Sigh. Looks like it’s been almost a month since my last post here: too much work and not enough reading time (along with not picking up anything I’ve really been inspired to finish). However, in a convenient coincidence, I just … Continue reading
As we approach the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, I am reminded that my father would have just turned 86 yesterday if he were still alive. He joined the US Navy late in 1944, going … Continue reading
According to a report filed by Reuters, it looks like Apple and several associated e-book publishers will be agreeing to a settlement that would allow Amazon to discount e-books in Europe, ending the alleged price-fixing that prevented Amazon from undercutting … Continue reading
Hal Spacejock, by Simon Haynes, is a fast-paced, light-hearted romp centered around the pilot of a tramp space freighter with the unlikely title name. He falls (often literally) into one hapless and hopeless situation after another, along with assorted robotic … Continue reading
I was emailed by someone representing the English editions of Chinese author Liu Cixin to see if they could send me a free e-book so that I’d review it here. The idea piqued my interest, but since his short story … Continue reading
Unless you’re living the life of a hermit in a cave (and if so, how are you reading this?), you know that Hurricane Sandy just head-butted New Jersey and threw a round-house right hook at New York. I watched a … Continue reading
As I mentioned recently, Lloyd Biggle Jr.‘s The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets is now enKindled, and I had a chance to re-read it this week after first reading it right around 40 years ago when I was in high … Continue reading
I finished Peter F. Hamilton’s Pandora’s Star last night, and I guess the good news is that it’s the sort of book that would make me stay up way past my usual bed time in order to finish it. The … Continue reading
I was pleasantly surprised today to notice that Lloyd Biggle Jr.’s The Still, Small Voice of Trumpets is now available for Kindle. I had actually just been checking to see if maybe any used print copies were available, after a … Continue reading
After the relative disappointment that was The Long Earth (which may have suffered from being a collaboration that just didn’t work), Terry Pratchett seems to be back in fine form with his latest novel Dodger. This is a departure from … Continue reading