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bookrev: Embryonic Breathing (Qigong Meditation) by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming 4

bookrev: Embryonic Breathing (Qigong Meditation) by Dr. Yang, Jwing-Ming

Qi (or chi) is viewed with skepticism by some, as reality by others or as mysticism. This series of books (starting with Embryonic Breathing and continuing with Small Circulation) presents data and perspectives from...

SF Signal Mind Meld, me but no vulcans 0

SF Signal Mind Meld, me but no vulcans

SFSignal is running their Tuesday Mind Meld feature with the question: are we headed for a Technological Panopticon? My response is there, along with the august company of Vernor Vinge, Charles Stross and David...

American Shaolin by Matthew Polly 1

book notes: American Shaolin by Matthew Polly

Almost every martial artist has some wayward fantasy or frequent daydream about dropping out of life and dropping into the Shaolin Temple, to emerge some undetermined time later as a well-tuned, philosophy spouting fighting...

bookrev: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold 2

bookrev: The Vor Game by Lois McMaster Bujold

Winner of the 1991 Hugo Award When I did my list of the science fiction / fantasy authors with the most number of Hugos and Nebulas in the novel category, I was somewhat surprised...

Review in Apex Digest Online 2

Review in Apex Digest Online

The January 2008 edition of Apex Digest Online is up, and it contains an outstanding and in-depth review of my novel: It’s the end of the world as we know, but not everything is...

bookrev: sEEkEr by Jack McDevitt 0

bookrev: sEEkEr by Jack McDevitt

Winner of the 2006 Nebula for best novel. My first McDevitt read certainly won’t be my last. Seeker is a page-turner, a combo mystery/sci-fi novel that was an excellent first read for me of...

Technology Apocalypse-Thinking Man’s Guide to the End of the World 4

Technology Apocalypse-Thinking Man’s Guide to the End of the World

Read the introduction article here. As we pass the anniversary of Y2K, a techno-phobe’s thoughts turn to the many other ways in which technology could accelerate the end of the world. Even though our...

bookrev: Confessor by Terry Goodkind (final novel in the Sword of Truth series) 0

bookrev: Confessor by Terry Goodkind (final novel in the Sword of Truth series)

Sword of Truth: Book 11 Terry Goodkind concludes his philosophical fantasy series, the eleventh book in his Sword of Truth series. I call it a philosophical fantasy because there are equal parts Ayn Rand...

NBA hits parity, will the Rockets participate? 2

NBA hits parity, will the Rockets participate?

In previous seasons, one team or another has run away from the pack by this point in the season. Last year it was Dallas (until they hit the Golden State buzz saw). But this...

bookrev: In the Company of Soldiers by Rick Atkinson 0

bookrev: In the Company of Soldiers by Rick Atkinson

This book chronicles Rick Atkinson, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the WWII history An Army At Dawn, during his stint as an embedded journalist with the 101st Airborne in 2003 next to Major General...