There was an article in the Wall Street Journal a few weeks back about original novel of Bambi, by Felix Salten. The gist of the article was regarding how different the book was from the film, and in particular how the book had a strong theme of the experience of minority groups (Salten was an … Continue reading On Bad Analogies
Books
Adventure Stories for Young Readers or I Have Been Negligent
Alas, in the hurry and burry of moving I missed that another anthology was published with me in it! Please help rectify my mistake and immediately go purchase a copy of Adventure Stories for Young Readers Quoth the Blurb: These tales of family, discovery, and virtue bring the thrills back to reading. Derring-do, hope, and … Continue reading Adventure Stories for Young Readers or I Have Been Negligent
Friday Flotsam: Dean Koontz and more Agatha Christie
1. It has been an odd week for me. I've been strangely listless and unable to settle down to anything (I mean, more so than usual). I really don't know what to ascribe it to: depression, anxiety, medication side-effects, or just old-fashioned vice. Suppose the only way to find out is simply to keep working … Continue reading Friday Flotsam: Dean Koontz and more Agatha Christie
Friday (Saturday) Flotsam: Agatha Christie
1. Missed yesterday, obviously. I'm currently on a kind of personal mini-retreat at my sister's, which meant being on the road or otherwise occupied for the past few days. 2. On the way up I listened to the Miss Marple novel They Do it With Mirrors. It isn't one of Dame Agatha Christie's best (I … Continue reading Friday (Saturday) Flotsam: Agatha Christie
Amazin’ Amazon Holiday Book Sale
Over eighty kindle books are available for $0.99 or less over Thanksgiving weekend. Several are free, including such modern independent fiction classics as Monster Hunter International (Larry Correia's first book: badasses shoot monsters in the face for fun and profit) and The Unexpected Enlightenment of Rachel Griffin (cute girl with a perfect memory has adventures … Continue reading Amazin’ Amazon Holiday Book Sale
Fantastic Schools Vol. 2 is Live!
Fantastic Schools Volume 2 is now live! Well, mostly. We're still waiting on the paperback. So, think of it as 'live' in the sense of Frankenstein's Monster when he first awoke, but was too disoriented and confused to form any kind of conscious thought or intention. It'll be a few hours before he can stumble … Continue reading Fantastic Schools Vol. 2 is Live!
Thoughts on ‘The Andromeda Strain’
Just finished reading Michael Crichton's 1970 novel The Andromeda Strain (I don't know; felt in the mood for it for some reason). It's quite a page turner, and I heartily recommend it to anyone with a taste for hard sci-fi. The story has a US Military satellite bring an extraterrestrial microbe back to earth as … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘The Andromeda Strain’
Serpent's Den 