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Hal Spacejock: Mindless But Fun
Hal Spacejock, by Simon Haynes, is a fast-paced, light-hearted romp centered around the pilot of a tramp space freighter with the unlikely title name. He falls (often literally) into one hapless and...
View Article“Agency Model” pricing on the way out in Europe?
According to a report filed by Reuters, it looks like Apple and several associated e-book publishers will be agreeing to a settlement that would allow Amazon to discount e-books in Europe, ending the...
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Veterans’ Day
As we approach the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, I am reminded that my father would have just turned 86 yesterday if he were still alive. He joined the US Navy late in 1944,...
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“Under the Wire” Released for Kindle
Sigh. Looks like it’s been almost a month since my last post here: too much work and not enough reading time (along with not picking up anything I’ve really been inspired to finish). However, in a...
View ArticleI’m ba-a-a-ack
Life got in the way of optional things like blogging for awhile. I’m going to try to start posting again on what will likely still be an irregular basis, but at least hopefully more frequently than not...
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My Infinite Quest Is Over
Around about this time last year, I decided to tackle David Foster Wallace‘s epic (in size and scope) novel Infinite Jest. I put it aside after about 100 pages or so, realizing that I wasn’t in a...
View ArticleUsing an Iterator Interface to Create “Round-Robin” Array
I had a requirement that seemed to need a way to cycle through a set of values in an array in such a way that when I got to the end of the array, it would start over at the beginning, essentially...
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Is It Time for Marla Mason to Retire?
I recently finished the last two novels in T.A. Pratt’s “Marla Mason” series, Grim Tides and Bride of Death. As usual, I enjoyed their fast-moving stories and the lively dialogue, with some unexpected...
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Is the Magic Gone?
I recently finished Terry Pratchett‘s Raising Steam, the latest installment in his [fifth-]elephant-sized Discworld series, and I fear the magic may be disappearing in a couple ways. Story-wise, there...
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Only In Our Dreams Are We Free: RIP, Sir Terry
I finally feel at least somewhat ready to post a few words about the man who was, until recently, my favorite living writer. (The full quote, by the way, from Wyrd Sisters, is “Only in our dreams are...
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