February 17, 2019 Top Ten Fantasy Films These things are subjective. They have to be. By what metric does one objectively quantify entertainment value? I believe I’ve said before I don’t really have favorites. I can and do enjoy things equally, without rankings. So what I’m listing herein is merely a current snapshot of what… Continue reading Top Ten Fantasy Films. Resurrected Post.
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The White Hills of Elfland. Resurrected Post.
February 10, 2019 The White Hills of Elfland Snow both physically alters landscapes and creates illusory geography. The familiar, quotidian view out your window becomes something altogether new and different after even a moderate snowfall. It’s not all wondrous fairyscapes: the roadside landscape, with its new allotment of crashed and disable cars is a reminder… Continue reading The White Hills of Elfland. Resurrected Post.
New Shelf Space. Resurrected Post.
February 3, 2019 New Shelf Space With any luck on eBay I’ll be opening up a stretch of space on one my bookshelves. Fingers crossed. It has taken me a number of years, but at last I collected a complete run of all eighteen Horseclans novels. Why? A legitimate question. Primarily because I am… Continue reading New Shelf Space. Resurrected Post.
Work in Progress Status Update. Resurrected Post.
January 27, 2019 Work in Progress Status Update It ought to be clear by this point that I will not have a book out in January. We can all agree on that, right? So, how do matters stand on the writing front? Let me tell you. At the pace I’m writing, the first draft… Continue reading Work in Progress Status Update. Resurrected Post.
Recent Reading. Resurrected Post.
January 20, 2019 Recent Reading “What have you been reading?” the imaginary voices in my head — those of the imagined readers of this web log — ask. Well, I’ll tell you, phantoms and figments. As usual I have several books going at any given time, books for different locations and portions of my day.… Continue reading Recent Reading. Resurrected Post.
Tolkien Birthday Celebration 2019. Resurrected Post.
January 13, 2019 Tolkien Birthday Celebration 2019 January rolled around again and with it came another opportunity to celebrate the birthday of J.R.R. Tolkien at the Kennedy School. The event added a new wrinkle this year with a room dedicated to Lord of the Rings tabletop games. I hadn’t realized there were so many of them. I’d be… Continue reading Tolkien Birthday Celebration 2019. Resurrected Post.
The Web Log Takes a Sick Day. So Enjoy Two Savage Journal Entries.
SAVAGE JOURNAL ENTRY 13. The barbarian conceives of law in an entirely different fashion than the civilized man, dear diary. For the barbarian the model is nature. Nature’s law is that the strong rule; what is acceptable is what can be enforced; the right to possession is delimited solely by what can be both taken… Continue reading The Web Log Takes a Sick Day. So Enjoy Two Savage Journal Entries.
To Cull or Not to Cull? (But Not Kull.) Plus, Savage Journal Entry 12.
I doubt it is possible to own too many books. Yet at times I peruse my shelves, see a volume, and ask myself if I have any solid reason for keeping it. Why do I hold onto this particular book? Why should I? Why not sell it?
Appendix N: Stanley Weinbaum’s Bizarre Bestiary. Resurrected Post.
January 6, 2019 Appendix N: Stanley Weinbaum’s Bizarre Bestiary Stanley G. Weinbaum tantalizes we later generations. What else could his fertile mind have produced had cancer not taken him at the age of 33? Weinbaum’s enshrinement in Appendix N is another head-scratcher for those who remain incredulous that Dungeons and Dragons’ influences include science… Continue reading Appendix N: Stanley Weinbaum’s Bizarre Bestiary. Resurrected Post.