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On The Nightstand – Hammers On Bone – 9/3/2018
**Spoilers – Kinda** I’ll start by admitting that this represents kind of a weird detour. Right now, I have stacks of highly reviewed, well received books just waiting to be read. My TBR list is a joke right now – … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – Ravencry – 9/2/2018
“To Everyone Who Thinks Writing A Sequel Should Be Easy Because You’ve Already Created The Universe: Bwa Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha! Heh. No.” John Scalzi This has been a good year for Grimdark. A fair amount of my reading … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – The Wounded Kingdom – 8/26/2018
“Show Me A Hero And I’ll Write You A Tragedy” F. Scott Fitzgerald **Here There Be Spoilers** I found these via a review of the third book – “King Of Assasins” – on … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – The Eternal Champion – 8/26/2018
“Time Moves In One Direction, Memory In Another” William Gibson I did something last week that I should probably never do – revisit an old favorite from my teenage years. At that time in my life, I was enthralled … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – Autumn In The Heavenly Kingdom – 8/24/2018
“There Is Nothing New In The World Except The History That You Do Not Know” Harry S. Truman The America Civil War lasted for approximately 4 years – from 1961 to 1965 That war left 620,000 to 750,000 combatants dead. … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – The War In The Dark – 8/13/2018
“The Covers Of This Book Are Too Far Apart” Ambrose Bierce **Spoilers – Sorta** This is going to be a tricky review for me because I’m going to take great care to keep from being too harsh. I did finish … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – Fifth Ward: First Watch – 8/11/2018
So…how many times in Fantasy Novels does the author toss out a throw away line about the City Watch – almost always a nameless, faceless presence that’s mentioned in passing – included mainly for the purpose of setting the stage … Continue reading
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On The Nightstand – Rogue Protocol – 8/10/2018
I am very close to finishing “Autumn In The Heavenly Kingdom” by Stephen R. Platt – its been a longer journey than I’d expected – a good but slow read which I should be able to post on this weekend. … Continue reading
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On My Mind – Principiis – Six Mistakes Of Man – 8/4/2018
**Marcus Tullius Cicero, the great Roman orator who died in 43 B.C., recorded what he considered to be the six most drastic mistakes repeatedly made by man.** The delusion that individual advancement is achieved by crushing others The tendency to … Continue reading
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Scribbles – Two Tables – 8/4/2018
**Here’s a partial piece I’ve been playing with – hope you enjoy and always open to suggestions or criticisms** Chapter One – Two Tables Thinking back on the week, it was hard for her to identify that specific point in … Continue reading
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