Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Books. Show all posts
Thursday, February 5, 2026

A couple of books I am looking forward to reading: The Tower and the Ruin; To Leave a Warrior Behind

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I don't know about you but my TBR pile is the size of a telephone pole. I have a towering pile of books I want to read, or re-read, and ...
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Tuesday, February 3, 2026

Tom Barber post up on the blog of DMR Books

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Tom with a couple of covers... he signed these for me. Head on over to the blog of DMR Books for more of a formal introduction to Tom Barber...
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Saturday, January 31, 2026

Against the Demon World by Dave Ritzlin, a review

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( Note: I was given an advance reading copy of this book, which comes out next week.) It was a life of little but feeding, fighting, and for...
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Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Tom Barber memoir, LOTR 25th, and more

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A self-portrait from Tom's wild days in the west... Tom Barber’s Artists, Outlaws & Old Timers My friend Tom Barber has a memoir on ...
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Saturday, January 10, 2026

Jack by Andrew Sinclair, a review

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Andrew Sinclair’s Jack (1977) is my first foray into the biography of a writer I consistently place in my top 10 favorites. I greatly enjoy...
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Friday, January 2, 2026

Happy 2026! Time to get after it.

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Happy New Year! I can get caught up in unproductive routines, doom loop cycles, and this time of year, overeating and overdrinking. I apprec...
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Monday, December 29, 2025

Against the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity by Paul Kingsnorth, and the need for lines

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My neighbors (most of them) outsource their lawn care. They used to fertilize and cut their own lawns, maintain flower beds and gardens. Now...
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Sunday, December 21, 2025

The Silver Key: 2025 in review

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T-800s like it here... but people too. Traffic to the blog EXPLODED in 2025. Unfortunately some of it appears to be robots, likely using my ...
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Thursday, December 4, 2025

The Merman’s Children by Poul Anderson: A review

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Anderson must have been pissed at the spelling of "Faery" Did magic exist, once upon a time? Did the creatures of Faerie roam the ...
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Thursday, November 13, 2025

I am too busy to blog right now but here's three things to know...

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I’m a busy dude. I imagine most men and women with adult commitments are too, so no excuses. But this past 10 days has seen me fly to Texas ...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Stephen King's Cujo, a review

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I believe that, whenever he pens his last novel and his complete literary corpus can be properly appraised, Stephen King will go down as mor...
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Tuesday, October 28, 2025

The Call of Halloween

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Carved Sunday, ready to light up the night... Halloween always has been and still remains my favorite holiday. Christmas gives it a hell of ...
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Wednesday, October 22, 2025

We need tastemakers

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When I first started getting into sword-and-sorcery fiction, the internet was a fledgling, creaky, place. Charming, but impractical. Think b...
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Friday, October 10, 2025

The 70s were weird, man: Darrell Schweitzer’s We Are All Legends

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Sometimes the 1970s seem not so far away. Photos from my childhood confirm I was there; my old albums and books are a tangible affirmation. ...
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Thursday, October 2, 2025

A Fine Line Between Stupid and Clever: The Story of Spinal Tap

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Tap crossed that line... which way? There is a picture of me going to see KISS on their hotly anticipated, sold out 1996 reunion tour. In it...