Farmer, Burroughs and Doc – Making Connections
Thanks to JD at SFSignal, I am now reading Gods of Opar, an ARC of the soon to be published trilogy of Philip Jose Farmers two Opar books (Hadon of Ancient Opar and Flight...
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John Carter primer on SFSignal
My primer on John Carter (to go along with the earlier one on Doc Savage) has bee published on SFSignal. An excerpt: With Disney’s trailers and announced March release of the movie John Carter, readers...
REVIEW of Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
My review of READY PLAYER ONE by Ernest Cline has been posted on SFSignal. An excerpt: REVIEW SUMMARY: A fast-paced story in a bleak future, where escape into virtual worlds is driven by a...
Gifting eBooks and apps – a step by step guide
My article on how to gift Kindle ebooks, nook books and Apple App Store apps has been puslihed on the JoSara Media web site. You can use the following shortcuts to get to each...
So Cold the River by Michael Koryta
Eric Shaw has visions, visions which ruined his promising film career in Hollywood and has damaged his marriage. Returning to Chicago, he makes documentaries about the lives of the deceased, paid for by their...
It all started with Bart Starr and Jerry Kramer
The Scholastic Book Club was a huge fetish of mine during later elementary school and middle school. Every six weeks a pulp magazine of their latest offerings would arrive. I’d check off the ones...
The Sparrow by Mary Doria Russell
Originally published in 1997, The Sparrow combines some of mankind’s most basic questions into an interesting story: Are humans the only species in the Universe? And if we find another species, how do we...
COMPAQ: Building implosion, HP and Apple
The implosion today of two buildings (CCA 7 and 8) on the former Compaq campus comes nearly ten years to the day after the business implosion of Compaq through its acquisition by HP. Like...
Death in Silver by Kenneth Robeson
Paine L. Winthrop, President of Seaven Seas ship building company, is murdered, his office destroyed by a launched missile. Monk and Ham are in Monk’s lab in the same building, and go to investigate. They are ultimately taken captive...
A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin reviewed at SFSignal.com
My review of A Dance With Dragons by George R. R. Martin, the fifth book in the Song of Ice and Fire series, has been published at SFSignal.com. An excerpt: REVIEW SUMMARY:An extremely well...