GRONE is an absolute masterpiece of science fiction. This massive tome of a tale spans literal centuries but somehow still manages to leave you wanting more, long after you’ve turned the last page and made some significant shelf space to house it. Deep in the bowels of Stanford University lies the QARMA supercomputer, run by […]
Francis X. Lenihan is a process server living in St. Louis when he reunites with his best friend, Dingus. Francis and Dingus served in the Army Medical Corps in the 1970s. Dingus served as it was a familial tradition, while Francis served to avoid a lengthy jail sentence. Their service in a relatively war-free area […]
It has been four decades since retired detective Larry Klinger lost his son. Yet, at 66, Larry still mourns his loss. Consequently, he joins a group of fathers who suffer from the pain of losing a child and set up meetings to discuss and help one another heal. In one meeting, one of the men […]
My Story, His Glory is Nathaniel X. Arnold’s compelling memoir of his conversion and fall from faith, exploration of diverse spiritual paths, and finding his way back to the Christian fold. Arnold’s autobiography is profoundly reflective of his youth in Alabama and the Washington, DC area in the years immediately following the Civil Rights Movement. […]
Diane 317 knew something was terribly wrong with her peaceful home. The tremors aboard the Cradle, a space station orbiting a post-apocalyptic Earth, were worsening. When Diane’s home began plummeting to Earth, she sought safety in an escape pod. The devastation of the crashed fortress was a potential gold mine to junkies, the wasteland scavengers. […]
Review: Seattle Book Review – 5 stars CarboN: The Primitivision is the premiere art book by Lawrence Armondo Hodge (aka CarboN). His new book is a collection of CarboN’s work from 1989 to 2021. This Bay Area native drew his inspiration from many cultures, styles, and art genres. As viewers flip through the pages of […]
Oh, help, I thought, less than a third of the way into this book, I’m reading poetry. It was not a complaint; far from it. Before All the World is poetry as it should be: deliberate while feeling casual, a game with words that is at once playful and deadly serious (sometimes by turns, sometimes […]
Happy Doll, the former cop, is trying to eke out a living as a private detective. The business hasn’t been great, so he’s anxious to meet his new client. When the young woman, Mary, walks in the door, she brings Happy’s past along. She’s the daughter of a woman, Ines, whom Happy had loved deeply […]
Betty White’s Pearls of Wisdom almost seems intrusive to read, as it is about the personal and intimate relationship the author and her family had with Betty, and the twelve pearls of wisdom are stories, humanitarian acts, and personality traits that may or may not have been known about Betty in her personal life. Each […]
