The Iron Hunt by Marjorie M. Liu My review rating: 5 of 5 starsThe Iron Hunt is a beautifully written book with some interesting twists on established fantasy memes. To some extent, I felt that I’d come in to the…
Review: Sunshine by Robin McKinley
Wow. That was a good book. It was a little hard for me to get into at the beginning. This excerpt is from the first chapter, and if you don’t feel as–jangled?–as I did, perhaps it’s just me. But I…
Review: Hotter Than Hell
Hotter Than Hell, the latest “Hell” anthology is edited and has an introduction by Kim Harrison. I don’t know if the sexier trend is her choice, a response to market demands, or something else again. The anthology is thicker than…
R.I.P. Robert Asprin
I only encountered him personally once, on a panel the first time I attended a con (Dragon Con, 1988 or so?). I thought he was an arrogant jerk. I’ve heard from others that he could be quite nice, so maybe…
TotD: Robin Laws on Roleplaying Games
I hadn’t ever thought of it this way, but I think the man is on to something. “One of my pet theories about the popularity of roleplaying games goes like this. Roleplaying is fantasy shopping for guys. That is, men…
MomoCon?
Is anybody going to MomoCon here in Atlanta? I’d never heard of it before today. It’s free and may be in its second year (I’m not sure). It seems quite small, which could be nice. It’s local, which is a…
Romance and Roleplaying
Sam has talked about this subject in several of his podcasts, but I don’t think I’ve ever tried to address it. I may fail miserably, but I’ll try. Sam and I had one of our twice-weekly “date nights” tonight. That…
Movie Overdose
We’ve watched so many movies in the last few weeks that they’re all running together. We just finished The Transformers. Yesterday was Babylon 5: A Call to Arms (we’d seen that before, of course) and Catch Me If You Can.…
R.I.P. Madeleine L’Engle
I started this post on September 7, the day after the grand lady moved on to find out what’s next. I find myself certain that she wasn’t afraid, that she looked forward to a reunion with her husband Hugh and…
R.I.P. Madeleine L’Engle
Originally published at Enemy of Entropy. Please leave any comments there. I started this post on September 7, the day after the grand lady moved on to find out what’s next. I find myself certain that she wasn’t afraid, that…