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We Have a Winner! Yowza!

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Christian

Hi all. First, thanks to EVERYONE who entered the Zenn Scarlett book giveaway with the “Name a Star” prize package. You people are grand. And the blog posts that many of you left were, frankly, inspiring and simply wonderful to … Continue reading →

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Science Fiction, what HAVE you done…?

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Christian

Besides writing science fiction, I’m a longtime fan and cheerleader for the field. I’ve always thought that SF was, all things considered, a “Good Thing” for people to read. It offers a fresh perspective on human/non-human nature and behavior played out … Continue reading →

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Oh, the drama…

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Christian

So… what’s been unveiled as the hottest-yet-coolest category of books we’d all be ever-so-sorry to miss out on this summer? According to the velvet-voiced and very bright people at National Public Radio (jazzy drum roll, please), it’s… …Young Adult Fiction, … Continue reading →

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NASA astronauts implore the god Apollo to save their funding….

Posted on June 9, 2012 by Christian

  Yup. It’s come to this: Today is the day for the National Planetary Exploration Car Wash & Bake Sale    OK, so it’s just a PR stunt. But the fact is, NASA’s budget is under an even bigger threat than lots … Continue reading →

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So, the explanation for this is….?

Posted on June 8, 2012 by Christian

 Well, it’s just that I know this guy and he put this on his FB page and so I had to post it. Yeah. Those are bats. And what’s equally fascinating, he’s had weirder stuff crawling on him – intentionally. … Continue reading →

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Ray Bradbury, 1920 – 2012

Posted on June 6, 2012 by Christian

Ray Bradbury is gone.  The author who gave us The Martian Chronicles, Fahrenheit 451, Something Wicked This Way Comes, Dandelion Wine and other marvelous, lyrical novels died in L.A. today. He was 91. From the Official Ray Bradbury site: “Throughout his life, Bradbury … Continue reading →

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Home is where the green-blood-pumping heart is…

Posted on May 31, 2012 by Christian

    Aliens invade the Earth! Humans mount heroic-but-hopeless resistance! The White House… vaporized!  It’s a time-honored SF scenario, stretching back to the genre’s puppyhood, with badness-from-the-skies like H.G. Wells’ venerable War of the Worlds. And, frankly, I’ve always been … Continue reading →

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Internet, schminternet…. Books Shockingly NOT Dead.

Posted on May 18, 2012 by Christian

How many times have you heard that the net has sucked every last drop of inky-black blood from the veins of our poor old novels and books and reading-by-short-attention-span-humans in general?   Well, turns out it just ain’t so. In … Continue reading →

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Death and the maiden: The Book Thief

Posted on May 16, 2012 by Christian

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Publisher: Knopf      Year: 2007      Pages: 576 First off, this isn’t a review of Zusak’s marvelous book. It’s a query, of sorts. I suspect many of you out there have already … Continue reading →

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Ranch critters!

Posted on May 15, 2012 by Christian

         

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