So, first of all, I highly recommend The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume One, an anthology of short stories voted on by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America and edited by Robert Silverberg. The book was originally published in the 1970s, but new hardcover and paperback…
You know why I’d make an awful evil villain? Because, when I get really angry, I start to cry and shake. What an awful climactic confrontation scene that would be: imagine, Harry Potter flings off his Invisibility Cloak – Indiana Jones swings down from above and lands between me and…
I don’t care if this book came out twenty years ago. I’m reviewing it now. So there.
Happy New Year, everyone! No matter what your religion, ethnicity, or creed, I think we can all agree that, according to the Gregorian calendar used by the majority of the world, the arbitrary time at which one year segues into another is rapidly approaching. So enjoy it! Because this is…
Don’t Jeff Lindsay’s “Dexter” titles remind you of those adult-movie-style titles like “Debbie Does Dallas”? No? Anyhow, I finally got my hands on a copy of the third book in the Dexter series, Dexter in the Dark. I read it all in one afternoon; coincidentally, I had my very first…
Because I just can’t let it die. (Yes, it’s Harry Potter again. Shut up.) But first – apparently I have a separated-at-birth Internet twin from Urbana, IL. Dude! Okay, so Slytherin.
I wanted to read Richard Dawkins’s The God Delusion since it came out and am probably the last person EVER to finally read it, but, in my defense, I put myself on the Ottawa Library’s hold list around Christmas and didn’t get my hands on a copy until the end…
But first… happy twentieth birthday to Debra, my little – uh, younger sister! She is in Copenhagen on exchange right now, but I think everybody who reads this and knows her should send her a “happy birthday” email right away. And make sure to do as our parents did and…
Unsurprisingly, there are a few spoilers behind the cut. If you don’t want to know Snape’s motivation or fate, then, Gentle Reader, beware. I’m typing this in the middle of designing this website: I have undoubtedly meddled with a thousand little bits of code that probably were better off without…