- Mar 15, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: Fool's Errand, by Robin Hobb
Reading some authors (Jim Butcher, for example) is like downing a shot: the experience is fast and fiery, with no time to catch your...
- Feb 5, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: The Emperor's Edge, by Lindsay Buroker
Lindsay Buroker is a prolific indie author and co-host of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Marketing Podcast. Since I’ve been listening to...
- Jan 15, 2019
- 2 min
Book Review: The Alienist, by Caleb Carr
At first glance, Caleb Carr’s The Alienist looks a lot like a New York version of Sherlock Holmes. The main action takes place in the...
- Dec 12, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Tigana, by Guy Gavriel Kay
Guy Gavriel Kay’s Tigana is the best-written fantasy I’ve read in a while. It wasn’t just the prose that got me (although Kay’s phrasing...
- Nov 23, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Writing the Blockbuster Novel, by Albert Zuckerman
Like most books about writing, Albert Zuckerman’s Writing the Blockbuster Novel doesn’t say much you haven’t read elsewhere. But some of...
- Nov 2, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Spinning Silver, by Naomi Novik
It’s hard to do better than Naomi Novik when you want a good historical fantasy. Spinning Silver, her latest offering, is a riff on...
- Oct 16, 2018
- 6 min
Basketball: Fixing the NBA Draft - Sorting the Lottery by Wins Achieved above Expectation
From 2013 to 2016, the Philadelphia 76ers went 47 and 199. 47 and 199. On purpose. And yet Sam Hinkie, the team’s former general manager...
- Oct 9, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Station Eleven, by Emily St. John Mandel
“Because survival is insufficient.” This is the worthy theme that runs through Emily St. John Mandel’s eclectic Station Eleven, a...
- Sep 11, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Bright We Burn, by Kiersten White
“Without Radu to gently push her in new directions, she was turning into the most brutal version possible of herself.” The quote above is...
- Sep 10, 2018
- 1 min
New Release: Knee-Deep in Grit
Like Game of Thrones? Then you should check out Knee-Deep in Grit, a compilation of Grimdark Magazine's first two years of fiction....
- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Assassin's Quest, by Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb’s Assassin’s Quest marks the end of what has become one of my favorite fantasy trilogies. The story picks up where the second...
- Jul 10, 2018
- 2 min
Book Review: Royal Assassin, by Robin Hobb
I still can’t put my finger on why I like Robin Hobb’s Farseer Trilogy so much. Sure, the magic system is fun. In Royal Assassin, the...
