Warren Ellis | Raging Biblio-holism

Injection, Vols. 1 & 2

March 14, 2017 by Drew

The Short Version: What exactly did they do, those five brilliant minds given reign to imagine the future and how they could make it arrive more swiftly? What, exactly, is causing things like ghosts and transhuman zombies and leafy spirits of Olde England to appear in our world? And can any of it be stopped? The Review: I’m a wide-ranging fan of Warren Ellis’s particular take on the specifically-very-English blend of technology, history, and magic (however you define it). Even […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Sci-Fi • Tags: AI, Book, Book Review, Book Reviews, Books, Comic Books, Declan Shalvey, Fantasy, Image Comics, Injection, Jordie Bellaire, Magic, review, Reviews, Sci-Fi, Speculative Fiction, Technology, Warren Ellis

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Roundup, December 2016

December 23, 2016 by Drew

Samedi the Deafness by Jesse Ball 4.5 out of 5 The Short Version: When James Sim comes upon a stabbed man, his life is upended. Who (or what) is Samedi? Why are people following him? What is the horrible plan that will happen on the seventh day? Can his own mind be trusted? The Review: Ball’s earliest novel is in some ways his most categorizable. It reads like a thriller in the mold of John Buchan’s The Thirty-Nine Steps or Hitchcock’s mistaken-man […]

Categories: Fantasy, Fiction, Literature, Mystery, Sci-Fi • Tags: Cibola Burn, Classics, Consider Phlebas, Culture, Fiction, Futurism, Iain M. Banks, James S. A. Corey, Jesse Ball, L. Frank Baum, Literature, Mystery, Normal, Samedi the Deafness, Santa Claus, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, Science Future, The Culture, The Expanse, Warren Ellis

Roundup, September 2016

September 30, 2016 by Drew

James Bond: Vargr by Warren Ellis and Jason Masters 4 out of 5 The Short Version: After a revenge mission in Helsinki, Bond returns to London and is handed a case from his fallen comrade’s workload. A new drug has hit English shores and his job is to break up the trafficking operation – but what should be a simple in and out job turns out to be anything but. The Review: The idea of Warren Ellis taking on James […]

Categories: Fiction, Roundup • Tags: 007, A Chooseable Path Adventure, Action, Choose Your Own Adventure, Classics, Family, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Hamlet, I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Iain Reed, Ian Fleming, James Bond, Jason Masters, Jens Peter Jacobsen, Literature, Niels Lyhne, Philosophy, Ramona Ausubel, Riverhead, Ryan North, Shakespeare, Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty, Spy, Thriller, Tiina Nunnally, To Be or Not to Be, Transhumanism, Translation, Vargr, Warren Ellis, William Shakespeare

The Originals Series: Warren Ellis & Geoff Manaugh

November 22, 2013 by Drew

ANOTHER Originals Series party, only a week after the last one?! AMAZING! Last night, FSG shook up the format of the Originals Series parties – instead of an author and musician in convo, we had two FSG authors coming together to chat about the quirky things they adore. Namely, robbery, burglary (there’s a difference), murder, assassination, and technology. I mean, what could be cooler? Warren Ellis, he of the epic beard and even more epic wit, was fresh off a […]

Categories: Events, Features • Tags: Bldgblog, Burglars, Dead Pig Collector, FSG, FSG Originals, Geoff Manaugh, Gizmodo, GQ, Heists, Hit Men, John Sellers, NYC, Secret Agents, Studio X, The Originals Series, Thieves, Transmetropolitan, Vulture, Warren Ellis

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Transmetropolitan: One More Time

September 13, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: It all comes down to this. Jerusalem vs. Callahan. It’s Spider’s last shot before the disease knocks him out – and it’s Callahan’s last shot before Spider takes him down. Only one comes out of it – and the City’ll never be the same. The Review: I have to commend Mr. Ellis for keeping the finale suitably low-key. This is not to say that it’s low-intensity or anything – oh, don’t worry, there’s a whole lot of […]

Categories: Fiction, Sci-Fi • Tags: Darick Robertson, Dystopia, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Journalism, One More Time, Politics, Rodney Ramos, Sci-Fi, Spider Jerusalem, Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis

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Transmetropolitan: The Cure

September 12, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: We’re coming down to it, now. Spider’s disease is progressing and the Smiler’s efforts to wipe out all of his political adversaries is moving even faster. But after Mitchell Royce recovers some information thought lost and Spider catches onto a possible scandal, the outlaw journalist publishes perhaps his most potent story just before the lights go out. The Review: This installment of the Transmet saga feels like the coil of a punch. The release is coming, but […]

Categories: Fiction, Sci-Fi • Tags: Darick Robertson, Dystopia, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Journalism, Politics, Rodney Ramos, Sci-Fi, Spider Jerusalem, The Cure, Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis

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Transmetropolitan: Dirge

August 19, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: A superstorm is bearing down on the City and a nearly-invisible sniper is on a rampage in the Print District. Spider, gone to ground after his last run-in with the President, is on the trail of the story before an accident (or was it an assassination attempt?) brings him to his knees and brings his increasingly unstable medical condition to the fore. But Spider’s not going to give up just yet. The Review: Holy shit is this […]

Categories: Fiction, Sci-Fi • Tags: Darick Robertson, Dirge, Dystopia, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Journalism, Politics, Rodney Ramos, Sci-Fi, Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis

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Transmetropolitan: Spider’s Thrash

August 19, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: Having been booted from The Word and nearly assassinated, Spider and the filthy assistants are on the lam. But just because he’s back on the streets doesn’t mean Spider’s done fighting – on the contrary, he’s more driven than ever. The only thing is, he might be dying. The Review: The cover says it all with this one: things have gotten a little darker and grittier in the world. The first three issues of this volume show Spider […]

Categories: Fiction • Tags: Darick Robertson, Dystopia, Fiction, Graphic Novel, Sci-Fi, Spider Jerusalem, Spider's Thrash, Transmetropolitan, Warren Ellis

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Dead Pig Collector

August 7, 2013 by Drew

The Short Version: Mister Sun, an assassin, heads to Los Angeles for a job. Once there, he encounters a slightly unexpected turn of events – but he is nothing if not a consummate professional. The Review: The “Kindle Single” / single-story-e-book culture is a new one to me. This is mostly because I don’t own an e-reader, a topic I have mentioned before and will no doubt mention again so I don’t really need to get into here. But as […]

Categories: Fiction, Literature • Tags: Dead Pig Collector, E-Book, Fiction, FSG Originals, Literature, Warren Ellis

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Injection, Vols. 1 & 2

Roundup, December 2016

Roundup, September 2016

The Originals Series: Warren Ellis & Geoff Manaugh

Transmetropolitan: One More Time

Transmetropolitan: The Cure

Transmetropolitan: Dirge

Transmetropolitan: Spider’s Thrash

Dead Pig Collector