The names of the three parts of The Dragonbone Chair (Simon Mooncalf, Simon Pilgrim, Simon Snowlock) certainly show the progression in Simon’s character. In this second part, he is outside of the Hayholt for...
It has been a long time since I re-read a book, and I do not remember since college re-reading one in the method I’m using for this re-read of The Dragonbone Chair. I’m actually going...
Life is too short for re-reads. Do the math. If your good reading-and-comprehension (yes, some of you hear Cheech and Chong’s voices in your heads) years range from age 10 to 80, and you...
On this 25th anniversary of our wedding, I tell the tale that many of you have heard, and cemented everyone’s admiration for my lovely bride. She’s sneaky…and gorgeous. As skeptical as I was about...
My interview with Andy Weir, author of the bestseller THE MARTIAN, is live on the two-time Hugo award winning SFSignal.com. An excerpt: LARRY: In the Ares 3 mission team in THE MARTIAN, you have a Commander,...
My interview with James Gunn, recipient of the Damon Knight Grand Master of Science Fiction award, was posted on the Hugo award winning SFSignal. It was also picked up by io9 where a nice...
I only had a half-a-con, spending the mornings at the conference and the afternoons/evenings with family in San Antonio. But even a half-a-con was full SFSignal, which I occasionally post an article here and...
Tad Williams is one of my “read-everything-he-puts-out” authors…except for the cat book. No cat books. My review of the first book in his latest series, The Dirty Streets of Heaven, is up on the...
Houston is a United hub so to get anywhere we fly United. Our only other option is to drive 90 minutes south to the other airport to take Southwest. Sometimes we feel like the...
After watching season three of both The Walking Dead and Downton Abbey (yes, I watch it with my wife; admit it, you do too), my brain has picked up on some strange connections? Coincidences?...
