Fantasy, Fiction
Novel: Alternate Routes by Tim Powers
Tim Powers’ Alternate Routes (2018) is another colorful Southern California contemporary fantasy. While I enjoyed it, it feels like…
April 21, 2021-
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Fantasy, Fiction, SpiesNovel: Breach by W.L. Goodwater
New novelist W.L. Goodwater makes a riveting debut with Breach (2018), a vivid fusion of historical fantasy and spy…
January 21, 2019 -
Fantasy, FictionNovel: Medusa’s Web by Tim Powers
Tim Powers’ track record for inventive fantasy is a long and accomplished one, and while Medusa’s Web (2016) isn’t…
September 22, 2016 -
Fantasy, FictionCollection: The Bible Repairman and Other Stories by Tim Powers
Tim Powers is one of the field’s most inventive and entertaining fantasists, and I’ve enjoyed a ton of his…
January 18, 2013 -
Animation, Life, Television, WritingLost Weeks
The last several weeks have flown by in a blur of day job, stress, and appointments, appointments, appointments. Perhaps…
March 26, 2012 -
Fantasy, Fiction, Science FictionCollection: The Shadow on the Doorstep by James P. Blaylock
James P. Blaylock has always been a strange fit for me, in terms of style, genre, and subject matter,…
June 27, 2011 -
LifeStation Fire
On Sunday, Jenn and I spontaneously decided to hop in the car and head over to Pasadena for some…
September 2, 2009