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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
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
Tag Archives: Stranger in a Strange Land
Book Review: Grumbles From the Grave by Robert A. Heinlein, Edited by Virginia Heinlein
I had never heard about this book before I came across it while browsing at the Seattle Friends of the Library book sale, but I had certainly heard of the author. Even before I took a science fiction literature class … Continue reading
Book Review: Stranger in a Strange Land: The Original Uncut Version by Robert A. Heinlein
“Stranger in a Strange Land” is among those books that were life-changing and profound literary experiences when I was growing up. It was a tremendously significant tradition-shattering revelation when I first read it, and coincided smoothly with the loose, iconoclastic … Continue reading
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On Rereading “Jurgen: A Comedy of Justice” by James Branch Cabell
It’s not my fault that I reread “Jurgen” at this time; it is the fault of one of my characters. I was typing away on the new novel I am working on, and one of my characters made a reference … Continue reading
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Book Review: The Terminal Experiment by Robert J. Sawyer
When I first heard about the premise of this Nebula Award-winning novel, that a scientist had found proof of the existence of the human soul, I was immediately intrigued. However, the book had gone out of print, and I could … Continue reading
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My Five Favorite Fiction Books
Lists of favorite books are fun, aren’t they? Sometimes they give me ideas on what to read next, and I am always on the lookout for good books, as I am always reading something. Usually I alternate between fiction and … Continue reading