Destination Unknown

Book: Casino Royale

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:08:53 -0600

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

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 22:09:32 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:00:23 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 23:23:46 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 22:32:10 -0700

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

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 17:52:32 -0600

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

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:05:12 -0600

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

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:01:00 -0600

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

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:01:22 -0600

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

nobody@vox.com(Paxton) — Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:23:44 -0600

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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