So, here’s the problem. I picked up Mickey7 because it was an NPR Best book of 2022 and Amazon listed it as #5 in Humorous Science Fiction. Was I wrong to expect to laugh a lot? The premise has potential, because Mickey, the protagonist, volunteers for a job that requires him to die over and...
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Welcome to the wild and wacky world of Carl Hiaasen. If anyone is better qualified to chronicle the madness unfolding in the state of Florida, I can’t think of who that might be. Hiaasen portrays the state as wracked by superstorms, shredded by misbegotten and unregulated development, and...
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In high school civics classes or college courses in political science, many of us in the United States have learned a little about the Red Scare of the 1940s and 50s. A few keywords surface in memory. The Army-McCarthy hearings. HUAC. The Hollywood Blacklist. Richard Nixon’s smear tactics....
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Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright is equally adept at both fiction and nonfiction, for which he won the prize. He has explored the history of Al Qaeda and 9/11, the so-called “Church” of Scientology, and other themes in 11 deeply researched factual accounts published from 1979 to...
Read MoreThe late C. J. Sansom wrote a series of seven outstanding mysteries set in Tudor England before his untimely death in 2024. His protagonist, a resourceful lawyer named Matthew Shardlake, has the misfortune of gaining the attention of the most powerful lords in the land, including King Henry VIII...
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Science Fiction Monday includes my latest Sci-Fi book review,
plus links to other science fiction content.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review,
with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review,
with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.
Science Fiction Monday includes my latest SF book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Mysteries & Thrillers Tuesday includes my latest mystery and thriller book review, with links to other science fiction content.
Nonfiction Wednesday includes my latest nonfiction book review, with links to other nonfiction content.
The Weekly includes summaries and links to all the previous week’s three to five book reviews, including some that don’t appear in any of the other newsletters.