Vampirism Goes Viral

There are a few truths in this world. Nobody likes to pay taxes. Never get into a land war in Asia. And of course, vampires just will not die.
Guillermo Del Toro and Chuck Hogan have just released their entry into the genre, a novel titled The Strain. It’s about vampirism going viral, and the chaos [...]

Mixed Media

Because my daughter and wife are wonderful, I’ve had time to actually catch up on the new TV season, as well as read a few books, and see a few movies.
The rant about movies I’ll save for later, but the new books and TV shows deserve a couple of comments.
First, the books:
Supreme Courtship by Christopher [...]

Books of ‘07

One caveat: not all of these books came out in 2007; some were released in 2006, and I just got around to them. And this list is by no means a “best of” everything that was published this year — I haven’t read most of the critics’ picks, or even everything I’ve wanted to read [...]

What Are You Reading?

Crap, it’s October already. What’s on the shelf this month, and what have you just finished?
Just finished:

Making Money, another book in the excellent and hilarious Discworld series by Terry Pratchett
Not That You Asked, Steve Almond
No Dominion, Charlie Huston
Rant, Chuck Palahniuk. Although, really more abandoned than finished. Just didn’t hook me the way some of his [...]