Chaos of Hard Clay is Published! Somewhere within the fits of reason that assailed her, Sunny caught a glimpse of the boy. There, between the sleeping and the dreaming, she knew she always would. “I saw him again.” “Oh?” The…
Let’s be perfectly honest. Ruins are awesome. There is something utterly fascinating about the idea of a complete societal collapse. Half wild men and women eeking out a life amid violence, desperation and the decaying ruins of the great civilization…
Review New York 2140 by Kim Stanley Robinson My rating: 2 of 5 stars New York 2140 is not a very good book. Let me get that out-of-the-way right up front. I'm always really torn with this author. I have…
Pretty tiresome tripe. Crap, really. Just opening to the first page will pain your sensibilities. Essentially, there exists a group of people with special powers to cross over to other dimensions. Then there are a group of people who are…
When you realize that Saint Bernadette most likely saw a fairy and not the Virgin you've made a key discovery about the very core of France. Bernadette indeed saw something in the cave that day along the roiling Gave de Pau…
“We made our way down the street and arrived at the first intersection where one of the soldiers, who under the dark street lights looked to be only about 15 years old, placed his hand on my chest as a warning…
The FULL Travel library is available here You already know we're book hounds here at Around the World in Eighty Years. Heck, the name itself is an ode to the literature of travel. I never go anywhere without a…
The FULL Travel library is available here Part I: Colorado, France, Haiti, New Mexico and Vietnam available here You already know we're book hounds here at Around the World in Eighty Years. Heck, the name itself is an ode…
The full library is available here Part II is here -- You already know we're book hounds here at Around the World in Eighty Years. Heck, the name itself is an ode to the literature of travel. I never…
For me, quality travel literature goes beyond a travel journal or a simple list of dates and events. The “travel-adventure” genre is WAY overdone and generally quite boring to me. Travel literature is writing of high literary value that sets…
In my parents basement there was a series of colorful plywood doors. Behind the doors were piles of yellowed books crammed into a dark recess in the foundation. They were all of the books in the house. I never understood…
Any interest in a story that involves tax-evasion, Swiss bank accounts, imaginary archaeologists, the mafia, bribery, money-laundering, art thieves, reclusive billionaires, ethically challenged CEOs, obsessed police investigators, and the world’s most incredible archaeological treasures? Pulitzer Prize finalists Jason Felch and…
