Is it really possible that I'm the first one to notice this?

Somebody has apparently played an extremely good practical joke on the Admissions Department:

We don’t really even know how to start this post. Yesterday we received a package addressed to “Henry Walton Jones, Jr.”. We sort-of shrugged it off and put it in our bin of mail for student ( Read more... )

I've been remiss in informing people about my sister's ongoing auctorial career in this space, with only the excuse that I hardly ever post to this space at all.

The least I can do is mention the publication of the combined Griffin Mage Trilogy, to make up for my failure to mention the earlier publication of the original volumes.

If anyone out there  ( Read more... )

Wednesday evening, I got polled on a major issue. No, seriously. Gallup called with some questions about quality of life, which  turned out to be largely background for -- surprise! -- the health care bill ( Read more... )

Today is the official release date of The City in the Lake. This has been a long time coming, long enough that it managed to come as a surprise to me to find the date no longer in the future.

It's a young adult fantasy -- meaning, in this case, that it's aimed at teens and avoids sex scenes. I suppose some might question my objectivity in ( Read more... )

The good news is: no one was hurt, and I lost virtually none of my personal property ( Read more... )

As promised to mollpeartree a while ago, my thoughts on Lee Harris' Civilization and Its Enemies. This is less a review than a litany of complaints, I admit. Consider this a measure of my disappointment in the book.

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