I should probably have used the title ‘How to read Isaac Asimov’s Robot, Empire and Foundation series?’ but I didn’t want to make a title that was just too long. So, let’s talk about the great Isaac Asimov and some of his most famous works. What is the Foundation Series about? The original Foundation Trilogy…
All of Blake Crouch’s Books in Order! Who is Blake Crouch? William Blake Crouch is an American author from North Carolina who started his professional writing career in 2004. He wrote mystery and sci-fi thrillers, like Recursion and Upgrade. Blake Crouch has written more than a dozen novels and is mostly known for the Wayward…
When I started this blog, this reading order was one of the first on my to-do list. I pushed it away, but I finally came back to it when I read that there’ll be a new reprint next year. What about Green Lantern by Geoff Johns? I didn’t really know a lot about Green Lantern,…
From the great Alan Moore, writer of Watchmen. What is The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen about? Comic book series co-created by writer Alan Moore and artist Kevin O’Neill, The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen was initially presented as a kind “Justice League of Victorian England” but evolved to become something more literate and more … extraordinary….
Soon, there will be a Watchmen TV show on HBO that will have some connexions with the original comics. It’s not new, DC writers don’t seem capable of stopping expanding the world created by Alan Moore. Here is a guide. What is the Watchmen comic book series about? Published by DC Comics in 1986 and…
All of Matt Haig’s Books in Order! Who is Matt Haig? Born in 1975, Matt Haig is a British journalist and now full-time novelist who is writing both fiction and non-fiction for children and adults. Matt Haig has also written non-fiction like his memoir Reasons to Stay Alive, but he is mostly known for his…
Grant Morrison is back on a regular DC Comics series, but not on Batman. What is Green Lantern by Grant Morrison about? As part of the DC Rebirth relaunch in 2016, the regular Green Lantern series was canceled and replaced with “Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps” and “Green Lanterns.” After that, Scottish writer…
The last human male on Earth. By the Creator of Saga. What is Y The Last Man about? Y: The Last Man is a dystopian science fiction comic book series by Brian K. Vaughan and Pia Guerra and published under the DC Comics Vertigo imprint (who also published Hellblazer during a very long time). The…
After Tintin, I finally come back to some French comics. In my country, and possibly in others, the Valerian and Laureline series is highly influential. It’s not really a surprise that Luc Besson decided to direct an adaptation. If you like the movie or not, the books are certainly better, even if the first ones…
HULK SMASH!!! Who is The Hulk? The Jekyll/Hyde of the Marvel Universe created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. Saving the life of Rick Jones during the experimental detonation of a gamma bomb, scientist Bruce Banner was hit by the blast resulting in the absorption of gamma radiation. Banner didn’t die, but he wasn’t the…
