Subject: The new stuff includes my first review in a year now!
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Posted on: 2021-08-26 18:03:24 UTC
I'll stop linking my posts here, but I haven't reviewed anything on this blog in a very long time, and it's good to be back. Also, the book I wrote about is a new favorite of mine and probably the most beautifully written horror novel I've ever read, and I really want to share it. So, here goes.
I started this short-lived blogging project last year called Oculus Reviews (under a different name back then, but I've gone back and changed it since) whose goal was to feature lesser-known genre fiction books, movies and the occasional video game or other medium. I have a lot of love for speculative fiction and I've discovered some pretty rare and interesting stuff during my frequent bookshop, library and Kindle store trips, as well as forays into other genre blogs like the excellent Too Much Horror Fiction. The blogging enthusiasm didn't carry me very far because 2020 Sure Was A Year, but I'm feeling like going back and restarting the entire thing because I do miss being able to analyze and talk about interesting stuff. So, er, if you're into vintage or simply lesser-known sci-fi, horror and similar stuff, you can peek in at Oculus Reviews here, I guess.
Not really my thing, but scrolling through and looking at all the weird covers and art was fun. Kudos!
~Neshomeh
Always good to hear that someone found my blog interesting, since collecting weird and obscure cover art and the like is something I really enjoy doing. Glad you stopped by to take a look! ^_^
Since restarting the blog I've: presented several books from my vintage/interesting genre fiction collection, blogged about a 1986 Hungarian sci-fi anthology, found a very hard-to-find edition of a Patricia Highsmith novel, and a German version of That One Stephen King Novel he personally pulled from print (if you know, you know - I don't exactly feel great about buying that book, but... well, I wrote about my opinions on it on the blog). I'm trying not to go overboard with the self-promotion, but I've been finding some pretty intriguing stuff lately, so, y'know. Feel free to check it out if you're interested in these kinds of things.
(Warnings: some creepy imagery in some of the posts, very mild language, and a Blacklist item in the Stephen King post - but it's covered in whited-out text, which is how I hide spoilers, trigger warnings and really disturbing stuff, so you can avoid it if you like).
I'll stop linking my posts here, but I haven't reviewed anything on this blog in a very long time, and it's good to be back. Also, the book I wrote about is a new favorite of mine and probably the most beautifully written horror novel I've ever read, and I really want to share it. So, here goes.
There is a series of goodfic called William Shakespeare’s Star Wars by Ian Doescher. It is basically 'what if somebody turned the Star Wars movies into Shakespeare-style plays'. My dad discovered it a few years ago, and these stories might be part of the reason why I like Shakespeare so much now.
It's not exactly the sort of thing this blog is about, given that I plan to review and rec non-derivative published fiction (and I'm really not a Star Wars fan besides), but it's definitely interesting to know that something like this is out there. I'm sure the resident Star Wars fans and Shakespeare nerds of the PPC will be glad to know of it.
And it's not so much goodfic as a series of actual published books.