I was looking for a book. This happens from time to time. I don’t have enough shelf space for all the books. So some still live in boxes. Searching around, I could not find the book, so I started looking in other places – like my...
I was looking for a book. This happens from time to time. I don’t have enough shelf space for all the books. So some still live in boxes. Searching around, I could not find the book, so I started looking in other places – like my...
Fans of epic fantasy are used to long series – The Wheel of Time & The Sword of Truth come to mind. But I don’t know that even the most hard core fantasy fan would read 51 books in a series without some complaint. I bring this up...
So, one of the things that has always bothered me about WordPress is the Site Stats plugin. I understand Akismet and why it links off to a 3rd party database filled with spam fighting stuff, but why must Site Stats? I mean, it’s data about...
Soulless by Gail Carriger My rating: 4 of 5 stars I picked this book up after talking with the lovely and engaging Gail Carriger for the SF Signal podcast. Karen Burnham, blogger for SF Signal, for her own site...
Green Lantern: Sinestro Corps War Vol. 2 SC (Green Lantern by Geoff Johns My rating: 1 of 5 stars I didn’t care for this as much as I have the other collections. It was all over the place and didn’t feel very coherent. I think it...
Without Remorse by Tom Clancy My rating: 5 of 5 stars I realized I’d never put up a review of this book and that’s a crime. This is the best of the Clancy books and gives us, at last, a picture of who and what John Clark really is. We...
Thursday night I went to the movies, I saw Season of the Witch. I really enjoyed it. If I had to pin it down, I’d say that Season of the Witch is Sword & Sorcery – that’s how it felt to me. You have all the elements: The...
Anthony Rogers first appeared in the pages of Amazing Stories waaaay back in 1928. He pulled a Rip Van Winkle, passing out in a cave and waking up in the 25th century. Gas in the cave held him in a sort of suspended animation, keeping him alive...
A fiery horse with the speed of light, a cloud of dust and a hearty, “Hi Yo Silver! Away!” With his faithful Indian companion Tonto, the daring and resourceful masked rider of the plains led the fight for law and order in the early...
At the tender age of six years old, Harry Dresden became an orphan. His mother, Margaret Gwendolyn LeFay McCoy Dresden, had died giving birth to Harry and his father, Malcolm, died of a brain aneurysm leaving Harry all alone. For a few years...
Luke Skywalker; last of the Jedi. Destined to return balance to the Force. That’s a difficult legacy to be a part of. Son of Anakin Skywalker and twin brother to Leia Skywalker, raised as an Organa, a lot was expected from Luke. You see...
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