As you can tell from the sidebar, I’ve recently started publishing material on Substack that I might formerly have published here. While there isn’t too much point in publishing the same pieces in two different places, I want to make sure that visitors to this website have easy access to anything I publish elsewhere. Consequently, Read More »
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Introduction The idea of a school for magic is far from being a new thing in literature. We all immediately think of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books, which are certainly the most well-known modern examples. Some of us will remember Ursula LeGuin’s Wizard of Earthsea as well. But the idea goes back much earlier. Chiron the Read More »
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Whit’s End is a refreshing addition to books about realistic family drama. Though these kinds of books are not necessarily intended to to keep you on the edge of your seat, this one certainly did for me.That’s because the two women who are the viewpoint characters, Ava and Meg, are so engaging. As with all Read More »
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The idea of a sequel of War of the Worlds would never have occurred to me, but it clearly did to Gardner and Rust–and they did it brilliantly in War of the Worlds: Retaliation. Science fiction has covered a lot of ground since H.G. Wells wrote the original book, and readers’ expectations are quite different, Read More »
War of the Worlds: Retaliation–Taking Sequels to a New Level Read More »
