Ready Player One
I read the book (not seen the movie). I was expecting the twist would be that the real world is actually a utopian paradise where people are all happy, Wade just doesn’t know because he’s spent all his life inside …
I read the book (not seen the movie). I was expecting the twist would be that the real world is actually a utopian paradise where people are all happy, Wade just doesn’t know because he’s spent all his life inside …
Years ago, when I played the video game Baldur’s Gate, there was an encounter with a character that the player was obviously supposed to think was famous or something. I’d never read any of the Forgotten Realms novels so I’d …
Quick Review: The Icewind Dale Trilogy, by RA Salvatore Read more »
What the cocking hell was that all about?
So I’m going to start writing some quick reviews again, because I like to and it gives me something to do. I’m starting with a non-fiction just because it was the last thing I read. So Richard Wiseman is a …
Why is it that birds fly? Well, of course there is no actual reason for it. It’s not something they choose to do consiciously – it’s simply a result of millions of years of adaptation and evolution. But I suspect …
I’ve a little confession to make – I only saw this movie for the first time last week. Although I know Simon Pegg is a nerd and a good writer from his work on Spaced and other films, I was …
So as I threatened, as well as books I’m going to start talking about and reviewing games and other things that I like. But only that I like. If you think I’m going to mention games I don’t like, then …
an-author-and-his-books: Please, please please take the time to rate and/or review the book. It takes only a few seconds to click a star rating but it can make or break a self published author. If you have the time to …
Yes, my first exposure to this story as a child was Jeff Wayne’s rock opera musical version. Then the 1950’s George Pal movie, and… well, I’d seen and heard just about every adaptation of this story (including the infamous Orsen …
Not a sci-fi or fantasy today, but as I was watching Star Trek: The Next Generation (in particular Picard’s holodeck adventures as Dixon Hill), I suddenly got an itch to read an actual hardboiled detective mystery. And when I did, …