If you’re old enough to remember the moon landing in 1969, you may recall reports that the astronauts saw strange flashing lights as they approached Luna. In fact, other astronauts who followed Apollo 11’s Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins have reported similar experiences. Naturally,...
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In the fall of 1942, before the Allies invaded North Africa and the Germans lost at Stalingrad, France had fallen, Britain was staggering, and the United States had not yet meaningfully entered the war in Europe. Virtually all of the Continent outside a handful of neutral nations was occupied by...
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The three sisters’s lives spanned three centuries of Chinese history. Born late in the nineteenth century, the youngest of them died at the age of 105 in 2003. Together, these three extraordinary women helped shape the destiny of the world’s most populous nation from the closing days...
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Something is often lost in the translation of foreign fiction. If the translator has done a poor job, the prose comes across as ragged or word choice sometimes puzzling. Neither of these problems crops up with the translation from the Japanese of Keigo Higashino’s novel, The Devotion of...
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You’ll recognize Google in the eponymous company, Avogadro Corp, which is at the center of this disturbing science fiction novel. The range of products is similar. The company’s cofounder is Sean Leonov and is the son of Russian immigrants. It’s an obvious reference to...
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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.
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.