Relic by Alan Dean Foster. (Far Future SF Novel, 2018). A veteran and best-selling author published in a wide range of genres, but most famed for his SF work, Alan Dean Foster sets this thoughtful yet exciting book quite far in the distant future. How far distant? Well, the spreading of humanity through space to colonize […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: Relic"Here’s the cover art (by Sandy DeLuca) for the hardcover children’s book that includes my most recently published story. My story, “The Seventh Morning,” is a talking cat story with the sort of gross-out humor ending that will appeal to many tween-age readers. It is but 1 of 23 stories and 4 poems in this […]
Read more "PUBLISHING NEWS: Story Published in Children’s Anthology"This week’s coffeehouse coincided with the official opening of Windber’s annual Miner’s Memorial Days, which honors local history and always climaxes on Father’s Day (which is this Sunday). I approached the evening in a very good mood. Having one of my short stories being published (in a hardcover anthology of SF/F for kids) and a […]
Read more "Windber Coffeehouse Nights: 13 June 2019"Cari Mora by Thomas Harris (Crime Thriller, May 2019). Thomas Harris is most famed for creating Hannibal Lector, but we shouldn’t forget he also came up with the female FBI agent Clarice Starling. In his latest crime novel, Harris introduces us to another strong woman battling extreme evil. Cari Mora is a native of Columbia, beautiful […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: Cari Mora"Delta-V by Daniel Suarez (Hard SF Novel, 2019). Delta-V is a fine example of high-tech and relentlessly ‘hard science’ near-future adventure. Suarez portrays a variety of environments on earth and in space with consistently sure-handed and detailed writing. He does not skimp on human interactions or get so lost in the plot that characterization is neglected. He opens […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: Delta-V"Firefly: Big Damn Hero by James Lovegrove & Nancy Holder (SF/TV Series Tie-In Novel, November 2018). A cult classic TV series that infused future space adventure with thematic elements comparable to Wild West adventure, Firefly spawned a feature film that has achieved similar status. But only now have we begun to see tie-in novels. Big Damn Hero is the first, […]
Read more "BOOK REVIEW: Firefly: Big Damn Hero"Chaucer’s People by Liza Picard (Historical/Literary Nonfiction, American Edition 2019). Liza Picard has written a series of books on various aspects of English history. For her latest, published in England in 2017, with its American edition now out, she uses Geoffrey Chaucer’s best known work as a springboard into an entertaining and informative account of what […]
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