There's a used bookstore two blocks up from my hotel. I noticed it when I walked up to Radio Shack last night to buy a new power cord for the laptop. It looks shabby when you first walk in, and things are a bit scattered, but the staff is really nice. For about $20 I found:

S.M. Stirling's THE PROTECTOR'S WAR
Umberto Eco's THE NAME OF THE ROSE
Michael ( Read more... )

Book 9: Impossible Territories: The Unofficial Companion to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen The Black Dossier by Jess Nevins, isbn 9781932265248, 204 pages, MonkeyBrain Books,  $15.95

With his third book of annotations on Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's League of Extraordinary Gentlemen series, Jess Nevins continues to prove what an amazing ( Read more... )

Book 5: Heroes & Monsters: The Unofficial Companion to The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Jess Nevins, isbn 9781932265040, 240 pages, MonkeyBrain Books,  $15.99

Jess Nevins is an amazing researcher. I first came across his work as part of the collective that writes essays building on the Wold-Newton Family / Universe concept of Philip Jose ( Read more... )

Finally posting the last three book reviews from last year, just in case there are one or two people out there still reading this journal who care!

Book 81: American On Purpose: The Improbably Adventures of an Unlikely Patriot by Craig Ferguson, isbn 9780061719547, 268 pages, Harper,  $25.99

I vaguely remember Craig Ferguson's break-through role as ( Read more... )

It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill's two previous League of Extraordinary Gentlemen stories, and that I've been looking forward to the third volume, which is finally out.  Here's what I think of ( The Black Dossier )