what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4.5/5} “He landed, claws scraping against stone, the sound harsh in the crystalline air. A red mist surrounded him and the great dragon became a wraith; the mist contracted, then disappeared, leaving behind the figure of a tall man.” Linden is a dragonlord, a human who can turn into a dragon. But he’s the last […]
{4/5} “Lan stared at the wine the color of old embers glowing in the heart of his glass. ‘I would like to toast my family,’ he said, taking an absolute malicious pleasure in choosing words heavily weighted with irony and loaded with a definite double meaning. ‘For without your actions, I would not be where […]
{5/5} “Turns out when you think the world’s ending you don’t aim so carefully in the porta potties.” Leslie runs for city council, a dream of hers since she was a child — Ben is her campaign manager and her other friends all help out too. Ron’s first ex-wife pays a visit, Andy takes a […]
{4.5/5} “‘Is that our plane?’ ‘No, if it were our plane it would be crashing.’” Grimm robs a bank dressed as a clown — he has a clever scheme to get away with the money without anyone knowing who he is. The problem is, once he gets away from the bank he has to make […]
Here are my comments on the novel component of the results of the Locus All-Centuries Poll. 20th Century SF Novel: Their ranking Author : Title (Year) My rating My comments 1 Herbert, Frank : Dune (1965) I read it too long ago to rate but I will read it again. 2 Card, Orson Scott : […]
The results of the Locus Online All-Centuries Poll are now out. I told you what my votes were a while ago. Here are the results of the poll, and following are my comments on the short fiction component. In terms of short fiction, there’s a lot I haven’t read — there’s also some I read a […]
{5/5} “I won’t publicly endorse a product unless I use it exclusively and I really believe in it. My only official recommendations are US Army issued moustache trimmers, Morton’s Salt, and the C.R. Lawrence fine two inch style oscillating knife blade.” The entire Pawnee government shuts down because it’s out of money, but after 3 months everyone is […]
{3.5/5} “Home is now behind you. The world is ahead.” Gandalf the wizard invites Bilbo the hobbit on an adventure. At first Bilbo doesn’t want to go — he’s happy where he is, safe in the Shire with his books. But a group of dwarves are planning to retake their home, Erebor — the catch […]
{4.5/5} “But there was something magnetic about them, something that compelled respect, even the silly ones, like the Enlightenment treatise about how lightning was caused by bees. They were information, data, but not in the form he was used to dealing with it. They were non-digital, nonelectrical chunks of wood pulp and ink, leather and […]
{4.5/5} “The mural that normally resides here is called ‘The Spirit of Pawnee.’ And it’s very controversial. We’ve had someone throw acid at it, tomato sauce. Someone tried to stab it once. We really need better security here. We also need better, less offensive, history.” Leslie marries two penguins in the zoo for publicity, and […]