After having a pretty good time reading the Mermaid's Madness, I did go out and purchase Red Hood's Revenge by Jim C. Hines (jimhines ). After plowing through it in about three days four days ago, I finally have the time to comment on it.
( Less revenge and more living well. )

Well, I didn't see this one coming. For some reason combining sentient fungi, hard boiled detective, science fiction and magic did not add up to a winning medley in the space between my ears. Fortunately the exceptions are always worth the however many times I end up thoroughly annoyed at myself for trying something outside my norms. Sometimes ( Read more... )

So I wandered over to a friend's house and they had an interesting looking movie playing called Moon. On the surface, it looked very similar to 2001: a Space Odyssey. Having a keen appreciation for Hal 2000 and his ilk, I curled myself up into a comfy chair and watched it.

( No man should be an island... )

I'm not particularly into stories about colonialism or imperialism. Far, far too frequently one gets exactly the same stories, but the cast of characters is from some new locale more exotic than what came before. Usually there's a native population and some invaders from somewhere else with a huge feeling of entitlement attached to them with a ( Read more... )

I can't say that I've ever actually read the Sherlock Holmes books. I do remember seeing the old black and white films though. I found them to be somewhat flat and rather Clue-ish... but done in all seriousness, which rather robbed them of impact or suspense. So it's safe to say that my first experience with the Holmes mythos starts with the Guy ( Read more... )

This book was recommended to me by a friend who had read it before. Upon reading the first chapter, I realized that I had to read this. Furthermore, I would be doing myself a horrendous disservice to do otherwise.

( Ninjas and mimes and awesome! )

I thought it was very well written and well acted. I liked the alien characters especially. Actually, I'd go so far as to say that this was more of a suspense film than action. It felt somewhat reminiscent of Orsen Well's War of the Worlds radio broadcast with it's dedication to a documentary style aesthetic ( Read more... )

Wow. Just... WOW.

I've liked most of Mr. Gaiman's work to some degree or other and I have to say, this one didn't disappoint :)

Shadow, the main character, seemed liked a weird, likeable guy entirely throughout. I liked how mellow tempered he was for the most part and especially liked his slightly lost reactions during the funeral. They seemed ( Read more... )

I actually came up with this a while back, but it bears repeating. Besides, no one will bother looking at these pages anyway. Clearly the school system and the internet have failed in making me think that I'm "special" in some way, shape or form. :p

I love a well crafted character in fiction, whether it's a hero or a villain or something in between ( Read more... )