Book Review: ALEXANDER HAMILTON by Ron Chernow
Those of you in the US, do you remember the “Got Milk?” advertising campaign in the early 1990s? One very popular commercial featured a history buff who gets a random call from a radio...
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Book Review: VITA BREVIS by Ruth Downie
Disclaimer: A publicist at Bloomsbury sent this book to me thinking I might enjoy it. She did not ask me to review it, and did not make receipt of the book conditional on any...
What Do You Do With an Evil Book?
In this “Links and Stuff” special, I want to give some thought to an interesting quandary faced by the German government this year. On January 1st, 2016, Adolf Hitler’s MEIN KAMPF became public domain...
Book Review: TRICKSTER by Jeff Somers
Lem is a Trickster, scamming his way through life, using his magical abilities to survive. But in Lem’s sub-culture, magic costs, and the payment is blood. Most of Lem’s ilk, mages, use other people’s...
Book Review: THE SINGER FROM MEMPHIS by Gary Corby
Herodotus, an aspiring author, turns up at Nicolaos and Diotima’s house to ask if Nico would escort him to the land of the Pharaohs. It seems he wants to write about the past, and is traveling...
Links and Stuff
This week, I play with mirrors, pick up birds, and get lost in translation. But first, it’s March already, my birthday month (search the blog to find out exactly when–I’m sure I mentioned it...
Book Review: DEVIL’S DEAL by Terri Lynn Coop
Juliana Martin is a top Dallas attorney working at her father’s law firm. Their very rich clientele pay handsomely for them to make legal problems go away, though Juliana manages to keep at least arm’s length...
Best Fiction Reads of 2015
On her blog today, Janet Reid has given us her top ten (plus one) reads of the year, and has invited us to do the same. I could have just commented on her site,...
Book Review: THE EX by Alafair Burke
Olivia Randall is a top New York defense attorney who is drawn to defend a man accused of a triple homicide. But this is no ordinary case. The accused, Jack Harris, is considered a hero,...
Analog vs. Digital: A Thought for the Ongoing Debate
Since storage space and conversion technology has made digital media and digital storage a viable commercial option, a debate has raged (at least among some) as to the relative merits of old analog forms...
