Escape Velocity

A curated Collection of Fantasy and Science Fiction Media

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Review: The Wheel of Time – Amazon Prime Video

The lives of five young people are changed forever when a powerful woman called Moraine arrives at their village. She tells them that one of them is the reincarnation of ‘the Dragon’, a powerful sourcerer who will play a vital role in the fight against the Dark One.

Review: Exhalation – Ted Chiang

A merchant in ancient Baghdad discovers a time portal which allows him to revisit his past mistakes. A former zookeeper takes a job raising digital lifeforms. A new technology enables people to communicate with alternate versions of themselves, and to see how their life would have turned out if they had made different choices.

Review: A Deadly Education – Naomi Novik

Part 1 of The Scholomance – In the Scholomance, students are trained to defend themselves against the hordes of deadly monsters that are constantly trying to eat them. They either graduate… or die.

Curator Question: 2022 Resolutions

What are our curators’s resolutions for 2022? Which media on their to be read/watch/listen/play piles will finally get the attention they deserve?

Collected: Harry Potter by J. K. Rowling

COLLECTION: Do these books even need an introduction? They are the famous story of an eleven-year-old orphan who finds out he is a wizard and becomes a student at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Seven books filled with exciting adventures await…

Review: The Galaxy, and the Ground Within – Becky Chambers

Part 4 of the Wayfarer series – The Five-Hop One-Stop is a temporary stopover station for traveller’s awaiting their turn for the nearby wormhole. When an accident temporarily suspends all incoming and outgoing traffic, three strangers find themselves stranded with nothing to do but wait. Under the care of Ouloo, the host of the Five-Hop, they will discover many unexpected things about each other, and also about themselves.

Review: Kodama – ActionPhase Games

Kodama is a card game where you take care of a tree by placing cards to grow its branches. By choosing cards with the right symbols, you collect points over three growing seasons. At the end of each season, one of the Kodama (tree spirits) will award you extra points based on how well you have chosen your cards to suit its needs.