At dinner the other night, I told my kids I had a confession to make. “What,” Ivy said. (whispering) “I’m starting to get excited for school to start.” Unsurprisingly, they did not share my feelings on the matter. But it’s hard for me not to get a bit excited. A couple weeks ago I was… Continue reading A Confession….
“Things there are in the world which have never loved Men, which have been in the world far longer than humankind, so that once when Men were newer on the earth and the woods were greater, there had been places a Man might walk where he might feel the age of the world on his… Continue reading “The Dreamstone” Review
“The creature halted, crouched low against the ground, staring at the tiny points of light that lay ahead, burning softly through the darkness.” So begins, The Werewolf Principle by Clifford D. Simak. Another recommendation from the C. J. Cherryh site, this author and title were new to me as well. The trajectory of my experiences… Continue reading “The Werewolf Principle” Review
A couple weeks ago, I posted about map drawing being a large part of my writing process. This was the case with Descending as well, though I foolishly failed to include the map in the Amazon copy. But, wrongs shall be righted…. In case any of you read and enjoyed the book, here’s the map… Continue reading “Descending” Map
“Stark got his final view of Pax from the tender, going out to the spaceport moon, and that was the best view he had had of it.” So begins The Ginger Star by Leigh Brackett. This was another recommendation by C. J. Cherryh for which I had little background. Another older title, I was interested… Continue reading “The Ginger Star” Review
“Kuxortal had always been-any trader would have sworn by his guild oath to that.” So begins Forerunner by Andre Norton. I’ve been reading a lot of C. J. Cherryh the last couple years and decided that I wanted to branch out a bit before continuing with her corpus. But where to begin? I found a… Continue reading “Forerunner” Review
“On a certain afternoon, in the late springtime, the bell upon Tunstall Moat House was heard ringing at an unaccustomed hour.” So begins The Black Arrow by Robert Louis Stevenson. We are making our way through Treasure Island as a family right now (it was an overshoot by Dad; the kids don’t really know what’s… Continue reading “The Black Arrow” Review
“After wicked King Vortigern had first invited the Saxons to settle in Britain and help him to fight the Picts and Scots, the land was never long at peace.” So begins King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table by Roger Lancelyn Green. Green, who has written into narrative many famous myths and legends… Continue reading “King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table” Review
“It began with the day when it was almost the Fifth of November, and a doubt arose in some breast – Robert’s, I fancy – as to the quality of the fireworks laid in for the Guy Fawkes celebration.” So begins The Phoenix and the Carpet by Edith Nesbit. Never heard of her? Neither had… Continue reading “The Phoenix and the Carpet” Review
King Richard the First, Richard Coeur de Lion, came to the throne in 1189 – and very soon left his throne empty when he set off on the Crusade to free Jerusalem from the Saracens. So begins The Adventures of Robin Hood by Roger Lancelyn Green. This is a book I recently taught in my fifth grade literature class. It… Continue reading “The Adventures of Robin Hood” Review
