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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
On Rereading Martin Eden by Jack London; Part Two: What It Means to Be a Writer
This books hits almost too close to home. It’s uncanny how reading it now more than four decades after I first read it, I still have many of the same emotions. Martin Eden decides to become a writer. He works … Continue reading
On Rereading Martin Eden by Jack London; Part One: Futurama, Self-Publishing, and Jack London’s Rapacity
Last night I couldn’t sleep. Sometimes I get insomnia for a simple reason like sleeping too long during my afternoon nap, but such was not the case this time. Three seemingly unrelated bits of input created deep despondency in me, … Continue reading
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Tagged Futurama, Hugh Howey, Jack London, Martin Eden, Philip J. Fry, self-publishing, Writing
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Why I Write Book Reviews
Writing book reviews grew out of my desire to create a blog. I wanted a web presence to accompany the publication of my books. In the beginning I wasn’t sure exactly what I would write about, though I had a … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Reading
Tagged blogging, book review, Henry Miller, reading, The Books in my Life, Writing
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Book Review: The Swerve: How the World Became Modern by Stephen Greenblatt
This book has won all sorts of awards, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. Personally I sort of steered around it because it’s not the sort of thing I am usually interested it, but I was delayed … Continue reading
Book Review: Beyond the Cascade by A. H. Jessup; Part Two: Analysis
The novel “Beyond the Cascade” is divided into three sections, and each section has its own distinct style. The first section is literary fiction and mainly focuses on character development. It introduces the main character, Suzannah, who is a brilliant … Continue reading
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Tagged A.H. Jessup, Beyond the Cascade, book review, self-publishing, Writing
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Book Review: Beyond the Cascade by A. H. Jessup; Part One: Writer’s Workshop
In my first lonely weeks living in a small hotel room in San Diego while on my first step of moving to the States after thirty-five years abroad, I reached out to seek the company of like-minded people, specifically writers. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Memoir, On Writing
Tagged A.H. Jessup, Beyond the Cascade, book review, writer's workshop, Writing
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Book Review: Nebula Award Stories Eleven edited by Ursula K. LeGuin; Part Two: Tweaking Reality
There’s straight science fiction full of wondrous wildness like starships and androids and new worlds and bizarre aliens and so on, and there’s straight fantasy full of wizards and witches and fairies and elves and dwarfs and so on; and … Continue reading
Book Review: Nebula Award Stories Eleven edited by Ursula K. LeGuin; Part One: Musing on the New Wave
I haven’t finished reading this book yet, but after just finishing the winning novella, “Home is the Hangman” by Roger Zelazny, I wanted to write something while the impression of it was fresh in my mind. In short, this story … Continue reading




























