Jack of Ravens by Mark Chadbourn
At the beginning of the year, I devoured (pun intended, Mark might get it) Mr. Chadbourn’s Age of Misrule trilogy. It is only fitting that I end the year with the start of the...
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The Man Who Shook the Earth (Doc Savage #43)
This is the 12th story in Street and Smith’s original publishing order. Though this story was written in 1934, it is the first in the series chronologically that mentions what will become World War...
The Phantom City (Doc Savage #10)
This is the 10th story in Street and Smith’s original publishing order. Two red letter events for Doc fans: – Doc accidentally KO’s Monk, out cold with one swing; – the first appearance of...
The Czar of Fear (Doc Savage #22)
This is the ninth story originally published by Street and Smith. The Czar of Fear has one of the least exotic locales of any Doc Savage story. Following chronologically after The Lost Oasis and...
The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan (The Heroes of Olympus #1)
How do you continue a series that has ended, without making it droll, repetitive, unimaginative? (See the twelfth SF Signal podcast for a discussion on series that have gone on too long). You simply...
Alumni Booksigning at Trinity U. this Saturday
For the fifth year in a row, I’ll be attending the Trinity University Alumni book signing on the beautiful campus in San Antonio. The event is Saturday, October 23 at 11 am. The Alumni...
Review of Blade Dancer by S.L. Viehl on SFSignal
My review of Blade Dancer by S. L. Viehl, a stand-alone novel of the Stardoc universe, has been posted on SFSignal.com. An excerpt: BRIEF SYNOPSIS: The death of her mother exposes Jory as a...
The Sargasso Ogre (Doc Savage #18)
The Sargasso Ogre is the eighth story originally published by Street and Smith. The Bantam one I have is one of the first Doc Savage books I remember reading, bought from a now closed...
The Lost Oasis (Doc Savage #6)
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The Man Who Shook the Earth (Doc Savage #43)
Heidegger’s Glasses combines the events of World War II and the Holocaust, mixes in a Nazi obsession with the supernatural, and adds a stubborn German philosopher named Heidegger who needs a new pair of...