Category: Books
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A promising aliens vs humans story with plot twists and dead ends.
I wish this 3rd issue of the Vanishing Point story is bit longer. “Cell Structure” story ends at an unexpected point leaving behind few unanswered questions. Story only captures a snippet from a greater story arc. A lot had happened before the starting point of the story and it is going to continue on…
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Capitalist dystopia vs socialist utopia
Art style in Vanishing Point second issue remind me of The Flintstones. I was ready to enjoy a story in similar vibe. A light hearted, comedic story about a family who lives in a sky home. Basically a Flintstones in the sky story. How wrong I was. This one is far from a lighthearted cartoon.
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Risks in future asteroid mining.
There are two ways to look at the story of the 1st issue of Vanishing Point comic book. First, it’s a story about an astronaut discovering a whole new lifeform out there in the space, or that said astronaut slowly losing his mind over time while working in extreme isolation.
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The old woman Stella Flanders met real ghosts on the Reach.
This short story of 8750 words has so many names in it. I have counted 44 names. It was hard to keep track who was who. Despite that slight difficulty, story about this old woman and her fellow islanders is very beautiful. As soon as the story revealed the meaning of ‘the Reach’ I had…
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The origin and the potential of Carrie White’s paranormal powers
Carrie White was an extremely powerful mutant who possessed a wide range of paranormal powers. In any other story she could have been a superhero, but not in this story. Constant abusing and bullying prevented Carrie from becoming a superhero, instead it made her a supervillain.
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Why did time traveling Jake Epping prevent the JFK Assassination?
The novel 11/22/63 by Stephen King is about a time traveler who went back to 1958 to work up his way to prevent the John F. Kennedy assassination in 1963. But why did he do that? What was his motive?
