July 26, 2015 Oregon Brewers Festival 2015 I am preempting this web log, once again, with beer commentary. Friday I pedalled to the 2015 Oregon Brewers Festival, the 28th installment of the venerable zymurgical institution. I purchased my tasting glass and tokens and got to it. Here, then, are my notes. Keep in mind I… Continue reading Oregon Brewers Festival 2015. Resurrected Post.
Month: May 2022
Books, Head-to-Head. Resurrected Post.
July 19, 2015 Books, Head-to-Head I have a couple of books on my mind. I just finished Live Free or Die by John Ringo. I’m about two-thirds of the way through Redshirts by John Scalzi. Two science fiction novels with a humorous bent. A side-by-side comparison isn’t entirely unwarranted, right? As noted, I haven’t quite… Continue reading Books, Head-to-Head. Resurrected Post.
Seattle. Resurrected Post.
July 12, 2015 Seattle I burned a vacation day Friday and took the family on a long weekend trip to Seattle. My father lives in the outer reaches of the greater Seattle area, so travel costs were limited to fuel. The drive to Hotel Dad began promisingly enough. But what has been in my… Continue reading Seattle. Resurrected Post.
If You Can’t Stand the Heat…Resurrected Post.
July 5, 2015 If You Can’t Stand the Heat… Can someone please turn up the AC? It is too hot for me to be this busy. My lovely and supportive wife, Isa, seems to have picked up whatever bug has been plaguing our daughter, V.V., for the last several weeks. I wonder, is a cold… Continue reading If You Can’t Stand the Heat…Resurrected Post.
Philip Jose Farmer, Appendix N. Resurrected Post.
June 28, 2015 Philip Jose Farmer, Appendix N Philip Jose Farmer (or P.J., as Appendix N has him) was a prolific author of pulp adventure. (By the way, I don’t need to keep spelling out what Appendix N is, do I? If you’re reading this web log you’re probably hip to the reference.) I’d call… Continue reading Philip Jose Farmer, Appendix N. Resurrected Post.
“Semi-Autos and Sorcery” Book Signing
Under Strange Suns Update. Resurrected Post.
June 21, 2015 Under Strange Suns Update And at last it can be revealed. Behold the Brad Fraunfelter awesomeness in full color. I’d buy that. Of course, first I have to finish writing it. Or, more precisely, I need to finish editing it. The book is written. But I’m giving it another polish. Tweaking, emphasizing,… Continue reading Under Strange Suns Update. Resurrected Post.
Soldiers and Science Fiction. Resurrected Post.
June 14, 2015 Soldiers and Science Fiction There is a tendency to think the military comprises dour, unimaginative people of the sort who’d have no use for science fiction, fantasy, or other such frivolous nonsense. A lot of films depict soldiers as robotic, linear thinkers, programmed to follow orders without deviation. I think most… Continue reading Soldiers and Science Fiction. Resurrected Post.
Lord Dunsany, Appendix N. Resurrected Post.
June 7, 2015 Lord Dunsany, Appendix N Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett – now there’s a moniker to drag along behind you like an anchor. It is probably for the best we know him simply as Lord Dunsany. Lord Dunsany belongs among the stylists immortalized in the Dungeons & Dragons recommended reading list, Appendix N.… Continue reading Lord Dunsany, Appendix N. Resurrected Post.