Someone who failed their 2023 Reading Challenge and looking forward to making up for that in 2025.
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"For more than sixteen hundred years, Nick Medea has followed and guarded the Gate that …
Solid Chicago urban fantasy. I'll be reading the rest of the series.
Solid Chicago urban fantasy. I'll be reading the rest of the series.
"For more than sixteen hundred years, Nick Medea has followed and guarded the Gate that …
Solid start to an interesting universe.
Martin Hench is 67 years old, single, and successful in a career stretching back to …
A very enjoyable read, even as it swerves from its cryptocurrency opening mystery into something else.
Will be reading the rest of the series.
A shorter Laundry tale, but a solid addition to the overall "mythos".
Thought I would miss Bob more than I have (he does show up in the shorter stories accompanying the title tale), but I also enjoy Stross exploring this fun world he's built patiently.
A shorter Laundry tale, but a solid addition to the overall "mythos".
Thought I would miss Bob more than I have (he does show up in the shorter stories accompanying the title tale), but I also enjoy Stross exploring this fun world he's built patiently.
Imagine being haunted by a ghost. In life, he was your best friend. Now he wants you dead.
Who …
Imagine being haunted by a ghost. In life, he was your best friend. Now he …
A beautifully haunting ghost story that goes some very dark and gory places.
The artbook featuring drawings, other illustrations, and interviews with the creators of Macross Plus. Accompanies the 4K Blu-ray release of …
The second issue of Sonia H. Greene's amateur journal for the United Amateur Press Association.
…A solid follow-up issue for "The Rainbow", including essays on amateur publishing, appreciating art and poetry, and introducing one of my favorite H.P. Lovecraft tales, "Celephaïs".
Having finished this, I'm only more eager to finally get around to tackling Greene's autobiography "Two Hearts that Beat as One".
A solid follow-up issue for "The Rainbow", including essays on amateur publishing, appreciating art and poetry, and introducing one of my favorite H.P. Lovecraft tales, "Celephaïs".
Having finished this, I'm only more eager to finally get around to tackling Greene's autobiography "Two Hearts that Beat as One".
The first issue of "The Rainbow", published by Sonia H. Greene. The issue includes several …
This was an interesting issue to read, an interesting time capsule of amateur publishing in 1921.
The bulk of the content was provided by publisher Sonia H. Greene, which is not a bad thing, as she is quite quotable and interesting to read, especially her thought on the proper role of amateur journalism and the need for high standards to lift amateur writers up (including her future husband H.P. Lovecraft) into creating meaningful works.
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by the American writer Robert W. Chambers, first published by …
The King in Yellow is a book of short stories by the American writer Robert …
Excellent presentation of Chambers' classic.
Hite really outdid himself with the annotations, which only add layers of enjoyment where it would be easy to skim over, especially the details of Paris during that era.
Excellent presentation of Chambers' classic.
Hite really outdid himself with the annotations, which only add layers of enjoyment where it would be easy to skim over, especially the details of Paris during that era.
The cult-classic by Stanislaw Lem that spawned the movie is now available for your Kindle! …
A longer and meandering science fiction classic. Full of big ideas, and a clear predecessor to modern masters Jeff VanderMeer and Ted Chiang.
NOT a great book if you're looking to get through a large number of books in a year, but a GREAT book if you want to sit with it and slowly enjoy it like a fine whisky.
A longer and meandering science fiction classic. Full of big ideas, and a clear predecessor to modern masters Jeff VanderMeer and Ted Chiang.
NOT a great book if you're looking to get through a large number of books in a year, but a GREAT book if you want to sit with it and slowly enjoy it like a fine whisky.
Interesting sequel to "Dune". It's much more political than war drama, picking up 12 years after its predecessor.
I enjoyed the contrast to the adventure and fighting in the last one (It certainly subverts expectations!), and I'm interested in seeing where this story heads next.
Interesting sequel to "Dune". It's much more political than war drama, picking up 12 years after its predecessor.
I enjoyed the contrast to the adventure and fighting in the last one (It certainly subverts expectations!), and I'm interested in seeing where this story heads next.
The stories in this collection were a bit hit-or-miss. Other than the names used within, (judging by this collection) Soviet science fiction seemed to have a lot in common with Western science fiction from similar eras. I wouldn't have been surprised to see any of these stories pop-up in a similar collection rescued from the local used bookstore.
Some of the tales failed to land with me, but I think that's more a function of eras than region of origin. Some of the tales seemed to be a bit slow and plodding, but not more so than Western stories of that era.
That said, the last tale about cryo-hibernation was worth the price of admittance alone. I won't spoil more than that.
The stories in this collection were a bit hit-or-miss. Other than the names used within, (judging by this collection) Soviet science fiction seemed to have a lot in common with Western science fiction from similar eras. I wouldn't have been surprised to see any of these stories pop-up in a similar collection rescued from the local used bookstore.
Some of the tales failed to land with me, but I think that's more a function of eras than region of origin. Some of the tales seemed to be a bit slow and plodding, but not more so than Western stories of that era.
That said, the last tale about cryo-hibernation was worth the price of admittance alone. I won't spoil more than that.
Set on the desert planet Arrakis, Dune is the story of the boy Paul Atreides, …
It's been two decades since I originally read "Dune" and this re-read (to get ahead of the movie) was a delight. Looking forward to continuing on with the rest of the Frank Herbert-authored sequels in the weeks and months ahead.
It's been two decades since I originally read "Dune" and this re-read (to get ahead of the movie) was a delight. Looking forward to continuing on with the rest of the Frank Herbert-authored sequels in the weeks and months ahead.