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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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Road Signs
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy short stories -
Thoughts from the Aerie
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Memoirs and essays on a range of topics
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Silent Interviews
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Stories about the mysterious Telepathic Guild Invisible People
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A collection of science fiction and fantasy stories 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
Category Archives: Book Reviews
Book Review: World’s Best Science Fiction 1967 Edited by Donald A Wollheim and Terry Carr
I found this old paperback volume on a wire discount rack at Half-Price Books and bought it for a dollar. It seemed that there were several classics by well-known science fiction writers within, and my plan was to compare what … Continue reading
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Tagged Behold the Man, Best Science Fiction of the Year 1967, Bob Shaw, Donald A Wollheim, For a Breath I Tarry, Light of Other Days, Michael Moorcock, Nine Hundred Grandmothers, Philip K Dick, R A Lafferty, Roger Zelazny, Terry Carr, The Keys to December, Total Recall, We Can Remember It For You Wholesale
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Book Review: The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer; Part Two: The Frog in the Pot
Coming to the end of a great book is an exhilarating experience tempered only by the fact that the ride is over. This book, though it is a work of nonfiction, concludes like a novel, with a buildup in a … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Memoir
Tagged book review, Elysium, George Packer, memoir, Occupy Wall Street, Silicon Valley, The Unwinding
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Book Review: The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America by George Packer; Part One: My New Year’s Resolutions
You might be wondering what this book and my new year’s resolutions have in common. Never fear, all will be made clear in due time. I am a little more than halfway through the book, and it is one of … Continue reading
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Tagged America, Americans, economy, George Packer, memoir, The Unwinding, Writing
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Book Review: Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam by Fredrik Logevall
Even more than the Korean War, the Vietnam War defined the political, cultural, sociological, and diplomatic landscape of America in the second half of the twentieth century. I grew up in its shadow, as anti-war protests enflamed college campuses and … Continue reading
Book Review: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri; Part Two: The Book Itself
Before I delve into an appraisal of the novel, I need to mention something that struck me before I even read the first page. The cover (of the first edition hardcover) is not worthy of the book. It is bland, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bengali culture, India, Jhumpa Lahiri, The Lowland, West Bengal
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Book Review: The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri; Part One: Background
I’m only about halfway through this latest novel by Jhumpa Lahiri now, but reading it stirs up so many memories I can’t help but write about it. Lahiri is one of the few writers now working for whose books I … Continue reading
On Rereading Martin Eden by Jack London; Part Three: The Finale
“Martin Eden” is not Jack London’s best book. In fact, it’s not even one of his better books. His best works are his short stories. Not all of them, because he wrote many, but the ones in which he threw … Continue reading
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Tagged book review, Jack London, Martin Eden, The Call of the Wild, Writing
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