Category Archives: Books
R.I.P. Dave Arneson
It is with sadness that this blog notes the passing of Dave Arneson – a co-creator of Dungeons and Dragons, Dave was overshadowed by Gary Gygax, nonetheless his contribution to D&D, and indeed to Roleplaying everywhere, was second to none.
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Somewhere, On an Unimaginably Long Riverbank, A Grail-Stone Crackles to Life.
R.I.P. Phillip Jose Farmer My sympathy to his family and fans of his work – while I’d read and enjoyed his Riverworld series, which he was best known for, as a fan of the pulp era of literature I always … Continue reading
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My New Favorite Literary Genre (My Take on Ms. Austen’s New Adventures)
Have you ever been reading a piece of period literature and thought to yourself, “You know, this examination of 19th-century social mores and relationships is interesting, but it just doesn’t have enough flesh-devouring undead.” Well, here’s the book for you: … Continue reading
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Free Science Fiction!
Just a shout-out for a site called Diamonds in the Rough – it’s an online anthology of Sci-fi with an astronomy bent put together by author Mike Brotherton, aided by the National Science Foundation.
One Wonders What Jane Austen Has Done to Deserve This
So, on the heels of the news that Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice will be rewritten to include Zombies comes word of two more projects – one, a novel by Michael Thomas Ford envisions Jane as a frustrated vampire, while … Continue reading
Book Preview
Science-fiction writer James Morrow is coming out with a new book! This one, called Shambling Toward Hiroshima looks to be interesting for many reasons, especially to members, both of the ‘geek and our fellow board,’Blevkog’. Not only is Morrow a … Continue reading
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Legendary…
Richard Matheson’s I Am Legend is my favorite sci-fi horror novel. Although written in 1954, it remains today an effective, atmospheric and powerful novel of a man’s struggle to keep his sanity when he finds himself the last man on … Continue reading
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