ENTRY #25
0802.07

I first encountered reprints of Dial "H" For Hero . . . well, let's just say that it was many, many years ago, and leave it at that. I think I fell in love with the series concept at first glance. If you loved to play superheroes when you were growing up, Robby Reed had to be the embodiment of your ultimate fantasy. Instead ( Read more... )

ENTRY #24
0712.23

[WARNING: This essay contains potential spoilers for Jennifer Estep's novels Karma Girl and Hot Mama. If you have not read either of these books, if you think you might be reading them, or if you are simply the whiny little girly-man type that goes into a frothing rabid frenzy at the thought of encountering anything that even ( Read more... )

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ENTRY #20
0710.31

Book Review
KARMA GIRL by Jennifer Estep
(Berkeley Books, $14.00)

I have loved the superhero genre since . . . well, probably since I have been able to read. Maybe even before that. I appreciate a well-written superhero story, and Jennifer Estep has written such a story with Karma GirlFor Carmen Cole, it all started with a ( Read more... )

ENTRY #19
0710.10

Book Review
THE BOYS NEXT DOOR by Jennifer Echols
(Simon Pulse)

I picked up Jennifer Echols's first book, Major Crush, because the cover art of two drum majors doing the tango caught my eye. I picked up The Boys Next Door, her second book, because I wanted to see if she would be as entertaining the second time around. Long ( Read more... )

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ENTRY #17
0708.29

Book Review
THE MAN FROM KRYPTON
Edited by Glenn Yeffeth
(Benbella Books, 2005, $17.95)

Do you want just one reason to get this collection of essays? Okay, how about this? Larry Niven's essay "Man Of Steel, Woman Of Kleenex" is reprinted here.

If I'm not mistaken, All The Myriad Ways has been out of print for at least a few ( Read more... )

ENTRY #16
0708.23

Book Review
THE GREAT SNAPE DEBATE
by Amy Berner, Orson Scott Card, Joyce Millman
(Borders, 2007)

In the months leading up to the release of Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows, there were easily a dozen books published on the singular subject of what would happen in the final book in J.K. Rowling's series about the boy ( Read more... )