Thursday, September 04, 2025

Fevre Dream

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A science-fiction explanation for vampire biology. Richly detailed historical fiction set in the antebellum South. A bond of friendship deve...
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Saturday, August 30, 2025

$750 per pirated book?

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Back in March, I posted a link to help authors to discover whether or not their works had been pirated by various AI-developing folks. Searc...
Friday, August 29, 2025

Who Came First? {Astounding Advances in Electronic Publishing}, Part 2 by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Who Came First? {Astounding Advances in Electronic Publishing}, Part 2 by Karen S. Wiesner   E-books and e-publishing have really advanced...
Thursday, August 28, 2025

The Dracula Tape

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The fanfic impulse often expresses itself by a flip of perspective that turns the villain of a classic work into the protagonist -- an antih...
Sunday, August 24, 2025

Rude Words

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It's not what you think... if you clicked through for a discussion of expletives and profanity, this isn't it.  Recently, I am bothe...
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Friday, August 22, 2025

Who Came First? {Astounding Advances in Electronic Publishing}, Part 1 by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Who Came First? {Astounding Advances in Electronic Publishing}, Part 1 by Karen S. Wiesner     Oh, we have come a long way, baby, wh...
Thursday, August 21, 2025

Attack of the Bloodsucking Plants

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The September-October issue of SKEPTICAL INQUIRER contains an article about the "Vegetable Man of West Virginia." This alleged cry...
Friday, August 15, 2025

{Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wiesner

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  {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review: The Starving Saints by Caitlin Starling by Karen S. Wiesner     Beware spoilers lurk...
Thursday, August 14, 2025

The Vampire as Alien

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In horror fiction and dark fantasy, we encounter two main types of scientifically explained vampires -- vampirism as an infectious disease o...
Sunday, August 10, 2025

Finding Time (To Write Or Not To Write)

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Writing is a gift, a skill, a compulsion, a talent, a solace, and much more.  This morning in Church, the youth pastor spoke about the tiny ...
Friday, August 08, 2025

Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review Subseries 2: The Liveship Traders Trilogy (The Realm of the Elderlings) by Robin Hobb by Karen S. Wiesner

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  Oldies But Goodies {Put This One on Your TBR List} Book Review Subseries 2: The Liveship Traders Trilogy (The Realm of the Elderlings) by ...
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