• I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft by S.T. Joshi My rating: 5 of 5 stars S. T. Joshi has created what I find to be the [...]

  I Am Providence: The Life and Times of H.P. Lovecraft by S. T. Joshi – a review

  18 March 2021
• The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers My rating: 5 of 5 stars Even though, I had read this book thirty years ago, I was just amazed at how much of it I [...]

  The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers – a Review

  26 February 2021
• Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers My rating: 5 of 5 stars For many years, my favorite Powers book was The Drawing of the Dark. However, since [...]

  Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers – a review

  16 February 2021
• Well, it seems it’s been a while since my last entry here. I went dark for a few months there (no Internet access) due to COVID-19 [...]

  A Philosophical Interlude Provided by Author John D. MacDonald

  6 October 2020

• Have you ever noticed that book people almost always have something to talk about? That’s no universal oddity. It’s, to speak [...]

  Book People

  23 March 2014
• Hardcover: 256 pages Publisher: Pantheon; First Edition edition (January 28, 2014) Language: English ISBN-10: 0307908488 ISBN-13: 978-0307908483 [...]

  Silence Once Begun by Jesse Ball – a Review of Sorts

  17 March 2014
• Yes, I’ve been living real life and not writing here on my blog as much as I should. However, if I weren’t out riding my bike, [...]

  I Have Been Remiss

  7 March 2014
• Every writer’s nightmare. It’s been a while since I wrote anything here. I’m not sure why that is… summer doldrums, [...]

  The Blank Page

  19 August 2013

• As some of you may know from reading here, I’m a fan of the S.T.A.L.K.E.R. series of PC 1st person shooter games. When I first found out [...]

  Roadside Picnic by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky

  3 December 2012
• Well, I’ve been here and there. You know how it is. I’ve been looking for a job; actually, that is a full-time job in itself. [...]

  Where Have I Been Lately?

  19 June 2012