Tucson, Arizona, USA
I'm a book writer, book reader and bookkeeper with a penchant for the speculative.
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I grew up watching both good (Alien) and bad (Mausoleum, anybody?) horror movies. And reading horror novels – King, Koontz, McCammon, Barker – the big dawgs. As I’ve matured (Ahem…I…...
Hello audiobook lovers, it’s time to announce my 3rd review for Luna Station Quarterly! This one was truly rewarding. Moon Called is the first book book in Patricia Briggs’ Mercy Thompson…...
My audiobook review of NK Jemisin’s The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms is up over at Luna Station Quarterly! If you’re looking for a new audiobook, Casaundra Freeman is an amazing narrator for…...
Today is a landmark day! My first blog post is up at Luna Station Quarterly, a volunteer-run speculative fiction magazine. I’m going to be doing a monthly showcase of amazing audiobooks written and narrated by…...
As soon as I finished reading Chris Evans’ novel Of Bone and Thunder, I immediately went to Roger Ebert’s website and reread his review of Platoon... The post Book Review...
It may not be fair to say that the sci fi, fantasy and horror genres aren’t taken seriously, no matter what the medium. Well, actually it is fair to say…...
I wanted to put on a wool sweater, brew a pot of black tea, and tuck my feet up next to a cozy fire. And then start looking over my shoulder!
Beth Bernobich's The Time Roads is Steampunk Lite with a twist of Time Travel. That might sound less enjoyable than the actual reading experience, which is mostly a mild disappointment; flat but still somewhat entertaining. The prose is crisp and the vocabulary appropriately antique; the worldbuilding is thoughtful, but not spectacular. It's plausible that more research went into Irish names than almost everything else here, except possibly prime numbers.