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Friday, September 30, 2016

Murder in the Gunroom by H. Beam Piper

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For the ballistically inclined From the late 1940s to the mid-1960s, H. Beam Piper was a prolific author of science fiction. Among his d...
Wednesday, September 28, 2016

Swords in the Mist by Fritz Leiber

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One bad novella spoils the bunch Swords in the Mist, originally published in 1968, is a collection of sword-and-sorcery fiction by sci...
Friday, September 23, 2016

Tomorrow by Eugene O’Neill

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Prose from the playwright Eugene O’Neill “Tomorrow” is the only published short story by Eugene O’Neill, one of America’s greatest ...
Wednesday, September 21, 2016

The Purple Cloud by M. P. Shiel

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He sees dead people Published in 1901, The Purple Cloud is a science fiction novel by M. P. Shiel, which is the pen name for Matthew P...
Thursday, September 15, 2016

The Visionary Mayan Queen: Yohl Ik’nal of Palenque by Leonide Martin

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Historically authentic, but gratuitously mystic There have been a lot of good novels written about ancient Greece and Rome, both in cla...
Wednesday, September 14, 2016

The Second-Story Man by Upton Sinclair

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Only enough time for the simplest of sob stories Upton Sinclair I am not a habitual reader of plays, but I do like to read the dram...
Monday, September 12, 2016

Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson’s Lost Pacific Empire by Peter Stark

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Lewis and Clark was a walk in the park by comparison The Astoria Expedition of 1810 to 1813 established the first permanent (non-Native...