Lock In John Scalzi Tor Books Release Date: August 26, 2014 ISBN 978-0-7653-7586-5 It just isn’t right. Every time I read a synopsis of a new John Scalzi book, I think to myself, this just ain’t gonna work. It’s either too simplistic of a premise (Redshirts), or too convoluted of […]
Doll Bones Holly Black Margaret K. McElderry Books First Edition: May 7, 2013 ISBN 978-1-4169-6398-1 Now this is the kind of horror story I wish was around when I was a kid. Instead, I got to obsess on flying monkeys. Zachary Barlow is 12 years old, and even though his […]
Summer is in full swing and with the warmer temperatures, there usually comes a lull in organized sports (except Wimbledon, but you know, tennis?) While you wait for the return of your favorite sports (Go Saints! Give ’em hell, ABs!) we thought we’d help you along with a list of […]
On this day, December 3, in 1857, Joseph Conrad was born in Berdichev, Imperial Russia (modern
Ukraine, then a part of Poland). While he settled in England and wrote in English, he always considered himself a Pole. Heart of Darkness, one of the most famous of his 20 novels (which explores colonialism and the attitudes regarding what constitutes a barbarian versus civilized society) is considered one of the best English novels of the 20th century, as is his novel Lord Jim, which chronicles a crew’s abandonment of its disabled ship. Conrad died in England in 1924 at age 66.