Regularly scheduled maundering will return next week. This week I’m busy re-uploading more posts that vanished in the mysterious disappearance of my website earlier this year. This will be a slow, ongoing process over the next several months, but I thought I’d put a shoulder into it today. Oh, yes, the obligatory self-promotion: If you… Continue reading Maintenance Day on the Web Log.
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Twenty Silver Jakarta’s per Gross Weight of Lembas. Resurrected Post.
April 12, 2015 Twenty Silver Jakatas per Gross Weight of Lembas Building a believable fantasy world is a challenge. There is no precise recipe, but there are ingredients. One of those ingredients is a sense of an economy, the suggestion that in the lands the characters live in, visit, or simply pass through there are… Continue reading Twenty Silver Jakarta’s per Gross Weight of Lembas. Resurrected Post.
Dune: The Spice Still Flows. Resurrected Post.
April 5, 2015 Dune: The Spice Still Flows Is there a work of science fiction that acts as the standard-bearer for the entire genre, the way “The Lord of the Rings” does for fantasy? I’m not sure. The field is crowded with worthy candidates. But I’d nominate Frank Herbert’s “Dune.” It is a sprawling, glorious… Continue reading Dune: The Spice Still Flows. Resurrected Post.
Bernard Cornwell, An Appreciation. Resurrected Post.
March 29, 2015 Bernard Cornwell, An Appreciation Bernard Cornwell is one of the foremost historical novelists working today. He is best known for his “Sharpe’s” novels (“Sharpe’s Company”, “Sharpe’s Tiger”, et. al.,) chronicling the military exploits of the fictional Richard Sharpe during (and prior to) the Napoleonic Wars. “Why then, Ken,” you may ask, “are… Continue reading Bernard Cornwell, An Appreciation. Resurrected Post.
Tardy Web Logger. Sorry. Resurrected Post.
March 23, 2015 Tardy Web Logger. Sorry. Regular posts will resume next week. Yesterday and today were largely consumed by travel and I was without internet access. The usual nonsense will be back soon. In the meantime, here’s a picture of a tree. View more on Ken Lizzi’s website » Like • 0 comments • flag
Kona Brewer’s Festival. Resurrected Post.
March 15, 2015 Kona Brewer’s Festival Aloha! I’m writing today’s post from the lanai of a rented condo in Kona Hawaii, overlooking palm trees, tennis court and ocean. The things I do for you people. Exhausting. Take yesterday for example, when I spent the afternoon tasting beer, oceanside, in the sun and sampling the offerings… Continue reading Kona Brewer’s Festival. Resurrected Post.
My Second Novel, “Under Strange Suns.” Resurrected Post.
March 8, 2015 My Second Novel, “Under Strange Suns” No suspense, no buildup. Here’s the deal: I placed my novel Under Strange Suns with Twilight Times Books.http://www.twilighttimesbooks.com/ There, that’s out of the way. Details, then. It is a science fiction story. Or rather, planetary romance written with a twenty-first century audience in mind. That means,… Continue reading My Second Novel, “Under Strange Suns.” Resurrected Post.
Lin Carter. Resurrected Post.
March 1, 2015 Lin Carter Here is another entry in my irregular series on Appendix N. Today I’m considering Lin Carter. Those of us who enjoy fantasy of a bygone era, pulp or otherwise, owe a debt to Lin Carter. Many consider his great contribution to the field to be his collating and editing of… Continue reading Lin Carter. Resurrected Post.
Battle for the Belt 2015. Resurrected Post.
February 22, 2015 Battle for the Belt 2015 I’m once again hijacking this website for beer blogging purposes. Beer was sampled, it must now be written about. That’s how it works. Yesterday I attended the annual McMenamins Battle for the Belt. Again. It’s like a duck migrating, it’s just what he does. Every year. McMenamins… Continue reading Battle for the Belt 2015. Resurrected Post.