Blogs Posts in Fiction category; 11 blog posts

The Science Fiction Book

Shown above is the cover (click to see at full size) of ‘The Science Fiction Book: An Illustrated History’ by Franz Rottensteiner, featuring an illustrated layout by Thames and Hudson. In the mid-70s I was very much a Star Tre [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Book Review - Inside Out by Marilyn E. Randall

I like Marilyn Randall’s books, I had read her first two and they were delightful. Writing a book for a young child is actually much more difficult than one might imagine. For Faithful Friends was her first foray into the youn [...]

Posted On : Mar, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Responding to the claims of the da vinci code

The book sold over 40 million copies, becoming the most widely read fiction books of all time. But the book and its author have intimated that there is far more truth found in its pages than fiction. What claims does the Da Vinci Code mak [...]

Posted On : Jul, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Angela's Book Review: 'Jezebel'

I recently read a book that was a little different from the books I usually read. It was a Christian fiction book by Jacquelin Thomas. It's called "Jezebel." The main character is Jessie Belle Holt Deveraux. She is from a small t [...]

Posted On : Jun, 11 2008 | Comments : 0

Heil Woodrow!

Coming of age in the 1960s, I heard the word “fascist” all the time. College presidents were fascists, Vietnam War supporters were fascists, policemen who tangled with protesters were fascists, on and on. To some, the word smack [...]

Posted On : Feb, 01 2008 | Comments : 0

Animal Spirits

In his 2005 film, “Grizzly Man,” Werner Herzog reconstructed the final years of Timothy Treadwell, an animal advocate who went into the Alaskan backcountry to live among the bears he loved, and — in an unanticipa [...]

Posted On : Jan, 14 2008 | Comments : 0

A Womans Lot in Kabul, Lower Than a House Cats

It’s not that hard to understand why Khaled Hosseini’s first novel, “The Kite Runner” (2003), became such a huge best seller, based largely on word of mouth and its popularity among book clubs and reading groups. The [...]

Posted On : Jan, 03 2008 | Comments : 0

Title: Out of Innocence

Dan Skelton's, "Out of Innocence" will stay within your mind for a very long time. With raw power and imagery Skelton drags the reader in and doesn't let go until the bittersweet end.Ten-year-old Chris Curry and his siblings [...]

Posted On : Nov, 26 2007 | Comments : 0

Title: Xanthan Gumm

What could creatures in outer space really know about us here on Earth? If they took their information from the various radio waves and television satellite signals bouncing around in the atmosphere, their opinions of us would be rath [...]

Posted On : Nov, 19 2007 | Comments : 0

Title: The Human Element

Do we really know the people in our hometowns? What could they be hiding, just under the surface? In Dan Skelton’s novel, “The Human Element,” what’s under the surface is something truly scary.Everyone in the s [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

Title: Issi's (and other) Tales

The short story is an art form that very few perfect. Poe and O. Henry come to mind. I recently was introduced to a new author along those very lines…Anthony Waugh. His collection, “Issi’s (and other) Tales,” is an [...]