Posted in books on August 6, 2007 | 9 Comments »
The Grumpy Old Bookman tells me that the infamous Gor books have been resold to Dark Horse Press.
You may not have heard of the Gor books; they aren’t exactly Harry Potter. They do, however, have quite a loyal following. Why? Well, because
Elaborate set pieces of sexual torture and slavery are the essential [...]
Posted in books on August 4, 2007 | 6 Comments »
This man appears to be striving hard to beat Salinger at his own game. The author bio for John Twelve Hawks says only that he lives “off the grid”.
Both John Twelve Hawks and his American publisher state that he has never met his editor and that he communicates using the [...]
Posted in Movies, books on July 27, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Amy reviewed this a few days ago. She even sent me an email, which I forgot to respond to until it was too late. So I’m writing this post, instead, to let all of you know what I thought of The Prize-Winner of Defiance, Ohio.
Or, at least, the first 15 minutes of said [...]
Posted in Harry Potter, books on July 16, 2007 | 11 Comments »
No spoilers.
I promise that I’ve seen the last page of the book. It’s real. I won’t say another word about it, because if I do those of you who know me will be able to guess where it goes.
But I’ve seen it. I got my way–like a kicking and screaming baby.
I’d post it here, but [...]
Posted in books, sex, with these phonies in this hollywood bar on July 9, 2007 | 11 Comments »
Back in May I said I wouldn’t read the Warren Zevon biography. I had good reasons. But then I saw the book in the store on my birthday, and the heavy slab of words on Warren would not be ignored. I made a compromise with myself and checked it out of [...]
Posted in Harry Potter, books, clowns are evil on May 31, 2007 | 20 Comments »
I’m going to answer some (book) burning questions in today’s post, because I really want to talk about these things. The newswires are full of stories about the Death Of Books, and as Harry Potter draws ever nearer to its end, I’m betting we’ll see more coverage about the dire straits of the [...]
Posted in Lileks, Movies, books on May 22, 2007 | 20 Comments »
About 82% of Everyone in Blogland is upset about Richard Schickel’s cranky dismissal of bloggers’ critiques. Lileks did a fairly good job of fisking the fellow, so I won’t bother.
I would, however, like to point out that I think pieces like Schickel’s are fantastic. They’re the writerly equivalent of one of those scenes [...]
Posted in battlestar galactica, books, disney world, television on May 16, 2007 | 12 Comments »
Big Orange Michael has a post today that reminded me of a rant I’ve been meaning to have. Since I’m having a krep day, I figured now is as good a time as any.
According to an article in this morning’s Wall Street Journal, TV networks are courting bloggers for some much-needed publicity for their [...]
Posted in Christianity, books, poor poor pitiful me, the Kat'll all have brucellosis, they say Jesus will find you wherever you go on May 14, 2007 | 43 Comments »
Jeffrey started this conversation over at his blog, not knowing that he’d strike at least three of my nerves simultaneously. How can I ignore any conversation that deals with
The heresy of the “health and wealth”/”name it and claim it” false teachers
The death of mysticism in the Christian Church
The complete misunderstanding of the nature and [...]
Posted in books on May 9, 2007 | 5 Comments »
God Bless Michael Chabon! When I read his interview in this week’s Entertainment Weekly, I almost wept for joy. (Not that I’m being dramatic or anything… 
Here’s just a taste of the good stuff:
Right around the time he was polishing up The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Michael Chabon had [...]
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