Posts Tagged ‘Books’
The Dark Is Rising
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Movies
The Dark Is Rising sequence is a set of 5 books1 written by Susan Cooper between 1965 and 1977. It is without question my favorite series of books from when I was younger and it is also now being made into a movie. More acurately, the second book in the series is being made into […]
Squeeee!
Posted by Mark | Filed under Life
Tonight, John Scalzi made a stop at the Prairie Lights bookstore in Iowa City, IA for his book tour to promote The Last Colony. Michelle & I got there wicked early1 and chatted with a couple of store employees briefly. Fortunately, they were cool with me bringing in my own copy of The Android’s Dream […]
Review: The Android’s Dream
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
The Android’s Dream by John Scalzi My Rating: 5 out of 5. This book is a delightfully wacky tale of one man’s fight to keep a very special sheep alive. In the process, our hero will have to fight off various aliens and a few treacherous villainous humans. Scattered throughout The Android’s Dream are numerous one […]
Tags: Books, humour, Reviews, Scalzi, Sci-fi
50 most significant sci-fi/fantasy novels
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Life
This is a list of the 50 most significant science fiction/fantasy novels, 1953–2002, according to the Science Fiction Book Club. Bold the ones you’ve read, strike-out the ones you hated, italicize those you started but never finished and put an asterisk beside the ones you loved. 1. The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien* 2. The […]
Review: Valley of the Soul
Posted by Mark | Filed under Books, Reviews
Valley of the Soul My rating: 5 out of 5. My first introduction to the world of Faldorrah came about 2 years ago. AWelkin knew the author and had an early copy of the first book, Ghosts in the Snow. My wife and I were over at AWelkin’s house for a visit, planning to watch some […]
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