Ray Bradbury is one of the great American storytellers of the 20th and early 21st century. I'm currently making my way through his "Zen in the art of writing," and let me tell you...it does not disappoint. This post is about Fahrenheit 451, a book that Ray Bradbury wrote with a certain message in mind;... Continue Reading →
William Gibson created the "archetypal cyberpunk work," even if he eventually grew to hate the term which now connotes an entire subgenre of sci-fi. It's a wonderful, fascinating book, Neuromancer, and I will attempt to persuade you to read it! “The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.” What... Continue Reading →
Sundays are for...defining comic book characters in a single ridiculous sentence! It seems only right to start off this incredible, mind-blowing series with the original five X-Men! But what kind of a monster would I be if I didn't start off with the most overused and well- known Canadian runt in the entire multiverse?! James Howlett, aka... Continue Reading →
Brandon Sanderson is one talented sunuvabiscuit. It's impossible for me to think of a title that has Sanderson's name on it, and is also bad. There's no higher accolade I could give an author. Sure, there's always something to get annoyed about, if you're looking for reasons to do so -- Sanderson's near-constant avoidance of actually... Continue Reading →
I haven't read many books about writers, but amongst the ones that I have...this one is my favorite. It tells the story of a simple young man who, having saved a member of the upper class' live, is introduced to a young, well-educated lady. He, of course, falls in love with her immediately and realizes... Continue Reading →
Sins of Empire is one hell of a ride. Never had I touched a Brian McCllelan book before this one, although his Powder Mage universe has received critical and fan acclaim alike--enough of both, anyway, even for someone like me, still too bloody busy reading classic works of fantasy (like the wonderful Black Company series. I'm not certain... Continue Reading →
There is something about the woods, some primordial fear that has been nagging away at all of us, at the entirety of humanity, long before we learned to create fires, long before we began making tools; a fear that's been with us since our very inception, as evident in that most precious of folklore -... Continue Reading →
The Grimoire Reliquary 