Monday, August 31, 2020
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Book Excerpt for the Day
“Hey,
if we stay up here you need to give me one of your knives. I could take care of the next stray
hiker. You got that first guy clean,
though, I’ll give you that . (…) By the time anyone stumbles over him,
there’ll be nothing left but bones and a wallet.”
Jacobson shrugged. “The boss
didn’t want anyone dead, but hey, there he was, staring at us, and you could
see he was going to talk to the first ranger he saw. What could I do?”
“That was good of you to leave his wallet so they’d be able to identify
him.”
“”Yeah, I’ve got the milk of human kindness running in my veins.”
(from Enigma by Catherine Coulter)
9*/10. The
complete review is here.
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Saturday, August 29, 2020
Friday, August 28, 2020
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Book Excerpt for the Day
In
Part III, we explore the possibility that, under extreme circumstances, space
may be stretched until it rips or tears.
In other words, hyperspace may provide a means to tunnel through space
and time. Although we stress that this
is still highly speculative, physicists are seriously analyzing the properties
of “wormholes”, of tunnels that link distant parts of space and time. Physicists at the California Institute of
Technology, for example, have seriously proposed the possibility of building a
time machine, containing a wormhole that connects the past with the
future. Time machines have now left the
realm of speculation and fantasy and have become legitimate fields of
scientific research.
(from Hyperspace by Michio Kaku)
9*/10. The
complete review is here.
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Monday, August 24, 2020
Sunday, August 23, 2020
Saturday, August 22, 2020
Friday, August 21, 2020
Thursday, August 20, 2020
Book Excerpt for the Day
“So
… are you a cop? Because this
conversation can stop now.” She’d been
read her rights. She liked having
rights.
The man shook his head. “If you
must identify me by a career, I used to be a physicist working for the
army. Then, I blew up the world. Then I rebuilt it. So, I guess my job description is god.”
“I
thought they had a separate ward for psychos.”
(from Burn Baby
Burn by James Maxey)
7½*/10.
The complete review is here.
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Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Tuesday, August 18, 2020
Monday, August 17, 2020
Book Excerpt for the Day
While her head was much improved, her stomach wasn’t so sure. For his part, Simon looked rested and content. He’d warned her not to drink the Scrumpy and the fact that he wasn’t saying ‘I told you so’ was really just a sneaky way of saying ‘I told you so’. She glared across the small compartment at Simon.
“What?” he said.
“You don’t have to rub it in.”
“I didn’t say anything.”
“Your face is saying it. It’s ‘I told you so’ing’ all over the place.”
“On behalf of my face, I apologize.”
(from Fragments by Monique Martin)
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Sunday, August 16, 2020
Friday, August 14, 2020
Thursday, August 13, 2020
Support your local Indie Author
Indie authors depend on your support to sustain their careers. If you liked reading one of their books, do one or more of the above, especially #2.
Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Monday, August 10, 2020
Book Excerpt for the Day
The
robot was silent. It stared into Stern’s
eyes without expression. Stern blinked
first, necessarily.
“They burned everything, Dr. Kline,” he continued, voice dropping. “They destroyed their own homes to starve out
the enemy. Without shelter, the French
troops froze. Without anything to eat,
they starved.”
“And so did the Russian peasants,” replied Kline.
(from The Andromeda
Evolution by Daniel H. Wilson)
8*/10. The
complete review is here.
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Sunday, August 09, 2020
Enlightened Maskers
It is indeed an unusual sight. Those who eschew masks usually project a "mad at the world" attitude to others.
Saturday, August 08, 2020
Friday, August 07, 2020
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
Book Excerpt for the Day
“This
(doctor’s) appointment hadn’t been my
idea. It had been my wife Sarah’s. And “idea” is probably the wrong word. “Ultimatum” would probably be a better
one. “Go see Harley.” She said, “or I’m
going to call a divorce lawyer. Or
smother you in your sleep.”
The threat about the divorce lawyer didn’t worry me that much. Sarah has a low opinion of the legal
profession, and would probably choose sticking with me over engaging the services
of one of its members. But the
smothering-me-in-my-sleep thing, that seemed within her range of capabilities.
(from Bad Guys by Linwood Barclay)
8½*/10.
The complete review is here.
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Tuesday, August 04, 2020
Ella Minnow Pea
If you want to see this concept skillfully developed into a 200-page novel, pick up Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn.
Monday, August 03, 2020
Sunday, August 02, 2020
Family Trivia via Zoom
Played Family Trivia via Zoom for the first time tonight, and thoroughly enjoyed it! Even if I didn't know the name of Willie Nelson's guitar.
Saturday, August 01, 2020
Book Excerpt for the Day
“We
have beauty, too. We call it ‘scenery.’”
“’Scenery,’” Mhoram echoed. “The
word is strange to me – but I do not like the sound.”
Covenant
felt oddly shaken, as if he had just looked over his shoulder and found himself
standing too close to a precipice. “It
means that beauty is something extra,” he rasped. “It’s nice, but we can live without it.”
“Without?” Mhoram’s gaze
glittered dangerously.
And behind him Foamfollower breathed in astonishment. “Live without beauty? Ah, my friend! How do you resist despair?”
“I
don’t think we do,” Covenant muttered. “Some
of us are just stubborn.”
(from Lord Foul’s
Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson)
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