Aaron Allston passed away yesterday at age 53. Most of you will probably be familiar with his work on Star Wars related books. I remember him most fondly from his early Champions work. He was the editor at Hero Games who gave me my first paying work as a writer, and created the Strike Force… Continue reading Open Thread: RIP Aaron Allston
Month: February 2014
Comic Book Tribute: 2000 AD
Yesterday was the 37th anniversary of 2000 AD, a weekly British science fiction comic paper. Back in the 1970s, the British comics market was doing quite well. There were many weekly papers, divided into children’s, boys’ and girls’ categories. Some then divided down into genres, such as comedy, war or sports. A science fiction movie… Continue reading Comic Book Tribute: 2000 AD
Book Review: The Case of the Tiffany Killer
Book Review: The Case of the Tiffany Killer by A. R. Rampa Disclosure: I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Peggy Hart is the best-dressed and most curious teenage girl in Pinewood, a lovely small town that’s probably in Ohio. She’s put her curiosity to good… Continue reading Book Review: The Case of the Tiffany Killer
Open Thread: My Doctor Visit
Many years ago, while in England, I got to see an exhibit with a special guest star. You can really tell I’m a tourist, can’t you? Tell me your favorite celebrity (or facsimile thereof) story! Related posts: Movie Review: Doctor Strange (2007) Magazine Review: Doctor Death February 1935 Book Review: Doctor Dead: A Percy… Continue reading Open Thread: My Doctor Visit
Book Review: In the Wet
Book Review: In the Wet by Nevil Shute This is rather an odd book by the author of On the Beach and A Town Like Alice. It starts as the story of Roger Hargreaves, an aging Anglican priest in Northern Australia in the 1950s. In the course of his parish duties, Father Hargreaves meets a colorful local… Continue reading Book Review: In the Wet
Book Review: City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Book Review: City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago by Gary Krist Full disclosure: I was sent this volume as a Firstreads giveaway on the premise that I would write a review of it. Also, my copy was an uncorrected proof, and small changes may have been made… Continue reading Book Review: City of Scoundrels: The 12 Days of Disaster That Gave Birth to Modern Chicago
Book Review: Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America’s First Imperial Adventure
Book Review: Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America’s First Imperial Adventure by Julia Flynn Siler Disclaimer: I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway in the expectation that I would write a review of it. This is not the happy story of how altruistic Americans freed the Hawaiian people from tyranny.… Continue reading Book Review: Lost Kingdom: Hawaii’s Last Queen, the Sugar Kings and America’s First Imperial Adventure
Book Review: The Jinson Twins, Science Detectives, and the Mystery of Echo Lake
Book Review: The Jinson Twins, Science Detectives, and the Mystery of Echo Lake by Steven L. Zeichner Disclosure: I received this book in a Goodreads giveaway in the understanding that I would write a review of it. Debbie and Joe Jinson, twins, decide to make some summer money by doing odd jobs. They are… Continue reading Book Review: The Jinson Twins, Science Detectives, and the Mystery of Echo Lake
Book Review: After the Vikings
Book Review: After the Vikings by G. David Nordley This collection of “tales of future Mars” was first published as an adjunct to a conference on possible first contact and the planet Mars.; the stories had individually appeared in Analog and Asimov’s magazines. When the author realized he’d written them from furthest in time to closest, he decided… Continue reading Book Review: After the Vikings
Book Review: Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion
Book Review: Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion by Tansy E Hoskins Disclaimer: I received this book through a Goodreads giveaway on the premise that I would review it. Fashion…isn’t something I notice a lot. I buy clothes when I have to, and try to wear matching socks, but I don’t know a lot… Continue reading Book Review: Stitched Up: The Anti-Capitalist Book of Fashion