bookrev: An Expert in Murder by Nicola Upson
This murder mystery, the first in a new series, features London settings, the West End and the stage, an excellent historical period (England between WWI and WWII). What more could you ask for? Well,...
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My son the astronaut
I spent of few of my early years living just outside of Cape Kennedy/Cape Canaveral. My mother would sit us on the roof to watch the Apollo launches, while my father travels to the...
bookrev: The Alexandria Link by Steve Berry
I am anxiously awaiting the novel Unburning Alexandria, the sequel to The Plot to Save Socrates by my friend Paul Levinson. In addition to reacquainting myself with some ancient Middle Eastern history, I’m also...
Our unofficial rating of the 2008 Super Hero flicks
We’ll update once Batman hits the screen, but the arguments have gotten spirited and somewhat philosophical about the rating of the rash of Super Hero flicks this summer. Therefore, to at least get to...
My daughter weighs 117
That’s the message that she SMS’d me this week, and that she was happy and felt good about herself at that weight. As the father of someone who has suffered through several years of...
The Gap Cycle by Stephen R. Donaldson
Reading a complete series from cover to cover in consecutive sittings (i.e., without many books in between) is a rarity for me. Either the series doesn’t hold my attention, the series is unfinished (i.e.,...
bookrev: Ragamuffin by Tobias S. Buckell
Ragamuffin is three books in one: a space opera, featuring a complex world with humans near the bottom of the socio-economic chain; a sequel to Mr. Buckell’s excellent first novel, Crystal Rain, featuring Pepper...
bookrev: This Day All Gods Die: The Gap Into Ruin by Stephen R. Donaldson
Fifth and final book in the Gap Series This concluding book brings all the players in the saga together on or around Earth, where the political and personal manipulations conclude in individual and mass...
If McCain or Obama wants me…
Now that the preliminaries are over (and it went on much too long, longer than the line I waited in to vote against Hillary in the Democratic primary), we can now get down to...