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The Wangs vs. the World

September 28, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: Charles Wang came to America with next-to-nothing and turned himself into a makeup mogul. Two wives, three children, and a few decades later, he wakes up to find he’s lost everything in the early days of the 2008 financial crisis. So he packs up the car, picks up two of the kids, and drives across the US to meet the third – with the intention of, eventually, making his way back to China to reclaim the ancestral […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Advance Review, America, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, China, Family, jade Chang, review, Reviews, The Wangs vs. the World

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“Incognita”: Bookburners S02E06

July 28, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E06: Incognita by Max Gladstone 7.27.16 5 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: A kinda off-the-books job led by Asanti to pay off a debt to the Maitress also resulted in a tangible lead on fixing the Orb. But was the disruption to the team worth it? Case of the Week: Liam and Grace go to Shanghai in search of an artifact – and their histories. How It Went: Having just come back from two weeks’ vacation (just in California, not another […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Bookburners, China, Fantasy, Fiction, Incognita, Literature, Max Gladstone, Recaps, Serial Box, serial box publishing, Serial Fiction, Serial Literature, serialbox, serialbox publishing, Shanghai

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The Dog

August 22, 2014 by Drew

The Short Version: A collection of short stories set in China, bouncing between the present day back to the death of Chairman Mao.  A gangster who must come to terms with his grandson, people who must deal with the obscure bureaucratic politics of the Communist government, and a nearly impossible task given to a team of glassmakers are just a few tales of a place rather unlike anywhere the West has ever known. The Review: Is it a sign that our […]

Categories: Fiction, Short Stories • Tags: Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Chairman Mao, China, Communism, Fiction, Jack Livings, review, Short Stories, The Dog

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