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Book Reviews

	After the Downfall Harry Turtledove’s National Best Seller After the Downfall is an exciting and imaginative mix of history and fantasy. The story follows a...		Every Last Drop In an alternate reality New York City, Joe Pitt is a rogue Vamprye with a penchant for trouble. Every Last Drop...
	Implied Spaces In his novel Implied Spaces, Walter Jon Williams mixes science fiction and fantasy sub-genres in this lively, entertaining story. The protagonist is...		Caine Black Knife Reality TV is going to get so far out of hand one day, people won't be satisfied unless someone gets killed. ...
	The Force Unleashed The Empire is ascendant, the old Republic gone and Darth Vader, Lord of the Sith, is charged with rooting out the...		Pandemonium After reading Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory, I definitely understood why the book was titled the way it was. To me this...
	Faust Faust, a collection of fictional short stories inspired by manga, can be described simply as a book of art. Not only...		Order 66 This fourth installment of the highly successful Republic Commando series opens at the climax of the Clone Wars. The Grand Army...
	The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 2 Nothing reminds me why I fell in love with science fiction more than a short story anthology. More than a novel,...		Testimony Anita Shreve’s Testimony is an entertaining eclectic mix of perspectives, characters, and events surrounding the scandal of a sex tape that involves...

Comic Reviews

	Negima! Magister Negi Magi 17 Ken Akamatsu’s Negima! Magister Negi Magi Volume 17 follows the final clash between Chao and Negi. Chao has plans for world domination...		Real: Vol. 1 The last manga I read from Takehiko Inoue, Slam Dunk, dealt with startlingly similar subject matter: Basketball, and the rowdy outcasts who...
	Slam Dunk: Vol. 1 Personally, I never thought of associating basketball with manga. Ever. But as soon as I laid eyes upon my latest manga...		Kujibiki Unbalance Vol. 1 Kujibiki Unbalance Vol. 1 is a story all about luck. Unfortunately, main character Chihiro Enemoto is seriously lacking in it. Known...
	My Heavenly Hockey Club: Volume 5 The eyes are the window to the soul. Yeah, that was really cheesy, and no, I have no clue whether or...		Nodame Cantabile: Vol. 12 It’s always been my observation that when it comes to anime, people seem to either love it or hate it. Due...
	Gacha Gacha: The Next Revolution Vol. 6 After reading Gacha Gacha: The Next Revolution Vol. 6 I came to the conclusion that it’s the ‘American Pie’ of the manga...		High School Debut Vol. 1 High School Debut Vol. 1 is proof that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. I must admit that I...
	Rosario + Vampire In its simplest terms, Akihisa Ikeda’s Rosario + Vampire is a high school drama about the difficulties of young love. Unfortunately for...		Case Closed Vol. 22 It never ceases to amaze me that respectable adults don’t so much as flinch as they watch a little first grader...