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Welcome reader, to another year at Camp Half-Blood, the safe haven for demi-gods just like yourself! Many of the writers at The Cosmic Circus are beyond excited for the arrival of the Percy Jackson & The Olympians series on Disney+, having grown up reading the novels from a young age. I didn’t discover the series until I was a teenager, but
Read MoreWhen it comes to Doctor Who, every fan has their favorite Doctor. For some, it’s their first Doctor, the one that brought them to the series. For others, it’s the one that they connected to the most. For me, it was the Eleventh Doctor. Matt Smith brought an energy to the show that captured me the moment I saw him on
Read MoreOnce again we join Geralt the witcher on his adventures. From childhood he has been raised with one purpose: to destroy monsters at every turn. But that doesn’t make it easy. It’s up to him to determine what is right or wrong, who needs protection, and who needs protecting. Let’s continue journeying with Geralt of Rivia in Andrzej Sapkowski’s Sword of
Read MoreIn a world where fairy tales are born and monsters are real, lives a man who denies the first and kills the second. His name is Geralt and he is a witcher. From childhood he has been raised with one purpose: to destroy monsters at every turn. But just because something looks like a monster doesn’t make it evil, and appearing
Read MoreSuperman is arguably the first superhero. And he’s certainly the first comic-book superhero. He’s been helping people in comics since 1938, which is a long time. Edward Gross attempts to present the entire length and breadth of Superman’s history. From when he was first conceived by Joe Shuster and Jerry Siegel up to today’s newest movies and comics, it’s all in
Read MoreDifficult divorce from a cocky jerk got you down? I’ve got a surefire cure: run off to Europe to look for a missing scientist with a handsome sweetie fellow spy. Narrowly avoid death multiple times and stop a potential new super soldier serum from falling into the wrong hands. Perfect right? Well, that might be a bit extreme but it worked
Read MoreIn Doctor Who: The Fires of Pompeii by James Moran the Doctor and his companion Donna are aiming for a nice relaxing day in (relatively) ancient Rome. But after they land, the duo realizes that they missed their mark by a couple of hundred miles and landed in Pompeii instead. Worse, the famous eruption is happening soon. Really soon. Like tomorrow!
Read MorePigs can’t look up, that’s a fact. But don’t they still deserve to see the stars? In Pigs Can’t Look Up one little girl thinks so. And she does everything she can to help her piggie friend see the awe-inspiring sight. Even as she sweetly tries to help her friend, others aren’t so kind to her. Heartbreakingly, she just wishes that
Read MoreBeing a teenager isn’t easy. Being a teenager in love, even less so. But when you also happen to be the son of Hades and your boyfriend is the son of Apollo difficult doesn’t begin to cover it. In The Sun and The Star (set in the world of Percy Jackson) by Rick Riordan and Mark Oshiro, Nico Di Angelo isn’t
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