Destination Unknown Vox 2008-05-15T15:43:19Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00cd97050ce24cd5/tags/fiction/ When the destination is a mystery, the journey is everything. Book: Casino Royale tag:vox.com,2008-05-14:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500fa9675531a0003 2008-05-14T14:08:53Z 2008-05-15T15:43:19Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Casino Royale (James Bond Novels)

We listened to the audiobook of this on the way to Missouri. I haven't seen the movie, yet, but since the book focuses on Soviet-era espionage, I'm assuming that a movie version set in modern times will have to be drastically different. Another...

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]]> Book: The Amber Spyglass tag:vox.com,2008-02-22:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500f48cdd83eb0003 2008-02-22T05:09:32Z 2008-02-24T22:28:06Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, Book 3)

This morning while waiting for the plumber, I finished The Amber Spyglass, the third book in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy, by Philip Pullman, the series which started with The Golden Compass. I was, unfortunately, mildly disappointed with thi...

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]]> Book Review: The Subtle Knife tag:vox.com,2008-01-27:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398d6bca90002 2008-01-27T21:00:23Z 2008-01-29T03:28:15Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Subtle Knife (His Dark Materials, Book 2)

And now back to our regularly scheduled programming... Yes, I've been out for a few days, and I blew my Blog365 in the first month. It was a combination of winter depression, a new computer game to play, and a complete lack of anything interesti...

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]]> Might-Have-Been Worlds tag:vox.com,2008-01-04:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398ceaebe0003 2008-01-04T06:23:46Z 2008-01-07T23:47:37Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Not a Gambler Did Not Win the ASPCA Award No Turning Back

Margaret: Daddy, what is a "might-have-been"? Dearth: A "might-have-been"? They're ghosts, Margaret! I daresay I "might-have-been" a great swell of a painter, instead of just this uncommonly happy nobody - or again I might have been a worthless...

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]]> The Story of the Flowers tag:vox.com,2007-11-21:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398bf9d400001 2007-11-21T05:32:10Z 2007-12-02T18:32:44Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Shallow Grave for Flowers

A small, dead bundle of flowers found in a hole at 11,000 feet on a dry ski slope. What's the story behind them? Well, how about this one: Alec decided that today was the day. This was the day he would ask Sarah to go steady with him. They ...

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]]> Book: The Time Traveler's Wife, Audrey Niffenegger tag:vox.com,2007-09-17:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398a9be970005 2007-09-17T23:52:32Z 2007-09-21T04:02:15Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

The Time Traveler's Wife

Originally posted on my old blog on April 25th, 2006: I just got done reading The Time Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. Every once in a while, a long while, if you are an avid reader, you will find a book that defines you in a way. The Ti...

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]]> Bubonicon 39, Continued tag:vox.com,2007-08-29:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500e398a268370001 2007-08-29T04:05:12Z 2007-08-31T23:56:15Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Sunday morning, we went to a session called "Zooming to the Silver Screen: When Books Become Movies." Panel participants were Melinda Snodgrass (moderator), Doug Beason, Steven Gould, William Stout, and Carrie Vaughn. The focus of the panel was...

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]]> Book Review: Fool Moon tag:vox.com,2007-06-18:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500d41442b1606a47 2007-06-18T05:01:00Z 2007-06-21T23:57:32Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Fool Moon (The Dresden Files, Book 2)

This is the second book of the Harry Dresden series by Jim Butcher. The first book, Stomfront, about the only openly practicing Wizard in Chicago - part hardboiled detective, part CSI analyst, part Harry Potter - blew me away, and I know that I ...

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]]> Shadows of Chaco Canyon tag:vox.com,2007-04-17:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500d4142a11bf685e 2007-04-17T03:01:22Z 2007-04-17T03:01:22Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Fajada Butte Pueblo Bonito

Strix and I went to a presentation tonight at the Salmon Ruins (named after the family that owned the site before it was made into a city park), by the author of a fictional novel set in Chaco Canyon during the height of the Anasazi population of...

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]]> Book Review: Storm Front tag:vox.com,2007-04-15:asset-6a00cd97050ce24cd500cd972234434cd5 2007-04-15T23:23:44Z 2007-04-15T23:29:44Z Paxton http://paxblog.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Storm Front (The Dresden Files, Book 1)

I listened to this on CD, and absolutely loved it. Now I have to get the whole series. I understand that there is a TV series of this now on the Sci-Fi Channel, called The Dresden Files, but not having cable I haven't seen it. Jim Butcher has m...

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