A Game of Thrones (A Song of Fire and Ice - series) by George R.R. Martin - (1996-?) The sweeping story of the lands of Westeros where seasons last for years. Summer is ending, Winter is coming and the world of the Seven Kingdoms must face more than just the beginning a long hard winter.... Continue Reading →
Books – Cult Sci-Fi Movies And Some Wore Blue, Some Wore Gray
Still tyring to get caught up on books, so doubles for another week. Cult Sci-Fi Movies by Danny Peary (2014) - Ten essays on some of the best science fiction movies of all time. This book is one of a series of books on cult films (Horror, Crime, Midnight Movies). Here he takes on an... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Closure (A Jack Randall Thriller)
Closure - Randall Wood (2013) - FBI Agent Jack Randall finds himself assigned to a high profile case in a very peculiar manner, by the killer. High profile people are being killed with frightening efficiency across the country. It's clear that it's all the same killer but finding the connections is a challenge. From New... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Mythed Connections
Mythed Connections by Michael G. Munz (2013) - Three short stories that take the figures of Greek mythology and plant them firmly in the modern world. In "The Atheist and the Ferryman" a young man discovers there's an enormous river running through his basement. With a strange and grumpy old man in charge of bringing... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Dover Beach
Dover Beach (The Last P.I. #1) by Richard Bowker (1987/2012) - A "limited" nuclear war has reduced the United States to a post-apocalyptic backwater nation. Society is still sorting itself out with both good and bad affect. In the midst of this Wally Sands is trying to be a private investigator. At the moment it... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Some Of The Best From Tor.com 2012 Edition
Some Of The Best From Tor.com 2012 Edition - Tor is a great name in the world of scinece fiction and fantasy. This is an annual collection of short works from some of their authors. So it's really a best of the best collection and that's exactly the way it reads. You'll find one part... Continue Reading →
Net Neutrality, Adult Monster and RIP Russell Johnson
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →
Book Review – Be The Monkey
Be The Monkey - Ebooks and Self-Publishing - A Conversation Between Authors Barry Eisler and Joe Konrath This is a different kind of book about the new different kind of books. Eisler and Konrath are successful authors who are making money (even serious money) by publishing digitally. The book is the record of a live... Continue Reading →
The Cyrus Thing, What Makes Great TV? and New Reading Models
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Monday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →
The Perils of Pop Stardom, E-book readers Part 2, Your Kids Might Be Rednecks
"The View From the Phlipside" is a media commentary program airing on WRFA-LP, Jamestown NY. It can be heard Tuesday through Friday just after 8 AM and 5 PM. The following are scripts which may not exactly match the aired version of the program. Mostly because the host may suddenly choose to add or subtract... Continue Reading →