30 New Curses

30 New Curses

I’m a little behind the news, I guess, but it looks like they discovered 30 sarcophagi near Luxor—not the casino—back in October. They were untouched, perfectly preserved, and, just like a bunch of predictable B-Movie archeologists, they opened ‘em right up. So, I...
12 Quick Book Reviews

12 Quick Book Reviews

In the past couple of days, I’ve hiked several miles and been to the gym twice. In that time I’ve also listened to 12 books on this Blinkist thing. That is non-fiction books condensed to 15 -20 audiobooks. I’m really enjoying it. Even when I hit a bad book, it’s not...
Mad Science and Booze

Mad Science and Booze

I’ve never read any of Henry Kuttner’s work before. I didn’t even know about him until recently. His stuff is available as ebooks so he’s hardly one lost to history. But reading what other sci-fi legends have to say about him—I am Legend is...
The Man in the Arena

The Man in the Arena

In my experience, not only has the critic done little to enter the arena, the critic hasn’t even read the book. I’m sure you’ve seen this before, but for anyone that dares do anything in front of others, it’s worth rereading from time to time....
My favorite acronym

My favorite acronym

“And why not?” Hiro raised his voice to match the team’s leader. “Bulk’s got nipple missiles.”   Val slammed a fist into the table. “That’s not what we call them and you know it! Those are the Nimbus Intercept Plasma Pulse Laser Explosive Systems!”  ...

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