Category Archives: Literature
To Say Nothing of the Hitman
I admit to being a romantic, but I don’t have much experience with romance novels. Like most teenagers, I had a knack for finding the dirty bits in any likely looking books I could find on the shelf, and at … Continue reading
Watership Vortex
Some books just grab a hold of you and never let go. The subject matter could be almost anything, from a big fat fantasy to, say, building a cathedral. Or rabbits! On the short list of absolute classics, Watership Down … Continue reading
If You Leave, How Will I Strangle You?
I wasn’t always such a huge Ilona Andrews fan. In fact, the first three novels in Andrews’ ‘Kate Daniels’ series were on my radar only because I stocked them in my store. I knew that ‘Ilona Andrews’ was in fact … Continue reading
Murder and Intuition
No matter how you cast it – intellectualized, implied, luridly depicted – murder isn’t nice. CSI upped the ante on graphic visuals of murder victims, spawning a host of procedurals which routinely include shots of dangling intestines and partially digested … Continue reading
Changeless
I can’t remember exactly how it was I stumbled across the first in Gail Carriger’s Parasol Protectorate series. It was most likely a title dropped in passing by Veronica Belmont on the Sword and Laser podcast, coupled with the book … Continue reading
MIR Storytime #10: HP Lovecraft’s Herbert West: Re-Animator Part 5
Listen to previous parts! Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 1 Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 2 Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 3 Herbert West: ReAnimator Part 4 ON TO THE PART 5!>>
Infectious Enthusiasm
Sci-fi author Rudy Rucker has been busy, with four books that have come out in the last year or so. I’ve just finished reading his autobiography, Nested Scrolls, and it’s hilarious, insightful, and just about as science-fictional as his novels. … Continue reading
Don’t Know How She Does It
Several years ago I went to Disney World with friends who had a small child. The three of us adults were almost enough to keep the little one from exploding in all directions, but afterwards I needed a vacation from … Continue reading
Just Leave the Talking Skull Alone
Sometimes you should just leave a talking skull well enough alone. Actually, you should probably always leave a talking skull well enough alone, but that’s not exactly what I was getting at. I’m thinking of Bob from Jim Butcher’s Harry … Continue reading
Same Tools, Different Project
With killer robots, underground societies, international con artists (one a man, one a genetically engineered dog), and a very dangerous far future Moscow, what could possibly go wrong? In Michael Swanwick’s latest novel, Dancing with Bears, I wouldn’t say things … Continue reading