A Nice Family Gathering is a great story; it’s funny, it’s touching, it delves into the dynamics of family and grief. The acting was uniformly strong; everyone on the stage did a fantastic job.
Horns by Joe Hill is an amazing novel; each new chapter reveals another piece of an intricate puzzle.
A website called Diabolical Plots has taken it upon themselves to review pretty much anything and everything that Daily Science Fiction publishes. In the last week or so, they got to the August 2011 stories, which include my short story, “Exit Interview”. In short: they liked it. When I was asked to review “Exit Interview” by …
Black Bottle Man builds steadily but quietly into a beautiful climax.
About an hour ago, the credits rolled on Moon. I went into the film knowing very little: the only trailer I’d seen featured Sam Rockwell looking disheveled, and had Kevin Spacey as a HAL-style AI that communicated via a combination of even, soothing tones, and smiley faces. I won’t post any spoilers here, but suffice to …
On Thursday we went to the Corb Lund concert at the Westman, and it was fantastic. The opening acts were quirky and alt-country, so they meshed well with Lund and his band. The headliners played a lot of my favourites, which made me happy. All in all, there was near enough not to matter to …
I went and saw the new Indy Jones picture-show* tonight, and… …well… …it wasn’t the film I was hoping for, but I suppose it was the film I was expecting. Too many knowing nods to the audience; too many hat-related gags, like they’re trying to work an entire trilogy’s worth into one script; too much …
This novel arrived in the mail about a day before I headed west, after I’d waited the better part of two weeks for it (and even longer, if you factor in the fact that I pre-ordered it, but that’s a whole ‘nother story, as they say). I started reading it on the train, and I finished …
If you haven’t read Bone yet, you really should. I won’t say any more*, because I should be writing my own zombie-lawyer epic, but here are passel of reviews. * Except this: I didn’t want it to end. As I approached page 1200**, I found myself torn: I couldn’t wait to turn the page and …
Lamb, a novel by Christopher Moore. The subtitle on this one is “The Gospel according to Biff, Christ’s childhood pal”, so right off you should know if you’re the type that will enjoy this story, or the kind that maybe shouldn’t pick it up. Me, I’m the type that would enjoy this story. Having read Moore’s novel …