End of an Era
I am laboriously tapping this out on my phone at my daughter’s robotics completion because I forgot my computer’s power cable at home, which is
March 8, 2026
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Travel to the Edge of the World with Dunsany. Travel Director, Lin Carter.
At the Edge of the World is another excellent collection of Lord Dunsany‘s short fiction, curated by that notable literary docent, Lin Carter. Dunsany’s prose
November 23, 2025
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The Web Log is Off Today
Taking a break. Not because I am tired, but because I have too much going on today to take the time to do more than
August 17, 2025
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Technical Difficulties
The Web Log is experiencing technical difficulties. Please check back next week for something more entertaining than this boring note.
January 26, 2025
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Red Moon and Black Mountain
Joy Chant’s Red Moon and Black Mountain is a book I wanted to like more than I actually did. I’ve a notion that timing is
January 5, 2025
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The Polychromatic Prose of A. Merritt’s The Metal Monster
So, what is The Metal Monster? Imagine a concoction of one part She, one part The Moon Pool (natch), one part Lovecraft’s cosmic horror, one
June 16, 2024
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Jack of Shadows. A Dark Gem of a Novel.
I have at last managed to fill in a lacuna in my Appendix N reading. Jack of Shadows is, in someways, Roger Zelazny condensed to
April 7, 2024
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Swords Against Tomorrow: A Wickedly Sharp Collection of Yesterday
I can’t say I get the title. The rather generic — but perfectly acceptable — introduction by Robert Hoskins does not clarify. But what is
March 10, 2024
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A Dying Earth Feast
(With humblest apologies to Jack Vance.) The Feast of Regrets — held annually, biannually, or at irregular intervals at Boumergarth, the four-towered castle of Ildefonse
November 23, 2023
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