Hi,

Been a while, but I do have some books to report on:

First up:  Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of John Whiteside Parsons by George Pendle.  As you might guess this is an autobiography of one of the more interesting characters of early space exploration.  John "Jack" Parsons was the scion of a wealthy family who fell on hard times during ( Read more... )

Hey,

Read more books.  Let's see what I thought:

First up: A Memory Called Empire by Arkady Martine. The Teixcalaanli Empire rules a pretty large chunk of the galaxy, but it's not the only player.  In a fairly desolate part of space, Lsel station manages a shaky peace with the Empire (mostly by dint of being too small to bother with).  But now ( Read more... )

Hey,

How's about I review the books I read in a more timely manner?

First up, Luna:  Moon Rising by Ian McDonald.  This is the concluding volume of his Luna series.  The short version is that in the future the moon is run by five corporations and the families that own them.  The series primarily focuses on the Corta family who produce helium-3 ( Read more... )

Hey,

I've been reading books.  Maybe I should tell you about them.

( My books...let me tell you about them )

Hey,

Next year, in 2020, I'm planning on running a short Cyberpunk 2020 campaign because...why not. Now, comparing the game world to our real one, it would seem like we've got all the dark, corporate dystopia with none of the cool toys.

Well...here's a brand new way to get a bit closer to cyberpsychosis -- and infrared vision.

later
Tom

Hey,

I’m really behind on my book reviews.

Luckily (or not), I don’t have a ton of books to review. Directing a show tends to gobble up all your free time somehow.

So picking up from...August(!) here’s what I managed to get read:

( here be book reviews )

Hi,

Man...I owe you guys some book reviews.  But first...

As many of you may already know, I'm directing a show for Theatre@First in Somerville.  The show is called _She Kills Monsters_ and it's about a young woman named Agnes coming to terms with the loss of her younger sister Tilly by playing a D&D module Tilly left behind.

We've got monsters and ( Read more... )

 
Hey,

OK, so I’ve done a poor job of keeping up on my book reviews.  I was sorta waiting on one to discuss it with other people and then we never quite got around to it so…

Over the past few months I’ve been slowly re-watching Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-in on Amazon video.  It’s hard to describe why I’ve been so fascinated with it. Probably because ( Read more... )

Hi,

Rattled through a few more books and they weren't too bad.

First up: The Palace Job by Patrick Weekes. I'd seen this when it first came out about...five(!) years ago. Looked at the sample, wasn't blown away, but recently it was on offer for cheap so I took a flyer and decided to give it a whirl. Turned out to be quite a bit better than I ( Read more... )

Hey,

Long time no blog.  Let's talk about what I've been reading:

First up:  Bayou of Pigs  by Stewart Bell.  Back before the Civil War, there were a number of filibusters who traveled from the US to invade various Central American countries to take them over.  Most of these failed before they even left the states and the most successful of these ( Read more... )