Category Archives: Books

Legacy of the Force Reviewed…Finally

I started out thinking I would just do a review for every book in this series. The problem was that as I went along, that prospect seemed to make less and less sense. This series really is just one long … Continue reading

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Review: “Gunpowder” by Joe Hill

Ok, so here we go. As mentioned by Kilian in one of his June 15th posts, we all have our little penchants for various authors and types of work. I too am a fan of the works of Powers and … Continue reading

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On Detective Stories, or A Review of The Manual of Detection

There are several writers that I mention more than is probably healthy. James P Blaylock and Tim Powers, as mentors of mine, get a lot of publicity (if you can call it that…you can’t) around the ol’ NR. Neil Gaiman, … Continue reading

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Everyone Deserves Love…Even Zombies

So, let’s say I were pitching a book idea to you and I said something like…oh, I don’t know…like so there’s this zombie, see, and he lives in his parent’s wine cellar, but it’s cool cause zombies just exist in … Continue reading

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Sometimes You Take Your Medicine and Enjoy It, or A Review of “City of Thieves”

So the bookmines have embarked on a new project wherein all of the “miners” are supposed to hand sell specific titles to customers. Every store has a weekly quota for each title, etc… My general attitude can be concisely summed … Continue reading

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