Monthly Archives: October 2006

The Roach is a GMless storytelling game. The PCs are professors at Pemberton, a slightly shabby mideastern university, in 1919. Oh, and a telepathic, dominating soul-eating roach bent on destroying human civilization is loose on campus. Play progresses over six … Continue reading →

Laymon’s books take the popcorn analogy and run with it. You know they’re not good for you, and you know you should probably stop, but you just have to have one… more… If I thought the other Laymon books I’d … Continue reading →

This book has probably the worst cover ever. I know it’s an attempt to show the poster for the eponymous vampire show, but it just makes the cover a muddled mess. I guess it deserves points for not being the … Continue reading →

This is the stupidest book I’ve read in a long time, with the lamest twist ending ever. I couldn’t stop turning the fucking pages. I ate it in a big, greasy gulp. I’ve got one more Laymon book, and I’ll … Continue reading →

A gently funny book about the Wandering Dutchman… well, about an immortal Dutch sailor who traumatized Wagner into writing The Flying Dutchman. Oh, and accountancy. I think Tom Holt is going to be much easier to read more of than … Continue reading →

Kind of a post-apocalyptic novel with kind-of a time-travel twist. A good read, as most of Vinge’s stuff is; the follow-up novel, The Forever War, didn’t grab me right off the bat so I am taking the time to read … Continue reading →

Yes, a Spiderman novel. Yes, I know. It was a quick read, had enough comic-book geekery to please me, didn’t require much if any knowledge of the current Spiderman continuity, and was very very very funny. I enjoyed it.

Another of the Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency novels. Thankfully I’d waited long enough since I read the last one that I wasn’t overloaded with the stories, and it was quite enjoyable.