I’m currently reading a mystery novel. I have a problem with it, though. It’s not much of a mystery. Here’s the problem. The way the murder is set up, at the end of the first chapter, there are only two characters that have the opportunity to commit the murder. At the end of the secondContinue reading “On a Mystery That’s No Mystery”
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On Free eBooks
Tor is making available a number of their books as free eBook downloads. Science fiction and fantasy, they have both. The selection is interesting. Some stuff I’ve heard of. Some stuff I’ve not. Also, they have a nice selection of desktop wallpapers based on covers and other sfnal art. Check it out, before it’s gone.Continue reading “On Free eBooks”
On 100 Books, Some Read & Some Not
A books meme! Too many people I know have done this in the past twenty-four hours for me to cite any one particular influence. This is a list of 100 of the top books of all time. The average person has read 6. The rules: 1) Look at the list and bold those you haveContinue reading “On 100 Books, Some Read & Some Not”
On Mental Mush
My brain feels like mush. Headache. Sleepy. Mush. * * * * * Today is Thursday? I don’t pretend to understand. The week’s gone by in a blur. The days have blended together. I blame the mush. * * * * * I picked up a book over the weekend. I knew, before I boughtContinue reading “On Mental Mush”
On Literary Musings
I’m always a few days behind on Doctor Who. It can’t be helped, really. And me, being me, I knew a fair little bit about Dr. River Song long before I’d gotten around to finally seeing “Silence in the Library.” And what I’d heard and read made me think of a single thing — TheContinue reading “On Literary Musings”
On Literature Abuse
Something fun on this dreary Wednesday morning, an e-mail forward I received, credit unknown: SELF-TEST FOR LITERATURE ABUSERS How many of these apply to you? I have read fiction when I was depressed, or to cheer myself up. I have gone on reading binges of an entire book or more in a day. I readContinue reading “On Literature Abuse”
On My Favorite Short Story
Once upon a time in Lankhmar, City of the Black Toga, in the world of Nehwon, two years after the Year of the Feathered Death, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser parted their ways. Exactly what caused the tall brawling barbarian and the slim elusive Prince of Thieves to fall out, and the mighty adventuring partnershipContinue reading “On My Favorite Short Story”
On Reading Reflections
As seen on Julio Angel Ortiz‘s website: What are you reading right now? Le Morte d’Arthur, Sir Thomas Malory Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Buried Age, Chris Bennett Do you have any idea what you’ll read when you’re done with that?Nope. What magazines do you have in your bathroom right now?None. What’s the worstContinue reading “On Reading Reflections”
On Lankhmar News
I love Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar stories. Set in the world of Nehwon, these stories follow Fafhrd, a barbarian, and the Gray Mouser, a failed wizard, as they adventure from one side of the world to the other, getting into weird scrapes in their quests for coin, cleavage, and alcohol. When asked what is my favoriteContinue reading “On Lankhmar News”
On the Books I've Read
Stolen from Richard White, a list of the most significant science fiction novels written since 1953. We’re going to bold the titles I’ve read, strikethrough the ones I’ve read and hated, italicize the ones I’ve started and never finished, and put a star next to the ones I love. Any questions? 🙂 The Lord ofContinue reading “On the Books I've Read”