Ginormous a-holes do not good heroes make: The Dice Man
(Another rewritten post from my own blog. Deals with fictional rape stuff that might be triggering). It is a depressing fact of life that some people cannot tell the difference …
Category: Books
What I bought, read, watched, or otherwise consumed – August 2021
I get a little angry at the end, but that shouldn’t stop you from reading all the way through!
Lin Carter and the Ballantines Changed My Life
Or at least changed my taste on books (this is another repost from my own blog, from 2013) Someone once described the late specfic author Lin Carter as fantasy methadone. …
Thoughts on a Geek Turning 49
At 49, I’m now officially older than most of my childhood heroes. That can’t help but be a little depressing. But am I handling it any better than they are?
‘The Jasmine Throne’: A Brilliant New Fantasy
The Jasmine Throne by Tasha Suri is exactly what I love in a fantasy novel: immersive worldbuilding, characters who feel real enough to walk off the page, and enough plot …
