Crash and Byrne

Just finished reading a recent copy of Apex Magazine, and came across a heartbreaking short story (it felt like a cross between a short stor...

I'm still working on The Arabian Nights.  Whoa Nelly, this is going to take a while.  So I decided to put it aside for a bit and read (a...

I don't read political nonfiction.  Don't generally like it.  I usually find that people spout ideology without bothering to back up...

After reading E.L. Doctorow's take on the Collyer brothers, I decided to check out a more historically accurate version of their story, ...

Recognizing that reading The Arabian Nights is probably going to take 1,001 days, I put it aside today to read Kaui Hart Hemmings' House...

I just started reading The Arabian Nights: The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night by Richard Burton. Good book so far, but my word, it...

I read Blue World by Robert R. McCammon some years ago.  Probably college, or not long after. I was in a major horror novel phase back then...

The Walk is a pretty good book, all in all.  Set in Los Angeles immediately after "The Big One," the story follows a TV executive...

I've been a fan of Doctorow since reading Ragtime, though that was the only one of his books I'd read.  Since I've been interest...

I've been a huge fan of Lawrence Block for many years (even more so once I moved to New York).  In particular, I've really enjoyed h...

So after reading the recommendation of this book in Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine, I decided to give  After the Apocalypse  a try. ...

How is it possible that I have never read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz ?  Absolutely delightful.  It's especially interesting coming at th...

My only experience with Doctor Dolittle is bits and pieces of the Rex Harrison movie.  Talk to the Animals and all that. Since the book wa...

One of the best things about my Kindle is that I can once again subscribe to some of my favorite magazines without making my apartment any m...