The beginning of a nice little SF mystery series, Night Train to Rigel starts us off with a stranger dying right into ex-spy Frank Compton's arms. Pretty soon Frank is off on an interstellar adventure searching for a force capable -- and apparently set on -- destroying the Quadrail, an FTL train system operated by "Spiders". But who really controls ( Read more... )

A nice little ghost story that years ago wouldn't even have been called a fantasy, The Sherwood Ring brings together two young lovers using ghosts from Revolutionary New York to overcome their obstacles, the main obstacle being an uncle that may have done something horribly wrong. All the men are handsome and daring, the women pretty and rebellious ( Read more... )

Adventure, horror, happy ending -- the hallmarks of young readers fiction, and Gregor the Overlander is a prime example of it.

This is the first book in The Underland Chronicles and starts the series off smartly. All the things making 11-year-old Gregor's life a sad one (including his father disappearing two years before) are introduced in the ( Read more... )

You're probably thinking, 'Hey cab, what the hell happened with your 25 in 2009? We got one review!' Yeah, well. Um.

I did do better than just one book; in fact, I didn't do bad at all considering I'd only read about five books a year for the ten years before that. I read all seven books in Mike Shepherd's Kris Longknife series, the three books ( ( Read more... )

After a weekend out of town, I only checked my email today because I had signed up for several Burn Notice contests (mid season finale Thursday night!!). I hardly ever check my spam -- Yahoo! did something and I never get more than one or two a day now -- but I thought I'd look to make sure I didn't get an automated response from one of the ( Read more... )

See, this is what happens when I plan on reading something and why I think I'll only get about 25 books in this year: I started reading War for the Oaks over a month ago and still am only a couple of chapters in. Every time I think about reading, I start thinking about all the other things I need to do like studying and cleaning and the reading ( Read more... )

There's a great new show on MTV called The Girls of Hedsor Hall. It's a reality show so I didn't expect much -- but it's AWESOME!They took a dozen girls from America, all of whom have had behavioral issues, and brought them to this stuffy Brit boarding school. The goal: Mak'em ladies! The one who survives the process more or less intact wins $100, ( Read more... )

“We have at last glimpsed the surface of the fabled world, Titan, Saturn's largest moon and the greatest single expanse of unexplored territory remaining in the Solar System today... ”
Carolyn PorcoI'm not your typical con-goer. I'm shy enough that I'm uncomfortable at the parties but I'm not so shy that I can't talk to panelists before, during, ( Read more... )

Seems like all of fandom is holding its breath waiting for the premiere of Battlestar Galactica this coming Friday. I understand why and even share in the anticipation, but it's not the only premiere this week, to me if to no one else.

Yes, Bones returns this Thursday! I know a lot of people were intensely disappointed in the first half of this ( Read more... )

(1) WonderCon and Comic-Con volunteer registration is now open.

(2) I don't wanna migrate my blog again! I like it here! *cries and kicks the stupid Russians* Maybe SixApart will buy us back? They certainly have enough money now ( Read more... )