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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: Travel
My Passports: A History
Recently I was checking that one of my son’s passports was up to date, as he’s soon to take a trip. I came across mine, opened it, and realized with a shock that it expired last year. Such a revelation … Continue reading
Book Review: The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World by Eric Weiner
I’m winding up the reading of this book; I’ve got about a chapter and a half to go. It’s time to set down a few words about it, mainly because I have a block of time to spare. It’s Sunday … Continue reading
Book Review: Harry Harrison! Harry Harrison! A Memoir by Harry Harrison
I picked this book up by chance at the library because Harry Harrison was a science fiction writer and I thought there might be some interesting stories within about the world of science fiction writers and fans. A word about … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Memoir, On Writing, Travel
Tagged Astounding Science Fiction, Harry Harrison, memoir, travel
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What Happens When You Come In Off The Road?
I have to start this out with a melancholia disclaimer. If you’re not in the mood for some serious stuff, exit this and move on to a review of some blockbuster movie or other. I wondered about the title as … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Travel
Tagged America Redux, Bilbo Baggins, culture shock, Frodo Baggins, memoir, On The Road, The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, travel
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The Lost Notebooks: The Birth of a Voice
When I set out on the road back in the mid 1970s it was a sprint for freedom but it was also born in the realization, or perhaps I should say the delusion, that until that point of my life … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing, Travel
Tagged memoir, On The Road, traveling, writer's voice, Writing
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What’s Gone Down and What’s Coming Up
I am starting to realize the uniqueness of every writer’s, indeed every person’s, walk in life. No two literary careers are the same, thank God. Otherwise you might as well simply be programmed virtually at birth and remain alive artificially … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing, Travel
Tagged changes, memoir, new year, On Writing, persistence, traveling, Writing
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Book Review: On Moving: A Writer’s Meditation on New Houses, Old Haunts, and Finding Home Again by Louise DeSalvo
My son and I just moved again, from Yakima to Seattle, Washington. We took a walk to the local branch of the Seattle Public Library to check it out and apply for library cards. Waiting for the librarians to do … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, On Writing, Travel
Tagged home, Louise DeSalvo, moving, traveling
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The Rules for Alternative Realities
I have been giving a lot of thought lately to mistakes I might have made in the past. Let’s not say mistakes; let’s rather say that if I had to make certain choices over again that I made long decades … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, On Writing, Travel
Tagged alternative realities, memoir, travel, Writing
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My Favorite Books on Writing
I don’t think you can learn writing from a book. If it can be taught, it is more through osmosis, through absorbing everything around you, including books, personal experience, and insight from other writers. I hesitate to add writing classes, … Continue reading




























