My son and I review a book without throwing food at each other
SF Signal asked me to review Kevin J. Anderson’s forthcoming novel Enemies & Allies, The Dark Night meets the Man of Steel. My son Josh and I have been into Justice League and the...
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bookrev: Drood by Dan Simmons
Very few authors can make something as mundane as a fictionalized account of the last five years of Charles Dickens’ life appeal to readers outside of those with Degrees in English. Dan Simmons is...
A million miles in the air
With little fanfare (other than self-generated) my local airline has informed me that my last flight (back home from Denver) put me over a million miles traveled with them. Coincidentally, my car turned over...
Conquering Dan Simmons commitment issues
Being a Dan Simmon’s reader and fan takes a lot of commitment, but I must tell you, Dear Reader (pun intended) that it is certainly worth the commitment. Having just tackled the 766 page...
bookrev: Olympos by Dan Simmons
When people are recommending SciFi/Fantasy books to non-SciFi/Fantasy readers, books such as Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card or movie tie-in books are listed. Because of how seamlessly the science fiction is interwoven into...
Self reliance, responsibility and Obama
When our newly seated President has to be the adult in the room and tell the American public to be more self-reliant and responsible (excerpts at the end of this post), it certainly makes...
Rockets will win ten in a row
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Who watches the Watchmen
UPDATE: Movie vs. book post here. My wife asked me why I was reading a comic book. Watchmen by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons is by definition a comic book, and it is much...
Cell phone recycling
Like most good little geeks, I’ve collected a bunch of electronics over the years, some of which I consider ‘collectors items’. Like most environmental conscious and organized people, my wife is always trying to...
Upgraded to WordPress 2.7
Just upgraded the site all the way from WordPress version 2.1 (yeah, I’ve been busy and procrastinating) to the latest and greatest, 2.7. As I’ve come to expect, compared to most of the software...