worth a look. It's definitely an adult book (zombie dogs ew) but it hits all the best notes of an aged up childhood story, friends backing each other up, evil villains, cowards overcoming their fears, enemies become friends, apprentices learning magic, and the art is just perfect... the cats and dogs are all distinct characters with distinct expressions and movement. I may have to look into a hardcover set for this.


sigh... despite my visceral annoyance with Dark Horse shafting their digital customers magnificently, I note that they're releasing a BEASTS OF BURDEN omnibus....


https://www.darkhors...den-Omnibus-TPB

....that is probably exceptional and worthwhile.




Have i mentioned how annoyed i am with Dark Horse? How they're assholes and no one should give them any moneys?
K good cuz i folded like a cheap 90s flipphone and bought this and it's great. Dammit.
At least it's pb, not hb so they didn't that that much of my moneys!
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Posted 17 May 2025 - 03:07 PM

Pre-ordered the audiobook The Malevolent Eight, the sequel to The Malevolent Seven which is apparently out in a few days! Going to interrupt my Malazan listen through in order to listen to that one!
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Posted 17 May 2025 - 03:40 PM

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Pre-ordered the audiobook The Malevolent Eight, the sequel to The Malevolent Seven which is apparently out in a few days! Going to interrupt my Malazan listen through in order to listen to that one!


Damnit, I think we have a later release in the States for this one. I preordered it but it's not due to arrive until August.
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Posted 20 May 2025 - 02:54 PM

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View PostTiste Simeon, on 17 May 2025 - 03:07 PM, said:

Pre-ordered the audiobook The Malevolent Eight, the sequel to The Malevolent Seven which is apparently out in a few days! Going to interrupt my Malazan listen through in order to listen to that one!


Damnit, I think we have a later release in the States for this one. I preordered it but it's not due to arrive until August.


May 22 via audible.com.
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Posted 20 May 2025 - 04:58 PM

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Abyss you seem to know things, is there any word on the next Aaronovitch full length Peter Grant novel?



How many organs is it worth to you to know?

Well hang about there's a novella coming out next year called the Masquerade of Spring. Put those sharpened melon spoons away!

It's not quite another novel but it sounds good... https://www.amazon.c...0a-e7b36e15ddc2


see? a little googling and you kept both kidneys!
Also, if you haven't yet, the comics tpbs are worth a look if you need a fixx



MASQUERADES OF SPRING novella, $7 and change on audible, Nightingale solo novella.... yes please thank you.
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Posted 20 May 2025 - 07:18 PM

View PostAbyss, on 20 May 2025 - 02:54 PM, said:

View PostJPK, on 17 May 2025 - 03:40 PM, said:

View PostTiste Simeon, on 17 May 2025 - 03:07 PM, said:

Pre-ordered the audiobook The Malevolent Eight, the sequel to The Malevolent Seven which is apparently out in a few days! Going to interrupt my Malazan listen through in order to listen to that one!


Damnit, I think we have a later release in the States for this one. I preordered it but it's not due to arrive until August.


May 22 via audible.com.


Apparently the audiobook is hitting before the physical release. Might have to get some more credits to tide me over until renewal in August.
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Posted 22 May 2025 - 07:13 AM

The Malevolent Eight is now on my phone. Going to finish The Bonehunters before diving into it.
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Posted 05 June 2025 - 12:10 PM

So Harper Collins has been SLOWLY releasing the HoME books (all out now) in hardcovers that match the most recent Hardcover releases of the main series and periphery Tolkien stuff, of which I have all.


I have always wanted a decent full set of the HoME books, but the prices on these are a little all over the place for what is essentially non-fic/reference media....not to mention the first set inexplicably contains THE SILMARILLION and UNFINISHED TALES, both of which had their own singular releases already like a year or two ago....so why they felt the need to make the First set 4 books that includes those two volumes is beyond me. Answer is probably = Money from idiots like me.


Anyways, they are priced as follows:

The History of Middle-earth (Boxed Set 1): The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Book of Lost Tales, Part One & Part Two (The History of Middle-earth) - $85 (though it's currently on sale for $50 so that may be worth picking up even though I already own two of them)

The History of Middle-earth (Boxed Set 2): The Lays of Beleriand, The Shaping of Middle-earth & The Lost Road (The History of Middle-earth) - $75

The History of Middle-earth (Boxed Set 3): The Return of the Shadow, The Treason of Isengard, The War of the Ring & Sauron Defeated (The History of Middle-earth) - $125

The History of Middle-earth (Boxed Set 4): Morgoth’s Ring, The War of the Jewels, The Peoples of Middle-earth & Index (The History of Middle-earth) - $119


Anyways, TRB, Mac, Tiste....anyone else who like me wishes to own THE most complete Tolkien....here is what I would wager is the last bunch of books you'd need to get to complete it (unless you're interested in his myth set too, the one with Beowulf, ect.) It doesn't help that Harper Colins really SPENT on these sets, the binding, the paper, the art, everything about them is just lovely to look at and hold.

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Posted 05 June 2025 - 12:17 PM

Dang it QT stop forcing me to spend all my money 😡
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