Let’s continue reviewing the Garrett Files series, shall we? Old Tin Sorrows. If you’ve jumped into the Garrett novels after Old Tin Sorrows, you might be wondering about the painting hanging on the wall in Garrett’s office. OTS provides the story behind it.
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More Too Late Book Reviews. Resurrected Post.
March 27, 2016 More Too Late Book Reviews I admit that I get around to reading certain influential, well-regarded, even seminal books rather late. Given finite time, the truth is many of them I’ll give a miss entirely. Better late than never, goes the axiom, a truism that’s probably circumstantial in application. In the circumstance… Continue reading More Too Late Book Reviews. Resurrected Post.
Styles. Resurrected Post.
January 31, 2016 Styles I’ve nearly completed re-reading “The Worm Ouroboros,” E.R. Eddison’s underappreciated masterpiece. It is a mine worth delving into again, its depths not fully plumbed, its treasures still unmeasured. If I haven’t made myself clear, I love it. The villains are Shakespearean, complex and fascinating. The heros are Homeric, grandly larger than… Continue reading Styles. Resurrected Post.
The Great Garrett Reread Begins.
Rereading LOTR engenders a warm, comforting contentment. Rereading Garrett offers a sense of rightness, of completion. One is coming home, the other is going to the pub. Each appeals. The Garrett books were…influential. I won’t say foundational, since I didn’t start reading them until college. But once I started I didn’t look back, picking up… Continue reading The Great Garrett Reread Begins.
Home. Resurrected Post.
January 17, 2016 Home Hobbits are the quintessential homebodies. So it is no wonder that Professor Tolkien’s literary masterpiece includes one of the few examples in speculative fiction of a lovingly detailed home. Bag End is so finely realized that most of us would love to live there. That makes it a rarity. Homes in speculative… Continue reading Home. Resurrected Post.
Holiday Reading Resurrected Post.
December 27, 2015 Holiday Reading Christmas is behind you. The detritus of wrapping paper, bows, packing material, and boxes has been disposed of. The refrigerator is stuffed with leftovers. You hope to make enough room for party platters and bottles of champagne within a few days. The presents of clothing are washed, folded, and put… Continue reading Holiday Reading Resurrected Post.
Connubial Characters. Resurrected Post.
December 13, 2015 Connubial Characters I’ve been thinking about weddings and marriage recently. And, since I’m me, about fiction. Specifically speculative fiction, i.e., fantasy and science fiction. Now dramatic narrative, even in speculative fiction, often leads to a wedding between characters. But it seems that characters — main characters, at least — seldom begin a… Continue reading Connubial Characters. Resurrected Post.
“Heroic Fantasy” Earns Its Title.
I finally got my hands on a copy of the anthology Heroic Fantasy. That’s a good cover, isn’t it? There’s a story in that illustration that I’d like to read someday. The introduction was…adequate. After reading so many Sword-and-Sorcery anthologies I’ve discovered the intros tend to cover the same ground. This one adds little or… Continue reading “Heroic Fantasy” Earns Its Title.
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.