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“Dad? Mom? I think I can do it.” (Do what?) “Save the world?” or Don’t touch the cute space robot on the weird planet in the first place

Blake Laser by Keith Marantz

November 15, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

Blake Laser is a fun story for the lover of science-fiction, love of a little fantasy, of course aliens and just the right amount of humor. Everything is a bit face paced, but is not crowded with text, too many images or action. This story by Keith Marantz has a biracial family of four, that are heading where no human has gone before! No, not space (it is the 24th century after all, been there done that!) but a particular place in space. The family […]

Filed Under: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: 24th century, action, Aliens, coming-of-age, environmental, family, Keith Marantz, Larissa Brown, Outer Space, self-esteem, siblings, Social Themes, survival

BlackRaven's CBR16 Review No:552 · Genres: Children's Books, Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Mystery, Science Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: 24th century, action, Aliens, coming-of-age, environmental, family, Keith Marantz, Larissa Brown, Outer Space, self-esteem, siblings, Social Themes, survival ·
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The traditions endure, but the perspective evolves

For Small Creatures Such as We by Sasha Sagan

August 27, 2023 by carmelpie Leave a Comment

CBR15Bingo: You are here You are here on this planet, in this life. How you are moved to celebrate and acknowledge the passing of time and all of the joy and pain that is part of it is up to you. Rituals are, among other things, tools that help us process change. There is so much change in this universe, so many entrances and exits, and ways to mark them…each one astonishing in its own way. ― Sasha Sagan, For Small Creatures Such as We: […]

Filed Under: Non-Fiction Tagged With: Carl Sagan, cbr15bingo, cosmos, Judaism, Outer Space, Religion, rituals, Sasha Sagan, Spirituality, the meaning of life

carmelpie's CBR15 Review No:36 · Genres: Non-Fiction · Tags: Carl Sagan, cbr15bingo, cosmos, Judaism, Outer Space, Religion, rituals, Sasha Sagan, Spirituality, the meaning of life ·
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Outerspace, aliens and a couple of dudettes

Trapped on Zarkass by Yan

August 10, 2022 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

I am giving this book a three just because I can, and the fact that I think I might have missed something very important, so it is for the potential of the things. Then again, Trapped on Zarkass could just be a big pile of alien poop and there is not anything deeper than just plain old entertainment. However, Yan’s adaptation of Stefan Wul’s novel (I believe I have the order correct on that) is not going to be entertaining for everyone. It is not […]

Filed Under: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: Aliens, Didier Cassegrain, Outer Space, Stefan Wul, Yan

BlackRaven's CBR14 Review No:443 · Genres: Comedy/Humor, Cooking/Food, Fantasy, Fiction, Graphic Novels/Comic Books, Health, History, Mystery, Religion, Romance, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction · Tags: Aliens, Didier Cassegrain, Outer Space, Stefan Wul, Yan ·
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Totally hit my outer space spot

February 20, 2015 by Eva Seabirdsong 1 Comment

I am struggling to write this review because The Explorers, by James Smythe, is one of those books that is definitely greatly enhanced by going into it blind. All I knew of it when I started it was that it was a suspense book set on a spaceship. It took a while for the suspense aspect to really emerge, and even then it was not at all what I typically picture when I hear the word “suspense”, but boy was this book a great ride. […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: mystery, Outer Space

Eva Seabirdsong's CBR7 Review No:7 · Genres: Uncategorized · Tags: mystery, Outer Space ·
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