Weekly Comics Discussion – December 3, 2008

The complete list is available here. Due to the holiday last week, many locations won’t be getting their shipments until Thursday instead. I had a sick coworker yesterday, so that extended my workday past the point where I could review “Secret Invasion: X-Men” as planned. If my LCS gets the shipment today, I’ll review “Secret Invasion #8” tonight and catch up on other reviews later in the week. If not, then I may not be able to get this week’s order until Friday, in which case I’ll review “Secret Invasion: X-Men” today and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight #16-19” tomorrow.
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Novel Review: Anathem

“When do we get to the good part?” he demanded.
“What do you have in mind, Arsibalt? Like in a spec-fic speely, where something amazingly cool-to-look-at happens?”
“That would help,” he allowed. (862)

By now, you may just have found time to make it through Neal Stephenson’s heavy autumn offering, Anathem. In one volume, he manage to match the ambitiousness of The Baroque Cycle— but are the results for the reader worth its considerable weight?

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