Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius is probably most commonly famous for being the Emperor that gets killed by a conniving Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator. This lack of good knowledge of Marcus Aurelius would … Continued
New Locally Produced Title: Still Walking
LBPH is proud to share a new locally produced title available for loan or for download from BARD Still Walking by Rob Oliver was narrated by Tony Chiapetta and edited by Tony Chiapetta and … Continued
A Ronson Romp: Or, An Author I Binged On Recently
So I’ve recently read deeply into a rather strange author by the name of Jon Ronson. He takes a journalistic and entertaining look at the subjects he chooses, from supernatural … Continued
Epic Fantasy: The Ancestor of Fantasy
Epic Fantasy: the genre that promises quests, long books, probably long series, and possibly the death of the author before they are finished writing. That last one is annoying, but … Continued
Cryptonomicon
Neal Stephenson. Just do me a favor and read all his books. Except Anathem. Couldn’t get my metaphorical teeth into it. But this post is on the Cryptonomicon. This book … Continued
Imager
Let me start by saying that L.E. Modesitt Jr. is one of my favorite authors. He has a way of putting large scale things like politics and economics into his … Continued
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Man Who Was Thursday by GK Chesterton is a recent read by yours truly. The book left me with what can best be described as a spiritual concussion. At … Continued
Snow Crash
Have you ever heard of the word avatar? Not the movie, or the TV show but in a video game, or on a computer where you have “your avatar”? Neal … Continued
Lovecraft!
I find that readers either like HP Lovecraft or hate him, or have never heard of him before. Not many are ambivalent. The man wrote wonderfully creepy and demented books, … Continued
CS Lewis’s Space Trilogy
Most people have heard about the most famous series by CS Lewis, The Chronicles of Narnia, but I want to talk about his science fiction. Lewis wrote a series of … Continued