1979-91 (collected 1991) / Ecomic / 64 pages / France
*
Scraping the gun barrel of Mœbius' Collected Fantasies, his art for a fellow Frenchman's boring American Civil War antiparable is unrecognisable in its realism and lack of zest. Too coy to even show blood, this must have looked really out of place amid the fantastic landscapes, tits and gore of other Heavy Metal strips.
2000 / Ebook / 148 pages / USA
**
The case for this unappreciated composer's unpopular, technically unplayable symphony actually being good seems to hinge solely on it being clever. That's enough to convince me sometimes, admittedly, but I didn't care for it.
2016 / Audiobook / 257 pages / Australia
***
Presents the evidence that octopuses and their invertebrate brethren are smart and have feelings as if that's a shocking game changer. Arbitrary cut-off points for empathy are bizarre.
2018 / Audiobook / 384 pages / USA
****
Oral history as omniscient narrative, this is an immersive account of a voyage that would be more legendary if the sequel hadn't stolen its thunder.
2019 / Ebook / 240 pages / USA
***
There are enough books about the moon landing, so this one gives a more balanced overview of the journey to the small step and at least a few of the 400,000 other people who contributed. As such, it's pretty boring and technical for the first half until we get to the tragedy and triumph.
