![]() "As much fun as binge-watching a full season of a Showtime series." - Publishers Weekly “Recommended for those looking for a breezy, entertaining and exciting fantasy read.” - Booklist "Bookburners is worth getting hooked on!" -Pop. ![]() “Sheer enormous fun!” -Naomi Novik, author of the New York Times-bestselling Temeraire series This is a novel co-written by Max Gladstone, Brain Francis Slattery, Mur Lafferty, and Andrea Phillips. Originally presented serially in 10 episodes, this edition contains all installments of Bookburners Season 4. And this time, they know that the only thing they can depend on in this world is each other.įans of Supernatural, The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and The Da Vinci Code will love this epic urban fantasy. But with the return of an old enemy, they find a renewed purpose. Their old roles don’t feel right anymore their old job seems almost quaint, considering how much magic flourishes in plain sight. Having cut ties with the Vatican, the members of the former Team Three are a little at a loss. Magic is everywhere-and the Bookburners can only be in one place at a time. “strange” doesn’t even begin to describe it. Before London, things were strange, sure, but After London. Supernatural meets The Da Vinci Code in a fast-paced, kickass character driven novel chock-full of magic, mystery, and mayhem, written collaboratively by a team of some of the best writers working in fantasy.Įverything in the Bookburners’ lives falls into two categories: Before London and After London. Pretty much the first seasonal indicator that they were happy to be back.This is the 1st episode in the fourth season of Bookburners, a 10-episode serial from Serial Box Publishing. And it was here that Duchovny and Anderson really let go and had fun. He was superb as a centuries-old lizard man-thing that found himself infected with middle-aged human banality after getting bit by a serial killer. And guest star Rhys Darby (Flight of the Conchords) killed it. Meta-laughs even, as Mulder and Scully embarked on what was to become the ultimate snarky monster hunt. ![]() Not only did it have nothing to do with government conspiracies at all, it was played for laughs. The third episode - which was magnificent - possibly created the most neck snaps as it was a total 180 in tonality. So there was a tonal whiplash involved when the second episode didn't line up with the first (though the second was sort of the most "traditionally" X-Files of the batch). Which would be fine, basically, if the finale didn't go so big as to make everything feel rushed and the episode feel overly-cramped. But only the first and last episode directly dealt with the new over-arching mythos. Many assumed, because of the episode count, that this return was to be a miniseries. Another thing that worked to cripple this revival a bit was the storytelling format/layout. Especially when McHale's Tad O'Malley was used in the finale to relay all the information - everything we weren't being shown directly - about a global pandemic. As did the idea of a "mega-popular online conspiracy theorist." A rather implausible imaginary phenomenon that the show seemed to place way too much stock in. I love McHale, but he felt out of sync here. And while Annet Mahendru's guest star role popped, Joel McHale's never quite fit in right. There were several issues right off the bat, in the premiere, involving a crooked, off-putting structure, stilted catchphrase-driven dialogue, and a smorgasbord of new conspiracy ideas that didn't quite jell into anything cohesive. Play But how was the revival? Well? It was okay.
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