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Shaun

ShaunTheGood@bookwyrm.social

Joined 1 year, 4 months ago

Tolkien above all. Fantasy and sci-fi are my main genres but I enjoy a lot of random stuff from across the spectrum as well :-)

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Neil Gaiman: Trigger Warning (Hardcover, 2015, William Morrow) 4 stars

In this new anthology, Neil Gaiman pierces the veil of reality to reveal the enigmatic, …

Trigger Warning

4 stars

As you might expect from an anthology of short stories I found this a bit hit and miss. I'll admit some of the stories I just plain didn't get. There are some excellent tales in here though. The ones that really stood out for me were the Doctor Who adventure, the story featuring Shadow Moon from Gaiman's American Gods, and the 12 stories based around the months of the year.

J.R.R. Tolkien, Alan Lee, Brian Sibley: The Fall of Númenor (2022, HarperCollins Publishers Limited) No rating

J.R.R. Tolkien famously described the Second Age of Middle-earth as a ‘dark age, and not …

Not a big fan of the History of Middle-Earth series so I am hanging out to read this one as it gathers all the tales of Numenor together in one coherent volume. Brian Sibley is an amazing person who gives the utmost care and attention to Tolkien's work so I think it will be an excellent read.