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September 2014

September 30, 2014

Review: The Mauritius Command, by Patrick O’Brian

The Mauritius Command is the fourth of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey/Maturin novels, following after H.M.S. Surprise....

September 26, 2014

Jerry Reed Gives Us The Bird

So the other day I discovered that my wife Jane, the country music fan in...

September 23, 2014

Review: H.M.S. Surprise, by Patrick O’Brian

Last week and the week before I reviewed the first two books in Patrick O'Brian's...

September 16, 2014

Review: Post Captain, by Patrick O’Brian

Post Captain is the second volume of Patrick O'Brian's well-known Aubrey/Maturin series; and as with...

September 09, 2014

Review: Master and Commander, by Patrick O’Brian

J.R.R. Tolkien was the first great literary discovery of my life, and the author of...

September 02, 2014

Review: Ancient Shores, by Jack McDevitt

Recently I sang the praises of Jack McDevitt's "Alex Benedict" series, and a reader suggested...

August 2014

August 26, 2014

Review: Full Fathom Five, by Max Gladstone

Full Fathom Five is the third book in Max Gladstone's Craft Sequence, following Three Parts...

August 19, 2014

Review: The Citadel of God, by Louis de Wohl

Louis de Wohl spent a considerable time in the middle of the 20th century writing...

August 13, 2014

Jack McDevitt: Antiques in Space!!!

Recently I re-read Jack McDevitt's "Alex Benedict" series, which begins with A Talent For War...

July 2014

July 29, 2014

Review: Going Postal

So last night I finished reading Terry Pratchett's Going Postal to my wife and kids....

July 22, 2014

Review: Night and Demons, by David Drake

Night and Demons is a collection of some of David Drake's short stories. Each story...

July 15, 2014

Review: The Rhesus Chart, by Charles Stross

The Rhesus Chart, Charles Stross' latest outing in "The Laundry Files", came out on the...

July 08, 2014

Review: Monster Hunter International, by Larry Correia

I'm coming to late to reviewing this one; I first Larry Correia's Monster Hunter International...

July 05, 2014

Just So Stories

This was first posted in April of 2005. And it's all true. I've reviewed Kipling's...

July 01, 2014

Review: Soulless, by Gail Carriger

Soulless, by Gail Carriger, is an exceedingly silly novel of a sort I don't usually...

June 2014

June 26, 2014

Words I Wish I’d Written: Humming

Miss Hisselpenny found most of the books in Alexia’s father’s library shameful to read. She...

June 17, 2014

Review: 1491, by Charles C. Mann

Subtitled "New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus", Charles C. Mann's 1491 is a delightful...

June 03, 2014

Review: Cyador’s Heirs, by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.

Cyador's Heirs is the latest outing in L.E. Modesitt Jr.'s long-running cash cow, the Recluce...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

Review: Killing Rommel, by Steven Pressfield

Most of Steven Pressfield's war novels take place in the distant past; Killing Rommel takes place more...

May 20, 2014

Review: The Lion’s Gate, by Steven Pressfield

Steven Pressfield's latest, The Lion's Gate, is something of a departure from his previous books....

May 13, 2014

Review: Something Other Than God, by Jennifer Fulwiler

This review is for the handful of you out there who aren't already aware of...

April 2014

April 08, 2014

Review: Gates of Fire, by Steven Pressfield

We've all heard of the 300 Spartans who held the pass at Thermopylae against the...

April 05, 2014

Eusebius’ History of the Church

This post was first posted in August of 2004. When I first ran into The...

April 01, 2014

Review: The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame's The Wind in the Willows is an acknowledged classic; and I'm somewhat ashamed...

March 2014

March 29, 2014

What Is Christian Fantasy?

This post was first written in May of 2004. I think it holds up pretty...

March 25, 2014

Review: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows,...

March 22, 2014

Review: The Complete Peanuts, 1950 to 1952

This review was first posted in May of 2004. The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 (Vol. 1)...

March 18, 2014

Review: Busman’s Honeymoon

Busman's Honeymoon is the last of Dorothy Sayers' Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, and it's an...

March 11, 2014

Review: The Virtues of War, by Steven Pressfield

Over President's Day weekend, a friend from college that I hadn't seen in several years...

March 04, 2014

Review: Gaudy Night, by Dorothy Sayers

In Gaudy Night, the penultimate Peter Wimsey novel, Sayers returns her attention to Lord Peter's...