The Epic Return of Music Monday!

From the band’s website: The album ‘The Old Man and the Spirit’ deals with the polarity of human sensousness and superhuman awareness. The latter is embodied by the character of the Spirit. She is the personification of all wisdom and awareness that is unachievable to mankind, however, lacks of the ability to feel. Her opponent, [...]

Review: Percepliquis by Michael J. Sullivan

Percepliquis Michael J. Sullivan Orbit, 2012 (In The Heir of Novronfrom Orbit Books) The concluding novel to Michael J Sullivan’s Riyria Revelations, Percepliquis, is available as part of Heir of Novron (along with Wintertide). I was graciously sent a copy of the book by the author. If Winteride is the Empire Strikes Back of the [...]

Review: Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Ready Player One Ernest Cline Crown, 2011 Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One is an adrenaline fueled, high-octane, non-stop thrill ride through nostalgia-land. It is a novel that takes its inspiration from various sectors of the geek world borrowing as much from classic 80s films, movies, and games as much as it extrapolates from today’s contemporary [...]

Coldest War by Ian Tregillis available on audio!

Coldest War the sequel to Bitter Seeds, one of my favorite novels of 2010, is available in audiobook form today from the fine folks at Audible! You won’t see the Coldest War in print for until July so if you’re as anxious as I am for more from Ian Tregillis hit up audible.com today!

Review: Halo: Glasslands by Karen Traviss

Halo: Glasslands Karen Traviss (read by Euon Morton) Tor, 2011 (audio version available from MacMillan or on Audible.com) Halo: Glasslands is billed, or was when I first came across it, as a bridge between Halo 3 and the upcoming Halo 4. It is also a sequel Eric Nylund’s Ghosts of Onyx (a fact I didn’t [...]

Review: The Cold Commands by Richard K. Morgan

The Cold Commands Richard K. Morgan Del Rey, 2011 After just about three years Richard Morgan’s The Cold Commands has been released. Picking up more or less where The Steel Remains leaves this dark fantasy (I almost want to say science fantasy) novel is a bit slower than the previous volume, forgoing major strides in [...]

2011 in review

Late as usual, thanks to the holidays plus a bout post-Christmas stomach fun (note: there was no actual fun had).  I’m still considering doing a belated “best of 2011″  (with the obvious caveat being “things I’ve read/listened/played” which is a frighteningly small percentage of actual things released in 2011).  Meanwhile I’m prepping for MAGFest X.  Hopefully [...]