"For we are not contending against flesh and blood, but against the principalities, against the powers, against the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places." (Ephesians 6:12 Revised Standard Version) I...
Wisdom From Kammbia Story Review 24: A Dead Djinn in Cairo by P. Djeli Clark
by MHill | Feb 20, 2025 | Dead Djinn Universe, Marion's All-Time Favorite Short Stories, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, P. Djeli Clark, Short Story Review, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom of Kammbia Story Review
P. Djeli Clark has jumped on my list of authors that I must read regularly. He has become a part of that exclusive club, which includes Jonathan Carroll, Charles de Lint, Percival Everett, Guy Gavriel Kay, & Haruki Murakami. I have read multiple works by the...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 123: A Master of Djinn by P. Djeli Clark
by MHill | Mar 17, 2023 | 2023 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Dead Djinn Universe, Marion's Favorite Books, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, P. Djeli Clark, Wisdom From Kammbia Column
The greatest pleasure I can have as a reader is getting lost in an author’s story. What I mean is, an author has pulled me into their imagined world and has a reality that connects with my imagination. P. Djeli Clark achieves this in his first full-length novel, A...
Wisdom From Kammbia Story Review 17: The Secret Lives of the Nine Negro Teeth of George Washington by P. Djeli Clark
by MHill | Jan 22, 2023 | Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, P. Djeli Clark, Short Story Review, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom of Kammbia Story Review
"For the blacksmith understood what masters had chosen to forget: when you make a man or woman a slave, you enslave yourself in turn. And the souls of those who made thralls of others would never know rest----in this life or the next." This quote is prophetic in its...
Wisdom From Kammbia Review 97: The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark
by MHill | Mar 25, 2022 | 2022 Book Reviews, Book Reviews, Dead Djinn Universe, Marion's Favorites, Marion's Reading Life Blog, P. Djeli Clark, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom From Kammbia Novella Review
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 by P. Djeli Clark is a fantasy novella set in an alternate early 20th century Cairo, where the world of djinn and other supernatural beings has made Egypt a world super-power, and two Agents of the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 13: The Black God’s Drums by P. Djeli Clark
by MHill | Jun 1, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, P. Djeli Clark, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Wisdom From Kammbia Novella Review
One thing about having a Kindle, it gets easy to load it up with a lot of eBooks. The Black God's Drums by P. Djeli Clark has been on my Kindle app for awhile. Also, I attempted to read it twice before I finally...
Wisdom From Kammbia Book Review 8: Fantasy’s Othering Fetish by P. Djeli Clark
by MHill | Mar 24, 2019 | 2019 Book Reviews, Marion's Favorite Books, P. Djeli Clark, Wisdom From Kammbia Column, Writing
Fantasy's Othering Fetish by P. Djeli Clark came onto my radar recently and after reading the comments in Goodreads about this book made me want to read it. Actually, it is more of a long-form essay than a full-length book, Clark makes the argument about how the...