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ChristmaSFF: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Pt. 2
In Part 1, we had a short look at L. Frank Baum’s background and touched upon his role as America’s first big children’s book author. Baum also seems…
The Word-Hoard: Abstemious(ness)
Abstemious adj. 1. Sparing or moderate in eating and drinking; temperate in diet. 2. Characterized by abstinence. 3. Sparing. I was a honestly a bit surprised when…
ChristmaSFF: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus Pt. 1
A Baumy Christmas In preparation for this year’s ChristmaSFF read, I did a little bit of sifting around for information about L. Frank Baum, the author of The Life…
The Word-Hoard: Cavalcade
Cavalcade n. 1. A line of people, walking, on horses, or in vehicles, who are moving slowly as part of a ceremony. 2. A number of important people,…
An Introduction to the Epic Poul Anderson
The illustrious Poul Anderson is another one of those scifi/fantasy grandmasters who you’ve probably never heard of if you were born after 1980. Although he was writing until…
The Lost Virtue of Lean Prose
As much as I talk about older scifi and fantasy, I like some contemporary fiction. I’m a fan of the Witcher stories. I like Harry Potter (is that…
The Word-Hoard: Leonine
Leonine adj. Of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion. “Leonine,” from the Latin leo and leoninus, isn’t a difficult word, per say. It did catch my eye in…
ChristmaSFF: A Santa Story
When I was a kid, I loved the old Rankin and Bass holiday specials (I mean I gobbled up all their stuff, but). They produced a number of…
Classic Scifi: The Omega Man, Logan’s Run, Westworld
I’ve been catching up on some classic cinema, thanks to offerings by Amazon Prime Video. I haven’t been that impressed, honestly, but it’s all long-overdue required watching. Let…
The Pile
So I just bought another pile of books. And I’m in like month…two? Three…? …of working my way through Witch World. I like me some Andre Norton, but…