There is No War in Mary Sue Land

The following is the fourth in a series discussing the Mary Sue character type.

It's All About Little Miss Mary Sue

The Following is the third in a series discussing the Mary Sue character type.

Little Miss Mary Sue is a Shallow Pool

This is the second entry in a series about the Mary Sue character type.

Little Miss Mary Sue, Where Did You Come From?

The Following the the first in a series of articles exploring the concept of the Mary Sue character type.

Down the Stacks #16: Murder on Olympus

Today’s subject for Down the Stacks is… average. Murder on Olympus by Robert B. Warren mixes standard modern Private Investigator tropes with Greek Mythology and doesn’t take many chances.

Read on if you wish.

Down the Stacks #15: Honor Harrington

This week’s Down the Stacks has been a long time in coming.  The Honor Harrington series by David Weber is one I’ve wanted to talk about since I started this blog series, but the sheer size of the series means it’s not something I could consume in the course of a single week.  I still haven’t read all the main-line Harrington books, let alone the various side-series and short story anthologies set in the same universe, but I think I’ve finally come far enough that I can introduce you to the Honorverse and all its wonderful, deep, and detailed complexities.

This promises to be a long one, so let’s be about it.

Down the Stacks #14: The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack

This week’s selection for “Down the Stacks” is the first volume in the steampunk / alternate history series of “Mark Hodder Present Burton and Swinburne in…” The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack.  It’s a lovely mixture of historical fact, pulpy science fiction, and Victorian British manners.