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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 […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction • Tags: Amal El-Mohtar, Andrea Phillips, Bookburners, Bookburners Season Two, Brian Francis Slattery, Fantasy, Fiction, Margaret Dunlap, Max Gladstone, Mur Lafferty, Season Two, Serial Box, serial box publishing, Serial Fiction, Serial Literature, serialbox, serialbox publishing, Xe Sands

“Debtor’s Prison”: Bookburners S02E05

July 21, 2016 by Drew

Bookburners S02E05: Debtor’s Prison by Mur Lafferty 7.20.16 4 out of 5 When We Last Left Our Heroes…: Asanti and Menchú are increasingly at odds over magical research. Liam had an odd encounter with someone from his past who he only barely remembers. Grace is considering her possible futures. Vatican politics continue to get tricky. Case of the Week: The Maitress calls in a debt from Asanti, sending the team to Iceland to recover a magical secret. How It Went: […]

Categories: Features, Recaps • Tags: 02E05, Bookburners, Debtor's Prison, Fantasy, Fiction, Mur Lafferty, Serial, Serial Box, serial box publishing, Serial Literature, 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

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Bookburners, Season Two

“Debtor’s Prison”: Bookburners S02E05

Bookburners, Season One