Two more books came by mail this weekend. The first, from the Science Fiction Book Club—The Bloody Crown of Conan, the second volume in Del Rey’s new collection of Robert E. Howard’s Conan the Barbarian stories. The second, from Mad Norwegian Press—Warlords of Utopia, Lance Parkin’s contribution to the Faction Paradox universe. I’ve only glancedContinue reading “Talking Books”
Category Archives: Reading
Banned Books
I saw this list of banned books on Bill Leisner‘s LiveJournal. Let’s take a look. Which have I read?
Warped, One More Time
A series of brutal, motiveless murders aboard station Deep Space Nine leads to Odo’s investigation of a new batch of holosuite technology that appears to have the ability to reshape the user’s perception of reality. I won’t really defend Warped, because oftentimes when I do I feel like I spend my time trying to explainContinue reading “Warped, One More Time”
Thinking About Books
An odd day. I realized this morning I left my jacket at one of our stores last night–we were conducting an inventory, and North Carolina has started to feel like autumn. I then drove to another of our stores before work to purchase a DVD–the Hammer Studios The Hound of the Baskervilles, starring Peter CushingContinue reading “Thinking About Books”
Saturday
I discovered today through studying recent web usage on the website that I have a LiveJournal syndication feed. Color me surprised… Tomorrow morning, six o’clock, I fly out to Orlando for four days of corporate meetings. In all my travels I’ve not been to Florida, so I’m looking forward to the trip. Now I justContinue reading “Saturday”
New Reading Material
I stopped by Waldenbooks this morning and bought a copy of Susanna Clarke’s Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. I had some Preferred Reader coupons to use and I was curious. It’s received glowing reviews–Neil Gaiman’s pull-quote on the back cover calls it “unquestionably the finest English novel of the fantastic written in the last seventyContinue reading “New Reading Material”
Legion: Foundations
When I was into comic books, and I was majorly into comic books until about 1997, DC’s The Legion of Super-Heroes was one of my favorites. That and its spin-off Legionnaires were typically the first I read as they came out of the bag. I’m not sure I could to this day tell you whatContinue reading “Legion: Foundations”
Red Jack
I’ve had Jack on the brain recently. Jack the Ripper, that is. My friend Michael sent me an e-mail a few days ago. He’d just seen From Hell, the Hughes Brothers film adaptation of the Alan Moore/Eddie Campbell comic book miniseries about the Whitechapel murders of 1888. I’d started to write a response, left itContinue reading “Red Jack”
Gauntlet: Paths of Evil
A week ago browsing the local Waldenbooks while in search of Keith R.A. DeCandido‘s novel Dragon Precinct I discovered that a novel based on the video game, Gauntlet: Dark Legacy had been published by iBooks, written by Richard C. White, entitled Paths of Evil. Dragon Precinct hadn’t arrived yet, or hadn’t been shelved yet–one canContinue reading “Gauntlet: Paths of Evil”
Speculations on Pak Protectors
Reading Larry Niven’s Ringworld’s Children recently sparked a thought or three. What if Tree-of-Life virus was a bioweapons project that went horribly wrong? As much as the Protector concept thrills me, the relationship between the Pak and Tree-of-Life has always struck me as unlikely and unnatural. Yes, evolution works in strange ways, and the firstContinue reading “Speculations on Pak Protectors”