I finally found the book that first made me fall in love with Isaac Asimov! The Stars Like Dust was the first Asimov book I read, back in Garden International School, when I was about 14 years old. I remember coming across it in the secondary school library, and read it a few times throughout [...]
I just finished “Wolf’s Blood”, the sixth and latest installment in the Firekeeper series of fantasy novels penned by Jane Lindskold. I’ve been following this series for the last two months or so, and it’s proven pretty interesting. Essentially, Lindskold tells the story of one Firekeeper, a feral human girl raised by intelligent wolves, who [...]
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I was browsing through Scott McCloud’s books the other day. Scott McCloud is a Western comics artist, and he has authored a graphic novel called Understanding Comics, which is considered to be the classic and best textbook reference for the study of comics as a medium. Anyway, I just skimmed through some of his ideas, [...]
Ho-hum… this week has gone by really fast. Nothing much to report in terms of scattered thoughts. I’ve got some things which I think would make better in-depth posts, so I’m not going to include them here. Anime/Manga: The new anime season is starting from this week. A bunch of interesting shows that I’m thinking [...]
Another week, another column… I think I might like doing this. It’s like a constant stream of thought every week. I’m adding a new category this time… K-pop, by which I mean everything to do with Korean popular culture, including TV shows, music, gossip and others. This week’s entertainment was largely dominated by anime/manga, games, [...]
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