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Category Archives: Books
Don't You Hate it When…
…you purchase a book you’ve already read? I bought Singularity Sky by Charles Stross with Christmas gift-card money. I brought it home and set it aside for when I was done with the other books I was reading. A few nights ago, I picked it up, started reading, and immediately said (out loud), “awww crap.” …
Book Reviews redux
19 book reviews on the 14th of January. 315 pages per book(taken from the Amazon.com statistics, which admittedly, contain blank pages and title pages, etc.) 5,984 pages in one day. I’m impressed, as always, by Ms. Harriet Klausner. Useless crap.
Young Adult Fiction
Sometimes I’m suprised after reading a book that it was classified as “Young Adult” literature. Retrospectively, I shouldn’t be because the subject matter usually deals with a young person overcoming obstacles or coming of age, etc. The Belgariad, Harry Potter, Eragon, etc., have all entertained me to the point where I would recommend them to …
Why You Shouldn't Recommend Books
I have given up taking book recommendations from the masses. I am a quick reader, but I won’t read things if I don’t like them, or if they don’t entertain me. I have developed opinions about novels over the course of my reading career and I don’t like to force a novel past my eyes. …
Harriet Klausner
You learn new things every day. Not necessarily useful things, but things. Possibly, these various items may pop up in a bar quiz someday. I can only hope. Today’s thing is Harriet Klausner. This was clued to me by one of SFSignal’s various tidbit posts. This post lists a comment train that has been continuing …
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!
J.K. Rowling has named book 7! I object, though. When I read this bbc article it said, “The announcement was made on the writer’s official website.” I immediately (we’re talking nanoseconds, here) went to the official website and found…nothing. Just her update from the 19th. Hmmmm… Maybe it got retracted? Maybe BBC jumped the gun? …
Harry Potter Update!
From the horse’s mouth!
Peter Jackson = LotR? Maybe…
Three times in 12 hours, I’ve been spammed by a Save The Lord of the Rings post relating that only Peter Jackson could possibly do a movie based on The Hobbit. Obviously this took a bit of time to ramp up, because, as you can see from this website it’s been a week since The …
Excellent Website
Cleaning out the “to be posted” file… I’ve spent the past week or so perusing the pages on this website. Most are strangely amusing. My favorite quote, found on the page of Astronomically Unlikely is: …if all-natural organic free-range babies are the perfect ingredient for tentacle lotion… Originally, I was punted over by way of …