I generally don’t go out of my way to read horror novels. I’ve read quite a number of Stephen King books, but that was more a result of branching out from his Gunslinger novels. I will, however, go out of my way to read anything written by H. P. Lovecraft because of his [...]

Over the past month I’ve read two books that cover the state of the Americas at pre-contact with Europe and the period immediately following. Both of these books deal with the devastating effects of the diseases brought to the Americas by European explorers and settlers.
By describing the level of civilization of the various American [...]

I just started reading Island of the Sequined Love Nun by Christopher Moore and thought I’d share this quote from the first chapter:
Success in America doesn’t require any special talent or any kind of extra effort. You just have to be consistent and not fuck up. That’s how most people fail. They [...]

I just read this post describing a new science fiction e-zine by Baen Publishing called “Jim Baen’s Universe”. The e-zine will attempt to resurrect the short story form in science fiction using some of its most popular writers, such as David Weber.
Although the bulk of the stories in each issue will be from established [...]