A look at The Town That Forgot How to Breathe

This post is a something a little out of the norm when compared to my other book reviews.  It will, at some point soon, be a full-fledged review.  For now, it’s a bit of a preview of sorts.  I have read most of the book, but haven’t had a chance to finish it before today’s post.  As I didn’t really have anything else to cover, I decided to be a little unorthodox with my post.

First, let me get this out of the way.  It seems like the fates conspired against me getting to actually finish this book in a reasonable amount of time.  I started reading it a couple weeks ago, just before my brother came to town for the family reunion.  I figured I’d still have time to read while he was here–I really didn’t.  So, when he left the reading started to pick up a bit.  When this week arrived, though, I was thrown off by the arrival of the school semester.

Now I have really gotten into it, and have begun to enjoy and appreciate it a bit more.  I am almost done, but I can pretty much surmise my feeling about the book as a whole.  If something comes up, namely with the ending, that makes me think less of the book, then I will be sure to update this piece with that information.

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John’s Top 7 Sci-Fi TV Shows

I am a HUGE fan of science fiction so, when Christine brought up the topic of this new Top 7, I was immediately on board!!  Sci-Fi is really a part of my everyday life.  It’s in the games that I play, the books that I read, and it’s one of my favorite forms of television.  I watch Sci-Fi TV shows on a regular basis.

These are seven of my favorite Sci-Fi TV shows.  I decided to go with a more recent selection, as I could fill a list with older shows quite easily.  These are NOT in any particular order because it would be really hard for me to choose one over another!  Well, except for one, which you’ll see.

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Christine’s Top 7 Sci-Fi Tv Shows

And now, I would like to revisit Top 7 Tuesday!

Cheesy, but for some reason it I loved it.

I decided on something easy to get me started, but feel free to email any of us with any ideas you would like to see us cover.

SciFi television is something I have always loved, even when sometimes it is not up to par.  I have mentioned before that I used to watch SciFi with my family, but most especially with my dad.  It is one of the ways we bonded.  Maybe that is why I still have such a deep love of it today.  While compiling this list, I realized that it is really hard to rank your favorite shows, and in someways, those that I had seen more recently kept creeping up the list.  Mostly this convinced me that I need to rewatch all my old favorites to do this right.  However, as I still have to work and re-watching all that  tv is unpaid, I am going to do the best I can on my recollections alone.

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Fall’s Bountiful Harvest

I think it is safe to say that fall has arrived.  While it is still technically summer ( I know because Coney Island is still open everyday),  the leaves are beginning to fall from the trees and crunch underfoot, network television channels are announcing new line-ups, New York Comic Con approaches and Spiderman: Turn off the Dark has officially annouced a start date on Broadway. … Continue Reading

In case you missed it…

So the new Paperspaceships site design is live (hooray!), and although it’s not completely finished yet, I must say it’s looking super crispy – thanks Rufus.

I am currently charging through a copy of Robert V.S. Redick’s The Red Wolf Conspiracy, a book I purchased based on good reviews… and so far, so good. I think we may have a winner here. A review will be up… oh yeah.

So I’m taking a little vacation (I really really need it) starting Sunday night, meaning I will probably be incommunicado for a week, but I will be coming back reloaded – hopefully. Look for reviews of Mockingjay, the final book in the Hunger Games trilogy, as well as The Desert Spear, Peter V. Brett’s sequel to the awesome debut The Warded Man.

Last but not least, I am really trying to get myself back into writing short stories again. I’ve been drafting up a novel I’ve had tumbling around in my head lately (part of the reason for my absence) and I need some polish and practice to get the wheels moving on it. I plan on posting one (broken into parts) in the very near future. Until then, adios astronauts, see you very soon.

More to come…

Hey there, Paper Spaceships readers!

I just wanted to post  a quick musing here for you tonight.  This is in lieu of a book review, which would normally wind up in this place.  It was an incredibly long and exhausting weekend, both physically and emotionally.  Had a great time with family I only see every couple years, and I am bushed.  Trying to spend this week recuperating.

That said, I didn’t have time to finish reading the book I wanted to review.  Hell, I didn’t have any time for reading at all.  I am well into The Town that Forgot How to Breathe, and I am enjoying it.  I made a trip to the library to add to my “to review” pile.  The most exciting of those is three of the The Walking Dead graphic novels (thank for the recommendation, Rufus!).

It will be easy for me to read those in the coming weeks, because school is starting on Monday!  I am going to be fairly busy with classes, but will always have time for you guys!  Until I post again, later!

Mainspring Review

Definitely a strange one, but by no means unappealing.

Let me just lay down an two immediate facts for you: Jay Lake is a weird ass dude… got that? Good. The other fact? He has an imagination that leaves me bordered between amazement and sheer envy. When not blogging about his battle with colon cancer (which is somehow not depressing), he’s racking up an absurd amount of short stories – over 250 strong according to his site – and still managing to publish some damn good work, like Mainspring.

The premise is brilliant in its simplicity: The Earth is (quite literally) a clock winding down, and a young clockmaker’s apprentice named Hethor must travel to its core to rewind the mainspring and save all that lives. … Continue Reading

Crocodile on the Sandbank, A Review

When I finished my last book, I was ready for some light, amusing reading.  Not wanting to read my last new Christopher Moore just yet, I decided to pick up  Crocodile on the Sandbank, an Amelia Peabody mystery by Elizabeth Peters.  My friend has been reading this series fora while now.  She is always looking for Peter’s latest book when we go to the used book stores.  This is not something I would normally remember, but while visiting my eldest sister in Seattle last summer, she had just started reading this series, and had to share her ethusiasm for it with me. So with a hole in my reading list and a particular book bug in my brain, I set out to read the first book in the Amelia Peabody mystery series. … Continue Reading

Pygmy, a review

When I find an author I like, I read as many of his or her books as I can.  I am sure everyone does the same thing.  My last trip to the library netted me books that were written by authors I know and love.

I have yet to be displeased by anything written by Chuck Palahniuk, though my current read came close.  When I first started reading it, anyway.  Pygmy is a good book, don’t think for a minute that I didn’t enjoy it, I just had to get past, what I thought was, a bit of a problem.

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Fanatic Infects Others at Bookstore

I love the authors you find by accident, or that you feel you have “discovered”.  It makes them somehow more personal.  You feel a sense of ownership and prides in these authors.  You actively try to get others to share the joy of your discovery, through lending books out, or, (in the case of how I was introduced to Dave Duncan), you accost complete strangers in the bookstore. … Continue Reading