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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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Silent Interviews
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Stories about the mysterious Telepathic Guild Invisible People
The Relocation Blues
Adriana’s Family
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Author Archives: John Walters
Book Review: A Woman of No Importance: The Untold Story of the American Spy Who Helped Win World War II by Sonia Purnell
Step aside, James Bond, with your wild, fantastical, gadget-laden, good-guy-always-wins superhero stories of unrealistic espionage. This is the tale of a true spy, a real hero named Virginia Hall. What makes it even more amazing is that before the war … Continue reading
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Tagged CIA, espionage, OSS, SOE, spy, Virginia Hall, World War 2
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Book Review: The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu
The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu is a science fiction novel first written in Chinese and then translated into English by the award-winning writer Ken Liu. The Three-Body Problem has also won its share of awards, including the Chinese Galaxy … Continue reading
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Tagged alien contact, alien encounter, alien invasion, Chinese science fiction, Ken Liu, science fiction
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My Story “Exorcism and Other Requests” Has Just Been Published in the Anthology Tales of Fear, Superstition, and Doom
The anthology Tales of Fear, Superstition, and Doom edited by Ann Wycoff has just been published by Redwood Press. It contains my story “Exorcism and Other Requests” and 26 others. Digital copies are available now on Amazon, and a print … Continue reading
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Book Review: Like a Rolling Stone by Jann Wenner; Part Three: Surreal Lifestyles
When I wrote part two of this review, I was about two-thirds of the way through the book. After moving from west to east and forsaking cocaine, Wenner went through further changes. One of the most monumental occurred when he … Continue reading
Book Review: Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir by Jann S. Wenner; Part Two: Life in the Fast Lane
As I read on in this memoir, my impression of Rolling Stone magazine changed. I was never a regular reader because I didn’t have easy access, but I read it occasionally back in the seventies and eighties when I was … Continue reading
Book Review: Like a Rolling Stone: A Memoir by Jann S. Wenner; Part One: The Era
I have recently read several histories and memoirs of the 1960s and 1970s, some of which are newly published. For instance, Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand by John Markoff tells of the entrepreneurial creator of the influential … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay Area, psychedelics, rock and roll, rock music, Rolling Stone magazine, seventies, sixties
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Another Look: America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad by John Walters
Update February 25th, 2023: The U.S. political and social landscape continues to quake, and this book retains its relevance. Update February 15th, 2020: For some reason I had a strong urge to repost this description of the memoir I wrote … Continue reading
Book Review: Rock Me on the Water: 1974: The Year Los Angeles Transformed Movies, Music, Television, and Politics by Ronald Brownstein
Whether or not its premise is entirely accurate, this book is brilliant. The premise is embodied in the subtitle. According to Brownstein, 1974 was the pivotal year in which Los Angeles became the epicenter of the entertainment industry and radically … Continue reading
Book Review: Miracle Country: A Memoir by Kendra Atleework
The discovery of a wonderful new book and writer is always cause for rejoicing. This book I came across by accident. I was looking for another volume in the same section of the library; the title caught my attention, I … Continue reading