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Jungle Jitters by J. Manfred Weichsel Book Review

Jungle Jitters by J. Manfred Weichsel [Amazon link] is one of the most horrifying pieces of social commentary I have ever read. Weichsel pulls no punches whatsoever in this cautionary tale of the power of social media. The pseudonymous Emperor Norton recently blogged a three part series on how hobbies

Dark Operator By John Spears Nick Cole and Jason Anspach Book Review

Dark Operator, the first book in the five book series by John “Doc” Spears, Jason Anspach, and Nick Cole [Amazon link] is the most thrilling example of careful planning, diligent preparation, and conscientious execution that I have ever read. And yes, I’m totally serious about that. Doc Spears has

Violence of Action: Forgotten Ruin Book 3 by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole Book Review

Violence of Action by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole [Amazon link] is our opportunity to see the Rangers go raiding. To do what they do best: kill things and break stuff. The non-linear flow of the pseudo-memoir style of the Forgotten Ruin series works really well here, as we shift

The Widow's Son by Ryan Williamson Book Review

The Widow’s Son by Ryan Williamson [Amazon link] is a weird western, a tradition going back to at least to Robert E. Howard’s “The Horror from the Mound”. Westerns were popular for more than a century, oftentimes [loosely] inspired by the real-life adventures of men like Kit Carson,

The Sacred Radiance by Daniel Humphreys Book Review

The Sacred Radiance [Amazon affiliate link] is where Pax moves into adult life, and the stakes on everything get higher. He has a real job with real responsibilities, and problems to match. But don’t let that make you think this is a boring or unfunny book. And any book

Goblin Slayer Season One Anime review

It has been a very long time since I’ve done an anime review here at With Both Hands. Goblin Slayer [Amazon link] has been on my radar for a while, and I recently had a chance to watch it. The short review is I found it a perfectly enjoyable

Nethereal by Brian Niemeier Book Review

Nethereal by Brian Niemeier [Amazon link] is an imaginative and densely written trip straight to Hell. And not in any metaphorical manner whatsoever. The pacing of Nethereal is relentless. New characters, new places, new intrigues are introduced without any explanation whatsoever. This is the kind of book I feel like