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You can now buy the anthology, or pre-order it anyway. You know, the one with my story in it? First off, if you didn't hear me the first time, thank you to those who supported me. A little over a year ago, I wrote a short story and shared it with good friends. I also … Continue reading Published
Book Review -The Atrocity Files by Charles Stross To Begin - Non-Review Navel Gazing I'm late to the party, but I don't let that bother me. I'm reading fiction from the 70's and loving it. So it should come as no surprise to me that I am behind the curve on a lot of fiction. … Continue reading Book Review – The Atrocity Files
Book Review The Collapsing Empire By John Scalzi I don't often buy books in their pub date. I make only a few exceptions. Scalzi books are often in the exception category. I am, I think, genetically predisposed to liking Scalzi, much like I am genetically predisposed to high blood pressure, kidney disease, and diabetes. I … Continue reading Book Review – The Collapsing Empire
Robert B. Parker and Elmore Leonard books used to decorate my family's night stands back in the day. They bring back memories of my Dad. They were his indulgence. The covers were unique, maybe a product of the times, like Mary Tyler Moore fonts they scream seventies. A couple of years back, I rediscovered an interest … Continue reading More Nostalgia – 52 Pickup
I usually post about a single book I read, why I liked it, why I didn't. This time, however, I read 3 Spenser novels in rapid succession. They are in order of publishing #s 4, 5, and 6. I could wax on about each, but what I can and want to say about them kind … Continue reading Robert B. Parker Week
Book Review Armada By Ernest Cline I should start by saying I really enjoyed Ready Player One, Mr. Cline's previous and perhaps more famous novel. That was the reason I picked up Armada. So let me bottom line you here: If you liked Ready Player One, you'll like Armada too. If you didn't then you'll … Continue reading Book Review – Armada
Book Review Best American Mystery Stories - 2015 Edited by James Patterson I'm in short story mode. Been that way for a year or so. I love to read novels, of course. The short story is arguably harder. You have only a few thousand words, while a novel ten times that. You have to be … Continue reading Book Review – Best American Mystery Stories – 2015
I'm reading a memoir I didn't expect I'd be reading. I've decided my filters need some cleaning, so I have decided to go outside my comfort zone. Partly for research, partly for the discomfort. So I'm reading Fierce Attachments, A Memoire, by Vivian Gornick. I also just added two thousand words to my novel that … Continue reading On Art and Hard Work
Book Review: Seveneves by Neal Stephenson I became an Stephenson fanboy back in the 90s. Snowcrash and Diamond Age were nearly mind altering experiences. Interface, written collaboratively under a pseudonym, also really made me think. Cryptonomicon was awesome in its story as well as its length. But it was the beginning of an unfortunate trend, … Continue reading Book Review: Seveneves
Book Review - Hunters of the Red Moon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley I took a walk down memory lane, took the wayback machine to 1973. That's when the book was written, not when I read it, I'm sure. I would have been all of seven years old, so it is unlikely that I would have … Continue reading Book Review – Hunters of the Red Moon
B.S. Donovan 