Wellspring of Chaos is the umpteenth book in the Recluce saga by L.E. Modesitt (who, amusingly, turns out to be a Williams alumn), and even more than the Hodgell book, is not something I would ordinarily give a high priority to in catching up on the book log. If you’ve read pretty much any of… Continue reading L. E. Modesitt, Jr., Wellspring of Chaos [Library of Babel]
P.C. Hodgell, To Ride a Rathorn [Library of Babel]
To Ride a Rathorn is the fourth book in P.C. Hodgell’s Kencyrath series (the previous three are God Stalk, Dark of the Moon and Seeker’s Mask), and as such probably wouldn’t get to the top of the booklog queue– there’s just too much backstory, and the book wouldn’t make any sense to a new reader.… Continue reading P.C. Hodgell, To Ride a Rathorn [Library of Babel]
Adam Felber, Schrödinger’s Ball [Library of Babel]
I’ve been woefully behind on the booklog for a long, long time now, but we’ll take a lazy post-Thanksgiving Sunday morning to catch up on a few of the more notable books in the backlog. These comments won’t be in any particular order, and, in fact, will start with the most recently read of the… Continue reading Adam Felber, Schrödinger’s Ball [Library of Babel]
Cookbook Conundrum
We had an enormous turkey carcass left over at the end of Thanksgiving dinner, so I said “Hey, turkey soup.” The basic idea is simplicity itself– cut the carcass into managable pieces, stick it in a big put, cover it with water, and simmer for a good long while. After an hour or two, you’ve… Continue reading Cookbook Conundrum
Thinking Clearly About Space
The articles in question are more than a year old, but I didn’t see them when they were first posted, so James Nicoll’s link to Monte Davis’s “Thinking Clearly About Space” series (part one, part two, part three, part four) was very welcome. Obviously, you should go read the whole thing (the parts aren’t that… Continue reading Thinking Clearly About Space
Geoffrey Chaucer Hath An Interesting Reading List
Via Miriam Burstein, everybody’s favorite Middle English poet posts about what he’s reading these days: Battlestar Ecclesiastica by Johannes Wycliffe In this boke of science ficcion, a man ycleped Wycliffe is the bishop of the gret chirche of Seynt Paules, the which is lyk vnto a mighty shippe and kan moue thurgh the voyde of… Continue reading Geoffrey Chaucer Hath An Interesting Reading List
A Chateau Steelypips Thanksgiving
The Thanksgiving advice from Making Light got here too late to do us any good, but we had a fine first Thanksgiving anyway. My parents, sister, grandmother, and one of my great-aunts came up from New York, and Kate’s parents came up from Boston, so we packed nine people into our smallish house, along with… Continue reading A Chateau Steelypips Thanksgiving
Wake Me When September Ends
Yesterday’s quickie photo-blog post came during the short break between running around preparing for house guests, and the arrival of said house guests (about fifteen minutes after I posted, while I was in the shower). Other than that, I was way too busy to even read blogs, let alone post. So, crawling out from under… Continue reading Wake Me When September Ends
Calm Before the Storm
The table is set: The turkey is in the oven, the house is clean, and two car loads of relatives are on their way. Our first time hosting Thanksgiving dinner is on track. Wish us luck, and take a moment to be thankful for the Pauli Exclusion Principle, Democratic control of Congress, and friends and… Continue reading Calm Before the Storm
Pimp Me DVD’s
Kate and I have a Netflix subscription that we’ve mostly been using to obtain various anime series. We’re running a little low on Japanese cartoons, though, having recently finished Martian Successor Nadesico, and with only four discs left of Trigun (two of which will probably be polished off while lolling around Friday after hosting Thanksgiving… Continue reading Pimp Me DVD’s