Lost (season 2)
{5/5} “We got a misunderstanding, Jack. Your people, my people. So listen carefully. Right here there’s a line. You cross that line, we go from misunderstanding to something else.” We find out what’s in the hatch, what happened to the tail section of the plane, what Kate did to make her a fugitive, why Hurley […]
Dragon and Phoenix
{5/5} “To rule the heart of the Phoenix Lord — that was power. Yet what was power if one lived confined? Though the bars of the cage were of carved jade, banded with gold and hung with silk, they were still bars.” Linden and Maurynna have returned to Dragonskeep. Maurynna changed into a dragon once but […]
Rio
{3/5} “I don’t care about your nicked knick-knacks. Your burgled baubles bore me.” Linda has taken care of Blu, a macaw, since he was a baby. A scientist came along to tell her that Blu is the last male of his kind and he wants to introduce him to the last female to try to keep […]
Lost (season 1)
{5/5} “I’m an ordinary man, Jack. Meat and potatoes, I live in the real world. Not a big believer in magic. But this place… is different, it’s special.” A plane crashes on a possibly deserted island in the middle of the Pacific. Because the plane turned around, rescuers will be looking in the wrong place. […]
Author discovery of the year
I’ve decided to imagine, just for fun, that I’m giving out an award for the most significant (to me) author I’ve discovered in a given year. The award is given to an author that I really like (ie. who writes brilliant books) who I haven’t read before (except possibly a small number of short stories). Since […]
The Cabin in the Woods
{4/5} “This isn’t right. We should split up. We can cover more ground that way.” Five college friends go to a cabin in the woods for the weekend. When they venture into the basement they find a bunch of unusual items, including a diary that talks about horrifying events. Unbeknownst to them, they’re being watched […]
The Last Dragonlord
{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 […]
Brightly Burning
{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 […]
Comments on Locus All-Centuries Poll: Novels
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 : […]
Comments on Locus All-Centuries Poll: Shorts
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 […]