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Bookburners, Season Two

September 16, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: After battling back the demonic invasion of the Vatican, the Bookburners are back on the job of tracking down and stopping magic where it occurs. But with the Orb malfunctioning and magic clearly on the rise – not to mention those pesky technocultists planning something awful – the Team must take greater risks with more uncertain rewards. Whether they as a team – or the Society as a whole – will adapt and survive is anyone’s guess… The […]

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“Coming Home”: Bookburners S02E12

September 8, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E12: Coming Home by Margaret Dunlap 9.7.16 4.5 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: The Network launched their ‘beta test’, as it were, and magicked an entire town in rural Ireland. Not only could the Bookburners not save anybody, but one of their own was caught in the spell’s web… Case of the Week: Frances considers what it will mean to ‘recover’ from her magic incident while the rest of the team sets out to stop the Network once and for […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Bookburners, Books, Fantasy, Features, Fiction, Magic, Margaret Dunlap, Recaps, Serial, Serial Box, serial box publishing, Serial Literature, serialbox, serialbox publishing

“The Village”: Bookburners S02E09

August 18, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E09: The Village by Margaret Dunlap 8.17.16 5 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: After a tip on the location of Team Four, Team Three took a trip into the Everywhen – and found their erstwhile colleagues, as well as a bit of a lead on the apparently imminent magicpocalypse. Case of the Week: Team Three sets a trap for the Network – but Liam gets caught and sucked back into his memories while the rest of the Team must attempt […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Bookburners, Fantasy, Features, Fiction, Margaret Dunlap, Recap, Recaps, Serial Box, serial box publishing, serialbox publishing

“Ghosts”: Bookburners S02E04

July 14, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E04: Ghosts by Margaret Dunlap 7.13.16 4.5 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: Asanti jetted off to a Thaumaturgical Symposium that ended up requiring intervention by the whole team. Monseigneur Angiuli waits in the wings to be named head of the Society. The Orb is still acting up and the tension between Asanti and Menchú continues to rise… Case of the Week: Reports of strange sightings of a man with a donkey, along the old Silk Road. How It […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: Bookburners, Fantasy, Features, Fiction, Ghosts, Margaret Dunlap, Recaps, Sci-Fi, Serial Box, serial box publishing, serialbox, serialbox publishing

Bookburners, Season One

January 13, 2016 by Drew

The Short Version: After her brother nearly dies from calling up a demon, NYPD Detective Sal Brooks joins an oddball team based out of the Vatican and charged with hunting down magical relics. But even the Vatican isn’t necessarily safe from evil… The Review: So let’s talk first about the structure of this here thing. SerialBox Publishing is taking Mark Z. Danielewski’s idea for The Familiar (a reading experience that mirrors the experience of a really great TV series) and doubling down: a […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction • Tags: Action, Adventure, audiobook, Book Review, Book Reviews, Bookburners, Books, Brian Francis Slattery, Fantasy, Fiction, Magic, Margaret Dunlap, Max Gladstone, Mur Lafferty, Religion, Reviews, Serial, Serial Box, Serial Novel, Xe Sands

Raging Biblio-holism

The overwhelming urge to collect, consume, and consider books

Tag: Margaret Dunlap

Bookburners, Season Two

“Coming Home”: Bookburners S02E12

“The Village”: Bookburners S02E09

“Ghosts”: Bookburners S02E04

Bookburners, Season One