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Monthly Archives: June 2015
Bookshelf: The Children of Húrin
I’ve just read Tolkien’s recently-published story The Children of Húrin. I don’t have a lot to say about it: in tone and voice, it’s somewhere between The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings, so if you liked The Silmarillion you … Continue reading
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Tagged Elric, J.R.R. Tolkien, Michael Moorcock, The Children of Húrin, The Lord of the Rings, The Silmarillion
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Bookshelf: Rescue from Planet Pleasure
Felix Gomez is ex-military, a hard-nosed PI who operates on the borderlands between the natural and supernatural worlds, among Anglo and Mexican and Native American traditions, and sometimes between different planets. And he’s a vampire. Felix’s friend Carmen is being … Continue reading
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Tagged Felix Gomez, Mario Acevedo, Rescue from Planet Pleasure, Wordfire Press
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More or Less Connected Legend
“[O]nce upon a time (my crest has long since fallen) I had a mind to make a body of more or less connected legend, ranging from the large and cosmogonic, to the level of romantic fairy-story — the larger founded … Continue reading
Bookshelf: The Hollow City
Michael Shipman is crazy. That doesn’t mean he’s wrong. Michael suffers from schizophrenia, and he knows that when the meds aren’t working, he hallucinates. He may or may not see people without faces, people others can’t see, or whom others … Continue reading
We Gotta Have Stories
Stories orient us to the universe and to other people, and without them we’re adrift. I know not everyone likes the idea of a Western Canon, or a canon at all, but a set of texts we all know and … Continue reading
New Moon Report
Took the kids out last night. We drove out west of Delta, into a big valley flat as a skillet, and parked in a gravel lot beside the highway. In the two hours and more we were there, I think … Continue reading
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Bookshelf: Darkship Thieves
This is the first Sarah Hoyt I’ve read, though we’ve been in contact through social media for a while. But I met Sarah in person at the WordFire Press booth at Denver Comic Con this year, and bought a copy … Continue reading
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Tagged Baen, Darkship Thieves, Denver Comic Con, Heinlein, Sarah A. Hoyt, Wordfire Press
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The Adventure of Pillock’s Goose
I GMed a roleplaying game yesterday, for the first time in almost twenty years. I used to do this all the time — from sixth grade through my undergraduate education, with a two-year timeout for other things, my principal socialization … Continue reading
Bookshelf: Enter the Janitor
College student Dani Hashelheim doesn’t want to be a wizard, much less a supernaturally-skilled janitor, burdened with defending civilization against the incursion of blot-hounds and other Scum in the service of Corruption. Unfortunately for her, Dani is a Catalyst, possessing … Continue reading
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Tagged Enter the Janitor, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Josh Vogt, Wordfire Press
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