Octavia Butler’s Parables for a Troubled Time
Recently I revisited books by the late, great Octavia Butler, Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, which are rather apposite reading material for our troubled times
Category: Books
It’s Not Just You
Occasionally people say to me that my columns cost them money. Well… they cost me money too.
What I bought, read, or otherwise consumed – August 2020
Hey-yo! It’s time to get your reading glasses on and dive right in!
Successfully scratched itches, part 3: Star Hawks
This used to be one of the most tantalizing itches that I wasn’t able to scratch for the longest time. I knew about the Star Hawks newspaper strip for decades, but only managed to read it once I got a hold of the gigantic complete collection book.
The vanishing bookshelf
Like so many of us, my shelf of “to be read” books has always been long. While I set some limits on myself — there’s no point to spending money …