Shadowplay by Tad Williams
Volume 2 in the four volume Shadowmarch series. As readers, we are lucky that Tad Williams backs the Golden State Warriors; for if he needed to spend more time backing a winning basketball team,...
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Doc Savage primer on SFSignal
My not so secret obsession with Doc Savage comes fully out of the closet (where I keep the books!) with the “Who is Doc Savage? (A Doc Savage Primer)” on SFSignal.com. I’ve read most...
Python Isle by Kenneth Robeson (Will Murray)
This is the first of the Doc Savage novels penned by Will Murray under the Kenneth Robeson moniker. From a Doc chronological perspective, it is usually placed after Death in Silver (which is referred...
Last Night in Twisted River by John Irving
After I read John Irving’s A Prayer for Owen Meany (which is an outstanding read) several years ago, I went on an Irving reading rampage; I stopped because though the writing was exquisite, the...
Texas Independence Relay – 30 day countdown
The Texas Independence Relay (TIR) is a 40 leg, 203 mile relay race with 8-12 people, from Gonzales, Texas to the San Jacinto Monument. It should take us (we hope) less than a day...
Review of Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie on SFSignal
My review of Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie is up at SFSignal. Excerpt: Set in the world of Abercrombie’s The First Law series, Best Served Cold has no sorcery like that series, but...
The Squeaking Goblin (Doc Savage #35)
This is the 18th story in Street and Smith’s original publishing order. Doc goes to Maine, at the request of Chelton Raymond. He finds not only an assassin whose bullets vanish and who moves...
SFSignal Podcast: Social Media and the book industry
SFSignal Podcast #23 is up, and the topic is: Is social media good for the book industry, publishing and authors? With Twitter and Facebook, publisher, author and fan are more connected than ever before....
The King Maker (Doc Savage #80)
This is the 16th story in Street and Smith’s original publishing order and the first one not written entirely by Lester Dent (Harold A. Davis is co-author). This finishes a sprint of sorts, reading...
2011 – The year of the Indie Bookstores
Many of my friends will derive from the title of this post that I am still under the influence of New Year’s libations. With the demise of Border’s and the rise of eBooks, it...