Cohen’s The Sustainable City
THE SUSTAINABLE CITY. Steven Cohen. Columbia University Press. Humanity finds presently itself between two giant millstones: population growth, and the threat of environmental collapse, most notably through climate change. While … Continue reading
Thoraiya Dyer’s Titan’s Forest Series Continues To Break New Ground
ECHOES OF UNDERSTOREY: A TITAN’S FOREST NOVEL. Thoraiya Dyer. Tor Books. Aliens may be one of the first things that spring to mind when you hear the words “science fiction,” … Continue reading
The Blues Philosopher Brownie McGhee
I met Walter Brown “Brownie” McGhee in Oakland, California in the mid 1980s. I was a college student at the time, attending San Francisco State University, studying journalism and creative … Continue reading
Mastai’s All Our Wrong Todays Now In Paperback
ALL OUR WRONG TODAYS. Elan Mastai. Dutton. Elan Mastai’s All Our Wrong Todays was a debut novel that read like a work from a seasoned veteran – rife with intrigue and featuring … Continue reading
Ashley Cope’s Unsounded
UNSOUNDED. Ashley Cope. Self Published. This already monumental series starts with deceptive simplicity – two ill-suited companions on a journey. The dynamic is Calvin and Hobbes, times ten. She is … Continue reading
Dave Eggers Launches New Book With Bay Area Tour
Best-selling writer Dave Eggers (The Circle; A Hologram For The King), and founder of the San Francisco independent publishing house McSweeney’s, kicks off the publication of his latest book, The Monk Of … Continue reading
A Meditation On Bob Dylan’s “Trouble No More”
(today) The sound Of the voice Glistens like Wet blood (soft) Across the Sick cool Pale hue Of time (drenched) In the Indelible memory Of God (today) The holy depth … Continue reading
Trouble No More & A Poet’s Connection With the Spirit Guide
TROUBLE NO MORE: THE BOOTLEG SERIES – VOLUME 13 (1979-1981). Bob Dylan. Columbia Records. “An artist doesn’t work for money, or for God, or for the audience, or for personal … Continue reading
The Realms of God
THE REALMS OF GOD. Michael Livingston. TOR. There is, of course, nothing new in placing supernatural fiction in the context of a historical setting. Two of the best-known examples of … Continue reading
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