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Tag Archives: books
A to Z: Incunabulum
Books abound in fantasy and science fiction. The book is a central plot device or Maguffin or important element in so many stories that to catalog them all would be an exercise in utter futility. But let’s explore some anyway, … Continue reading
A to Z: Florin
Stories have to take place somewhere, don’t they? In the best of tales, the someplace is almost as important as what goes on there. Heck, there are times like The Lord of the Rings when the setting is, or seems, … Continue reading
Stop that, George.
OK. I’m about a quarter of the way through A Feast for Crows on the re-read, and of course, I’ll have more to say about it when I’m done. But I’ve just read the chapter featuring Asha Greyjoy, and got … Continue reading
Page One: A Princess of Mars
Here’s Page One of one of my copies of A Princess of Mars. This copy is part of something called the “Library of Wonder”. I bought it off the Bargain Books table at Barnes&Noble. Even though I already owned a … Continue reading
Visual Surveillance of Extremities
That phrase will be familiar to anyone who has read Stephen R. Donaldson’s Chronicles of Thomas Covenant the Unbeliever, a series which was an absolute favorite of mine when I was younger but which I haven’t read in years. (I … Continue reading
“You know nothing, Jon Snow.”
I have now completed A Storm of Swords, being the third book in George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire. Perhaps undertaking this re-read in so short a time frame was not wise, because as I feared (and … Continue reading
Return to Kitai
Those who have have followed the career of Guy Gavriel Kay long enough know that, since his last book came out just about two years ago, this is roughly when drips and drabs of information about his next book should start … Continue reading
"Valar morghulis."
Tyrion, yay!, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. So, I have now knocked off two books in George RR Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire series. I remember A Clash of Kings as being nearly the equal of A Game of … Continue reading
200 Years of Dickens
Happy birthday to Charles Dickens!
Page One: A Game of Thrones
Page One: A Game of Thrones, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. This ought to be my final word on A Game of Thrones for a bit, but it certainly warrants inclusion in my “Page One” series. So here it is: page … Continue reading