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I was sick again at the end of last week. My son turns one this month, and to be honest I was a little surprised I hadn’t gotten…
Initial Thoughts on Saberhagen’s Brother Assassin
Yesterday I received a stack of books and booze from my wife for my birthday. I was a little ashamed, because I’ve already got such a large collection…
Revisiting the Gray Prince
As I slowly make my way through A. Merritt’s The Moon Pool, I am already contemplating other reads. Fred Saberhagen’s Brother Assassin, the sequel to the excellent Berserker, looms large on my…
Disney’s Slide and Princess Leia Revisionism
So yesterday the Star Wars Twitter account tweeted something kind of dumb: First off, let me just acknowledge that there is a larger context here, though it doesn’t…
Bring out your dead
I’ve been sick the past few days, so please excuse the lack of content. Not quite dead yet, but I am going to use this to make…
The Word-Hoard: Brogue
Brogue n. An Irish or Scottish way of speaking English. I feel like this is a word I should have known a long time ago, and maybe…
Dune on Change
Yesterday Twitter buddy Kes of RMWC Reviews commented on a Matt Walsh opinion about young people and moving: "There is no reason not to move" Friends, family, the…
Burroughs by the Numbers
I recently shared some thoughts on The Mucker, one of Edgar Rice Burrough’s not-SFF adventure stories. While it wasn’t among my favorites, so far as his work goes, it…
Cirsova on Kline and Getting the Girl
Yesterday Alex at Cirsova posted a little piece on O. A. Kline’s “Doc Morgan” series. Interesting observation about Kline’s handling of his protagonists’ love interests: Unlike Brackett’s bad-boy…
Treasured *Thicc* Tomes
I like me some lean SFF. But that doesn’t mean I can’t enjoy a good, thick sheaf of parchment – mmmm-mmm. I liked the first three-ish (it’s been…