Pirate Freedom
I started reading Pirate Freedom the other day, and it's very different from most books I've read. Despite this (or perhaps due to it), I find it both interesting and engaging. I'm not even half way...
View ArticleThe Compleat Simile
Yesterday I started reading a book by Keith Laumer called The Compleat Bolo, written in the 1960s with a follow-up story in the mid-80s. I've only gotten about 55 pages into the book, but I had to stop...
View ArticleRest Day
I had a terrible night's sleep last night, I only managed about three and a half hours. I just could sleep, then when my phone went off (work issue) at 3am, I couldn't get back to sleep. I laid in bed...
View ArticleMr. Midshipman Hornblower
Last night I finished reading the first of C.S. Forester's Horatio Hornblower novels, Mr. Midshipman Hornblower (Hornblower Saga) I've always had a bit of a thing for nautical fiction (Powell's has a...
View ArticleBone-Crunching Zombie Action
You wouldn't expect this from the post title, but check out this new upcoming book: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. features the original text of Jane Austen's beloved novel with all-new scenes of...
View ArticleFinally!
After over a decade, I finally have collected all of Jin Yong's books. Yesterday on our trip to Seattle I stopped at Kinokuniya Bookstore and picked up the last twelve books I was missing. I've been...
View ArticleAlastair Reynolds: 10 More Books!
Alastair Reynolds, one of my absolute favorite modern-day science fiction writers, just signed a 10 book contract. Woohoo!
View ArticleOff Armageddon Reef by David Weber
I tried to like this book. I really did. I stopped reading it around page 120 because I ran across the third case of the author using then instead of than. It completely took me away from the story...
View ArticlePandora’s Succession by Russell Brooks
I was invited by the author to read and review his book, Pandora's Succession before it was released. A few weeks ago I received a PDF of the pre-release manuscript and began reading. If I had to...
View ArticleFarewell, Discworld
It's both a happy and a sad thing to read a book by an author you love when you know there can never be another one to follow. Today, with a heavy sadness, I finished The Shepherd's Crown, the final...
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