February 2021
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THE IMAGINARY CORPSE – Tyler Hayes

Where do ideas go when we’re done with them? If we believe in an idea enough, it becomes real. But if we abandon an idea that we once really loved, it falls into the Stillreal – a seedy segment of the Imagination. It is here we find Tippy the Triceratops. Tippy was once the imaginary Continue reading
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DEADLANDS: GHOSTWALKERS – Jonathan Maberry

The great quake of 1868 split California into scores of labyrinthine caverns, mostly flooded with ocean water. But the quake also revealed a new substance known as “ghost rock” which creative individuals have discovered can be useful for making some inventive weapons, among other things. Ghost rock provides the source for many steampunk-like inventions. Right Continue reading
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STRATEGIC PLANNING IN THE ARTS – Michael M. Kaiser

I’ve been working in the arts for four decades and I’ve seen a lot of changes in how arts organizations approach the business of presenting arts programming. Treating the arts as a business is probably the biggest change I’ve seen. This might seem like an obvious direction, but I’ve known very few artists who are wise with Continue reading
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GLOW – Tim Jordan

From the publisher’s description, as found on Goodreads: After the Nova-Insanity shattered Earth’s civilization, the Genes and Fullerenes Corporation promised to bring humanity back from the brink. Many years later, various factions have formed, challenging their savior and vying for a share of power and control. Glow follows the lives of three very different beings, all Continue reading
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ADMIRAL – Sean Danker

There was a time when I wouldn’t have even considered reading a military fiction book, even military science fiction. But the descriptions I had seen for Sean Danker’s Admiral looked really appealing to me so I thought I’d give it a read. I’m glad I did. A ship in deep space has for sleepers (individuals in a cryogenic stasis) Continue reading
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IMAGINARY NUMBERS – Seanan McGuire

If you’ve been reading my reviews for any length of time you should know that I’ve become a tremendous fan of Seanan McGuire’s work, I believe she consistently has the best most regular, best urban fantasy being published today. Her world-building is fantastic (and I mean that word in all its definitions) and well-defined. Her Continue reading
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CAPTAIN MOXLEY AND THE EMBERS OF THE EMPIRE – Dan Hanks

It is 1952 and World War II is over, but it’s still fresh in people’s minds. And when you’re an ace fighter pilot who worked privately for a secret branch of the U.S. government, you’re now out of work and looking for excitement. Samantha “Sam” Moxley is that fighter pilot – a dominant woman in Continue reading
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DRACULA, MOTHERF**KER! – graphic novel

It’s Los Angeles in the 1970’s (1974, to be precise) and Quincy Harker is a crime scene photographer. He is recognizing a killing pattern as the works of the infamous Dracula, but who would ever believe him? Well, Dracula’s minions might. Nearly 100 years earlier, Dracula’s brides, seeking to live out their own undead lives, Continue reading
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BARNUM – Robert Wilson

Is there an American entertainer who’s had more written about him (or her) than Phineas Taylor Barnum? It’s been 130 years since Barnum died and still we are fascinated by this celebrated huckster. P.T. Barnum was a man of action who took advantage of opportunities when they presented themselves and created opportunities when they didn’t. Continue reading
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OLD NORSE FOR MODERN TIMES – Ian Stuart Sharpe

I was interested in this book based on this description: Never be lost for words again…with this book of lost words. Have you ever wanted to wield the silver tongue of Loki, or to hammer home your point like a Thundergod? Old Norse is the language of legends and the stuff of sagas, the inspiration Continue reading
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MAYHEM IN MARGAUX – Jean-Pierre Alaux & Noël Balen

Summer in Bordeaux and a heat wave is destroying the grape crop so the vintners are already on edge when a car accident brings in the Winemaker Detective and his assistant Virgil, drawing some unwanted attention to some personal, dirty secrets behind some of the most prestigious wines in all of France. This is the Continue reading
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ONE GIANT LEAP – Charles Fishman

We recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the first Apollo moon landing. For those who missed it, there was plenty of buzz surrounding the event, with a release of high-definition video footage as feature-length documentary film, and plenty of books about the historic event. I followed much of it, read many of the books, and Continue reading

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