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A couple of short stories this time. One of them is an old favorite, first published in 1991: “A Walk in the Sun” by Geoffrey A. Landis. Luckily, Trish Mulligan is alive after a crash landing on the moon. Unluckily, … Continue reading →

For a long while the only Louis L’Amour books I’d read were not westerns: The Walking Drum (set in Europe in the Middle Ages), and The Last of the Breed (about a Native American pilot who is shot down by … Continue reading →

Those vampires are still waiting. And so is Asimov. How to Live Like a Monk: Medieval Wisdom for Modern Life is a beautiful little book. Daniele Cybulskie, part of the crew over at the medievalists.net website, blog, and podcast, wrote … Continue reading →

My goodness time flies. January is behind us. I haven’t read a whole lot in the last two weeks. I did read another five Asimov stories in the Future History Project, but the goal was ten, so now I’m a … Continue reading →

Turns out that Death Comes to the Archbishop was NOT completely free of murders. I mean, things were pretty rough out in the New Mexico Territory in the 1800s. The book was terrific, and there will be a lot to … Continue reading →

I remember how Baltimore, or The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden got on my reading list. I was watching a panel discussion with editor Anne Groell at Worldcon 2020 (via Zoom; Worldcon was … Continue reading →

Jehoshaphat, it’s 2022! I’m sure that’s exactly how Elijah Bailey would say that. On January 1, a big ole project started over on Booktube, with Shawn D. Standfast at the helm. He’s calling it The Future History project, and the … Continue reading →