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Book Review: The Martian, by Andy Weir
The story of how The Martian came to prominence is almost as interesting as the novel itself. Almost. It’d be tempting to call it a great American success story, except this would imply that author Andy Weir wasn’t successful until … Continue reading
Tech Review: Google Play
This tech review is going to be just a little bit different from prior ones (and not just because it’s actually current; I think at least half of the old ones are for software that has since stopped existing). Most … Continue reading
Posted in Tech Reviews
Tagged 1 Star, books, Google, Google Play, movies, music, reviews, software
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Farewell, Terry Pratchett
Terry Pratchett, author the Discworld series and various assorted other novels, has passed away at the age of 66 from a chest infection. One of the most successful and prolific contemporary British authors, Pratchett wrote over 50 novels in his … Continue reading
Book Review: The Dead Man’s Brother, by Roger Zelazny
There are certain pleasures that any regular novel reader is familiar with. The discovery of a new author is one of them. Re-reading an old favorite is another. And, of course, there is the pleasure of a new book from … Continue reading
Unfilmable?: Huckleberry Finn
Many of Hollywood’s films begin life as books. Some Hollywood executive, actor, or screenwriter reads a book they enjoy, they go and acquire the rights, and they produce a screenplay based on it, which eventually gets turned into a film. … Continue reading
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Tagged Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, books, Mark Twain, movies, Unfilmable
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Book Review: Psion Beta
It can be a distinct pleasure for a reader to discover an author that is new to you. There’s an element of risk involved that actually serves to increase the anticipation. Will the book be good, will it be terrible? … Continue reading
Book Series Review: The Codex Alera
A few months ago, I started reading Jim Butcher’s Codex Alera; I reviewed the first novel, Furies of Calderon, back in early May, and refrained from reviewing the others as I read them. I finished the sixth and final novel, … Continue reading
Top 10 Unfilmed Fantasy Series
Fantasy used to be a genre that seemed to be either ignored or even maligned by Hollywood. Movies in the genre were comparatively rare, partly because of the difficulty with their heavy reliance on special effects, and partly because the … Continue reading
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Tagged Belgariad, books, Chronicles of Amber, David Eddings, Discworld, Dragonlance, Dresden Files, Dungeons and Dragons, Elric of Melniboné, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser, Fritz Leiber, Jim Butcher, Landover, Margaret Weis, Memory Sorrow and Thorn, Michael Moorcock, movies, Robert Jordan, Roger Zelazny, Shannara, Tad Williams, Terry Brooks, Terry Pratchett, Wheel of Time
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Some Thoughts on the Hugo Debacle
The Hugo Awards are, arguably, the pre-eminent awards in Science Fiction and Fantasy literature. There are others, such as the Nebula and the Locus, and those are certainly nothing to be sneezed at… but the Hugos are the oldest (as … Continue reading →