Monthly Archives: March 2009

The Wordy Shipmates is a breezy, informal history of the settlement of the Massachusetts Bay colony. It is much like an extended version of one of Vowell’s radio essays for This American Life, and if you approach it with that … Continue reading →

I kinda miss the pun titles. Another installment in the series — this is, what, number 7? — set in an alternate present where all the supernaturals are real (where have we heard that before?), having come out to say … Continue reading →

One of the things I enjoy most about SF/F is worldbuilding. I love a painstakingly-set-up world full of interesting things to discover, and can forgive quite a few flaws in a novel if the world is interesting enough. That’s something … Continue reading →

A vastly imaginative novel, read in a gulp when more prolonged reading might’ve benefited it. A whirlwind of images and ideas. Very much fun. Since the second book is so plainly an extension of the first, I’ll be writing more … Continue reading →

Another engrossing Lovecraft/thriller mix, with an additional jigger of James Bond. Great fun.