It is very near! The editing is finished and ready to go, and cover art is in the works! I expect it will be 'on the shelves' sometime next month. I am so excited to finally push the 'publish' button and send it out into the world. It's been almost four years since I finished …
The Three Body Problem, by Liu Cixin
Winner of the Hugo award for best novel this year, The Three Body Problem is densely packed with interesting ideas--so densely packed that some may find it hard to read. 'Some' does not include me. I think this is the most I've enjoyed a book since Gene Wolfe's Book of the New Sun series. The prose …
The Fold, by Peter Clines
I listened to The Fold recently, and while the premise was promising at the start, it ended up being more frustrating and annoying than enjoyable for me. Our story starts with the protagonist, Mike Ericson, high-school teacher, getting a request from his old friend at DARPA to do a special top secret task. Why would …
The Book of Strange New Things, by Michel Faber
I recently discovered that my favorite movie in recent years, Under the Skin, was based on a novel by Michel Faber. I'd never heard of him and decided to try this unusual, sci-fi drama. The plot centers around a Christian Missionary, Peter, who is traveling to a distant world to minister to alien creatures. This …
Continue reading "The Book of Strange New Things, by Michel Faber"
No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy
I'm not sure why I read this. The only other thing I'd read of McCarthy's was The Road, which I read back when I thought I wanted to write a post apocalyptic novel (barf). For some reason I pulled this one off the shelf at half priced books and read a couple pages, then decided I …
Continue reading "No Country for Old Men, by Cormac McCarthy"
Jonas David 