I wrote a review of The Ninth House, and it’s available on Newpages. Click here to read the review. I’m going to try to do more reviews there from here on out to give back […]
Category: books
Beijing Payback
A murdered father with a sketchy past. A young man struggling to find an identity. And a mysterious foster son with a wicked plan for revenge … Victor Li is devastated by his father’s murder, […]
The Dinosaur Artist
While writing the title for this post, I accidentally typed “The Dinosaur Thief,” which gives you an idea what kind of impression I had about the main character of this true story, Eric Prokopi. Non-fiction […]
Lau Sing Kee and Literature
I don’t think there’s any better argument in favor of reading than the fact that it makes you a more cultured, empathetic human being. We live in a world that attempts to monetize and empirically […]
Astrophysics for People in a Hurry
I have an email routine. First, I delete all the SPAMMY emails. Then I go through my SPAM folder in a neurotic search for any important emails that accidentally got placed in the SPAM. It […]
House of X #2 / Powers of X #2
If a “mutant” by definition is an alteration from the norm, how exactly does humanity come to terms with it? That question has been at the heart of the X-Men comics since the beginning. Mutants […]
The Haunting of Tram Car 015
I’m starting to notice a pattern in the books I’ve read. No, it’s not a pattern that the authors themselves are responsible for. Rather, I’ve noticed that when it comes to my favorite books, rarely […]
