Tag Archives: classic
The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Read January 2019 Recommended for fans of period mysteries, period adventure stories ★ ★ 1/2 Sherlock has been enjoying a Hollywood resurgence. That’s not what lead me to pick this up, however. Vaguely headachey, I needed a reading … Continue reading
The Last Good Kiss by James Crumley
Read December 2018 Recommended for fans of boozy detectives ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 “When I finally caught up with Abraham Trahearne, he was drinking beer with an alcoholic bulldog named Fireball Roberts in a ramshackle joint … Continue reading
Enter a Murderer by Ngaio Marsh
Read July 2018 Recommended for people who like Christie ★ ★ ★ Written in 1935, this was the second book for Ngaio Marsh, theater director and eventually one of the ‘greats’ in crime fiction writers. To write it, she drew … Continue reading
The City & The City by China Mieville
Read January 2018 Recommended for Fans of Miéville ★ ★ ★ Can a city have a personality? I think so. Certainly the feel of Los Angeles is entirely different from NYC, and different again from Chicago, right? … Continue reading
The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson, Vol. 3
Read January 2018 Recommended for ★ ★ 1/2 Ah, the heady days of sci-fi, when men were men, women were women, and bug-eyed tentacled things were bug-eyed tentacled things. Picked up because of the Hugo and Nebula winner ‘The Saturn … Continue reading
The Saturn Game by Poul Anderson
Read November 2017 Recommended for fans of classic sci-fi ★ ★ ★ Winner of both a Nebula and a Hugo, The Saturn Game tempted me by being a mix of both fantasy and sci-fi. I’ve had some success with Poul … Continue reading
Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks. Must I?
Read September 2017 Recommended for fans of classic sci-fi ★ ★ And today, mine is going to be unpopular. But remember the advice from 9th grade Advanced English teacher Mrs. Muench about metaphors. Or maybe I mean false equivalency. … Continue reading
The Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Read June 2017 Recommended for classic sci-fi fans ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 An excellent analysis of the Trump candidacy and events leading up to his election as #45. Uses both his perspective and that of the anonymous supporter to chilling … Continue reading
When Gravity Falls by George Alec Effinger
Read June 2017 Recommended for people who enjoy futuristic detective noir ★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 I don’t even. This book engrossed me, sucked me in, took me to the seediest bar in town, plied me with cheap booze and left … Continue reading
The More than Complete Hitchhiker’s Guide by Douglas Adams
Listened May 2017 Recommended for fans of the absurd ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ The edition of the Guide that replaced all others in my library, it contains an introduction by Douglas Adams that adds interesting details for fans … Continue reading
