the Wood between Worlds

I've posted before summarizing, briefly, why Harry Potter is terrible.  Essentially, it is this: she took a kids-book fairytale world ...

A friend of mine recently "read" The Sad Tale of the Brother's  Grossbart .  I use scare quotes, because he put the book down...

Last night, I went to see The Dark Knight Rises. I don't normally go to see movies, because most of them are simply terrible.  Typica...

I recently read The Magicians  by Lev Grossman.  The story is sort of a commentary/deconstruction of childhood fantasy novels, especially Ha...

I am continuing my speculation on the fantastic series, the Kingkiller Chronicles .  I've discussed Denna, the identity of Master Ash, t...

Antikythera mechanism That's how you know a book is steampunk; if it's got gears on it . A close friend of mine and I have a ...

Sometimes, oftentimes, I wonder if I actually "count" as a scientist.  If I'm really a scientist , or just someone with high-...