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ZEROVILLE – Steve Erickson
THROWBACK THURSDAY: REVIEWING A REISSUE I am typically not a fan of books that experiment with form. I usually find it to be self-indulgent it and often refer to it as literary masturbation – pleasing the author but no one else. Zeroville, by Steve Erickson is one of the rare exceptions. Zeroville is a bizarre Continue reading
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HIDDEN UNIVERSE: STAR TREK: A TRAVEL GUIDE TO VULCAN – Dayton Ward
When you start to think that they really couldn’t come up with a new way to keep producing Star Trek merchandise, this fictional non-fiction travel guide pops up. And for the Trek fan who likes to own the slightly off-beat piece of memorabilia, this works. And I really loved this book. This isn’t going to Continue reading
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RULES OF ACCUSATION – Paula M. Block and Terry J. Erdmann
There are a few genres for which the ebook novella seems perfectly suited, and Star Trek stories is one such genre. Though a fan of the Star Trek universe, I was not really a fan of the Deep Space Nine series in particular, and primarily because of the Ferengi characters. This book deals almost solely Continue reading
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WINTER PASSAGES – Robert Brustein
If there is anyone writing today more eloquently and regularly on theatre and theatre artists than Robert Brustein, I would very much like to know who that is. For those of us who work in the theatre, we can often be consumed by the day-to-day rigors of the work, but works, such as Brustein’s essays, Continue reading
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THOR: DUELING WITH GIANTS – Keith R.A. DeCandido
I think that this book is aimed at teen readers … but I’m not quite sure. There’s a fair amount of the book that follows youthful Thor, Loki, and Sif. But it’s also dense with prose story-telling. It’s a pretty simple plot: Thor is in a battle with some trolls trying to invade Asgard when his Continue reading
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BEHIND THE MIC – Robert Dustman
Why do we read memoirs? We read biographies and autobiographies to learn more about a person. But why do we read memoirs? The answer, I suspect, is different for everyone, but mostly I think it’s for insight. Either into a person; human nature; or a profession. Behind the Mic, by Robert Dustman, is an autobiography Continue reading
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ORPHAN BLACK – graphic novel
Where have I been that I knew NOTHING about this series? Not only is this a compelling graphic novel, it is apparently a BBC television show in its fourth season. In this book we have a young woman, Veera, with a scarred right side of her face, in Helsinki, Finland in 2001 on the run Continue reading
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TRIUMPH OF THE WALKING DEAD – editor, James Lowder
“The Walking Dead” is a surprising television hit. It is water-cooler discussion fodder, and, like so many pop culture hits of this era (it seems), it is based on a comic book series by Robert Kirkman. And what happens to ‘hits’? People analyze them and write about them. This book is a collection of essays Continue reading
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BEATLEBONE – Kevin Barry
It is the late 1970’s and John Lennon has left New York to seek refuge and solace in an island that he purchased off the coast of Ireland. But getting to the island is an adventure when he relies on the local shape-changing guide to get there. This is not a light, easy-to-read book. It Continue reading
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THE SCIENCE OF SHAKESPEARE – Dan Falk
It’s hard to believe anyone could possibly write anything new on Shakespeare. Considered by many to be the greatest writer who’s ever lived (in the English language, at least), Shakespeare’s works have been dissected by scholars and his life has been researched and studied by many who’ve spent a lifetime trying to learn more about Continue reading
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MIASMA – Greg Cox
TELEVISION WEEK I’ve been enjoying the spate of ebook novellas that I’ve been reading lately, and when you toss in the fact that this one is a tie-in to one of my favorite classic television shows, I was quite happy to read this. I’m familiar with the name of Greg Cox, the author of this Continue reading
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