Escape Velocity

A curated Collection of Fantasy and Science Fiction Media

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Curator Question: Fantasy Races

Time to get to know the curators from the Escape Velocity Collection! How? By asking them the questions that really matter! This week’s question is:

Review: The Order of the Stick – Rich Burlew

The story of Order of the Stick follows the story of a (not so ordinary) D&D adventure group traversing a lich’s dungeons and combating classic conventions of storytelling and Dungeons and Dragons.

Review: Of Fire and Stars – Audrey Coulthurst

Part 1 of Of Fire and Stars – Princess Dennaleia is betrothed to the prince of a neighboring kingdom to seal an alliance. When she meets her fiance’s sister, princess Amaranthine, the two girls together start investigating a secret that could threaten the kingdom.

Rogue One

Review: Rogue One: A Star Wars Story – Gareth Edwards

Spin-off of the Star Wars Series – The daughter of the man who designed the Death Star is pressed into the Rebellion’s service to find her father and learn more about the weaknesses of the Empire’s newly constructed superweapon.

Sunless Sea

Review: Sunless Sea – Failbetter Games

Sunless Sea is a steampunk rogue-like with elements that harken back to the writings of Coleridge and Poe, in which you sail your dapper vessel across the vastness of the underground Unterzee in search of riches and fame.

Review: Primordia – Wormwood Studios

Primordia is an atmospheric point-and-click-game that follows the journey of the android Horatio Nullbuilt and his sidekick Crispin across a post-apocalyptic wasteland following the theft of their ship’s power core.

The Hero of Ages

Review: The Hero of Ages – Brandon Sanderson

Part three of the Mistborn Trilogy – With the mists killing and the ashfalls mounting it appears the world is slowly coming to an end. Unable to beat their foe by sheer allomantic force, Vin and Elend follow a trail left by their predecessor in the hope that aid might come from beyond the grave.

City of Brass

Review: The City of Brass – S.A. Chakraborty

Part 1 of the Daevabad Trilogy

Nahri, a shrewd young woman from Cairo, is unexpectedly plucked from her human life and ends up in an unknown world of magic and supernatural jinn. Meanwhile, Ali, a young jinn prince, finds himself in the midst of the political tensions of the royal capital.