I was rec'd this book by my blogging buddy, Nick. Here's his great review. John Crussel thinks his luck has been spent... after his daughter's medical bills and the normal expenses of life pile up, he's in the hole. It doesn't help that he's got a big 'keep-up-with-the-Jones' streak. Pushed to the edge, he contemplates... Continue Reading →
Starport by George R.R. Martin. Adaptation by Raya Golden
Martin wrote this as a TV pilot in the early 90s and Golden took the script and adapted it into a graphic novel. A scifi-comedy-mystery set in an alternative Chicago where aliens have built one of three Earth Starports. Yet, radical right-wing "Human Firsters" oppose the port and all things alien. An undercover cop finds... Continue Reading →
Snow Over Utopia by Rudolfo A. Serna
A series of dreadful and dark images fraught with the greed of rulers who have brainwashed their subjects into total compliance... until one special girl with rare blue eyes escapes. Yet, those eyes are taken from her and Eden has them in a jar hoping to get her sight back someday... As if a spark... Continue Reading →
Au revoir June, Bonjour July
Hi all! Hope everyone had a good June! I'm in the midst of summer break and the 4th of July always marks about the half-way point for teachers. So far we've done some remodeling on the house and I've been able to get some good reading done. I'll be on my annual hiatus for three... Continue Reading →
Null Set, A Cas Russell Novel by S. L. Huang
I read Zero Sum Game last year and enjoyed Cas Russell's character and her new crew's fight against the telepaths. But at the heart of it, Cas is the draw of this series. The vectors and statistics, the automatic mathematical deductions, and her mysterious past... She's a loner who now has a 'found-family' in Arthur,... Continue Reading →