Journey to the Center

A while back I managed to pick up a grab bag of books from Subterranean Press. I had no idea what they were going to send, but I’ve liked the authors they’ve printed that I’d already read so I figured I’d probably like their selections. Worst case, I would only get my moneys worth out [...]

I’ve finished a lot of fluff books lately, nothing real groundbreaking. Here’s the catchup:

Phantoms by Dean Koontz is the story of 2 women trapped in a town by an unknown agent of death. They’re joined along the way by police, scientists and one scholar whose theories are confirmed. This is one of Koontz better [...]

I’d been looking forward to the next book in The Looking Glass Wars series, Seeing Redd, for quite a while, so when I saw a copy I jumped at the chance to read it. I’d started with the short series of the Hatter M comic (which I loved, partially for the artwork and partially for [...]

This is the first of a series of short book reviews. The goal is to get through 50 books this year, each with a review. It’s only appropriate that the first review of the year should be of a book by a first time novelist, Warren Ellis. Ellis is a prolific writer of comics, but [...]

After listening to an interview with the author on NPR, I added The Girl in the Tangerine Scarf by Mohja Kahf to my list of items on hold at the library. I was looking for soemthing to give me a bit of insight into the Islamic way of life since I don’t really have much [...]

I’d been avoiding War of the Flowers for about a year. The Forword to the story mentioned that some elements had been revised due to the events of September 11, 2001 to spare the reader sensibilities, but that others had been left as they were. There was an apology and a message stating that the [...]

I just recently finished up Pattern Recognition by William Gibson. I absolutely loved this book. It was so absorbing that I actually had a day where I was disoriented after reading for an hour. I could not figure out how to use my body parts properly and had to be careful on stairs as my [...]

The Handmaids Tale by Margaret Atwood is touted as a call to arms for feminists everywhere. Strangely enough, I didn’t find it to be that at all. The story struck me more as the story of a survivor and a cautionary tale against too much change too quickly. There are elements of feminist leanings, warnings [...]

I recently finished Good Omens by Pratchett and Gaiman. I was initially reluctant to start this book – the idea that it would be like The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy was too much for me. I didn’t really enjoy the series of Adams’ works – they were too bizarre and disconnected for me to [...]