Quicksilver (The Baroque Cycle, Vol. 1) by Neal Stephenson. I’ll have to reserve full judgment until next September when the third and final volume of this massive work is out. So far, it’s a dense, multifaceted, solidly written book. If … Continue reading →

Ring by Koji Suzuki. Good stuff, although it’s more of a detective story than anything else. The bone chilling Lovecraftian horror of the movie isn’t really to be found here. Not necessarily a bad thing, of course, it’s just different. … Continue reading →

Ambient by Jack Womack. This one was better than the last. He really goes off with the dialogue in this one, tossing two separate but equally creative strains of English at the reader. This one is also central to the … Continue reading →

Heathern. Another Jack Womack book. I found out that there’s a loose series going on here after reading two and spotting a connection. This is the second book in that series (following the amazing Random Acts of Senseless Violence– although … Continue reading →

The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1 (The History of Middle-Earth, Volume 1). I’ve decided to make these history of Middle Earth books into my default reading. If I don’t have anything to read, I’ll just pick up one of … Continue reading →