Title: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union Author: Michael Chabon Published: 2007 Here’s a rare book that I’ve enjoyed (so far) but probably won’t finish. Today, my…
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Title: The Yiddish Policemen’s Union Author: Michael Chabon Published: 2007 Here’s a rare book that I’ve enjoyed (so far) but probably won’t finish. Today, my…
I recently failed to complete two works with similar names: Babylon Babies, a book by some French dude, and Babylon 5, a TV series from the 1990s.
It should be noted: These are not book reviews. I think of them more as reading notes.
One of my photos is being used in a book called I See… Xmas; I’m not actually sure which photo but I think it’s this…
It should be noted: These are not book reviews. I think of them more as reading notes. This is my journal, and I’d like to record some thoughts on each book I read. That’s all.
Title: The Speed of Dark Author: Elizabeth Moon Published: 2002 So here’s a book that I enjoyed despite some glaring deficiencies. It’s the tale of…
Title: Glasshouse Author: Charles Stross Published: 2006 There’s usually a point in most novels where I feel the hook, where I no longer feel the…
Just learned of the untimely passing of New Orleans’ own Robert Asprin, creator of Thieves’ World and Another Fine Myth and many other science fiction…
No school today, so quiet — and then the machinery.
Title: Infinite Jest
Author: David Foster Wallace
Published: 1996
David Foster Wallace, you’ve gotten the better of me.
I started reading Infinite Jest shortly before my daughter was born. I’ve continued to plug away at it for three months.
Title: Just a Couple of Days
Author: Tony Vigorito
Published: 2001
[Spoiler warning: This review reveals basic elements of the story.]
Title: James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon Author: Julie Phillips Published: 2006 If you go to the American Museum of Natural…
Title: Her Smoke Rose Up Forever Author: James Tiptree, Jr. Published: 1969-1981 He wails voicelessly as conviction invades him, he who had believed in nothing…
Title: Spin Author: Robert Charles Wilson Published: 2005 Imagine you’re a kid looking up at the night sky and all of a sudden the stars…
Title: From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankwiler Author: E. L. Konigsburg Published: 1967 This book was published the year I was born.…
Every month, the Octavia Science Fiction Club meets at Octavia Books. Our reading selections are chosen by our members on a rotating basis, organized around…
“The media… is where democracies conduct their civil wars.” — David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, 2004
Just got a package of books from my friends in Montana, J & Day. It arrived here at the University ten days ago, but for…
For the last century, almost all top political appointments [on the planet Earth] had been made by random computer selection from the pool of individuals…
Both elevators are out of commission for the last few days, so I’ve been using the emergency stairwell to get to and from my office…