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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
Tag Archives: travel
Book Review: Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
Let’s start this out the right way: It’s not hyperbole to say that this book hit me more profoundly, personally, and viscerally than any other book I’ve read in the past few years. One other possible contender about which I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged CamperForce, On The Road, Quartzsite, retirement, Rubber Tramp Rendezvous, travel, vandwellers, vandwelling
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Book Review: Report to Greco by Nikos Kazantzakis
I don’t know how many people remember Nikos Kazantzakis nowadays. He’s known mainly for two novels that became acclaimed and controversial movies: Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ. When I was a young man obsessed with becoming … Continue reading
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Tagged Greece, Henry Miller, Nikos Kazantzakis, Report to Greco, The Last Temptation of Christ, travel, Zorba the Greek
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A Second Look: After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
Greece has always been regarded as the birthplace of western civilization and a Mediterranean paradise. In The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer uses the magical epithet rosy-fingered dawn to describe the sunrise over a land of myth, fascination, and mystery. … Continue reading
Book Review: Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life by William Finnegan
In my search for new nonfiction books to read, I perused recent awards lists and came across this title. It surprised me that a book on surfing should have won a Pulitzer Prize, but as I read brief descriptions of … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, On Writing, Travel
Tagged seventies, sixties, surfing, travel, Writing
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On the Self-Help Book I Couldn’t Bring Myself to Read
My son and I have been making frequent trips to the local library during these final weeks of summer. I browse through the new book shelves and he looks for DVDs and graphic novels. On my last visit I came … Continue reading
Book Review: The Oregon Trail: A New American Journey by Rinker Buck
I’ve wanted to read this book for months – actually for over a year now. I first spotted the hardcover at the physical Amazon bookstore in the University Village here in Seattle, but it was too pricey for my budget, … Continue reading
Posted in Book Reviews, Travel
Tagged A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson, covered wagon, Rinker Buck, The Oregon trail, travel
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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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Life and Death
One night my friend Rolf and I, staggeringly drunk, walked out to a freeway entrance leading to I-5 South, having decided to hitchhike somewhere, although we had no particular destination in mind. We got there and Rolf changed his mind. … Continue reading




























