Sunsets, Stars, West, Wind
Master parent category for all my reviews: books, movies, television shows, restaurants, products.
An excellent analysis of one of my favorite Disney classics, Sleeping Beauty, posted at Tor.com and authored by Mari Ness.
Some interesting tidbits:
I’m not nearly as excited about voting in the Hugos this year as I was last year. I’ll get much more excited next year when World Con actually comes to my home town (or close to it) in Kansas City.
Meanwhile, if you need some help decoding what all the hullabaloo is about the Hugo Awards circa 2015, peruse IO9’s excellent article here.
http://www.astronomy.com/observing/sky-this-week/2015/06/june-26july-5-2015
Look west for the next few evenings after sunset to catch Venus and Jupiter passing very near to each other.
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Free short SF story via my uncle’s blog. I liked it quite a bit when I first read it a couple years ago. Let me (or him) know what you think of it.
Have a great weekend!
http://io9.com/how-the-sinking-of-the-lusitania-heralded-an-entirely-n-1702800197
A less gentlemanly kind of war. Interesting short history on this 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Lusitania.
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Published by Tom Martinez, Historian of the Astronomical Solemnity of Kansas City, on Apr 7, 2015
The total phase was not seen from KC since totality occurred after moonset. Crystal clear skies allowed for a nice view of the last sliver of moon, however. Music is “Alive” by Jahzzar, http://betterwithmusic.com.
Great belated addition to the “Big Read” hosted by Lansing Community Library from my uncle.
Our department administrative assistant left a post card invitation on my desk for a new restaurant opening on the Country Club Plaza. So I took a short walk down the hill from the office to Zoe’s Kitchen, nestled next to Jack Stack.
Continue reading “Restaurant Review: Zoe’s Kitchen (3.5 to 4 stars)”
by Alan Smale
Good but not great.
As other reviewer(s) have noted, this ends up being a one-man show almost exclusively – Marcellinus, the Praetor of the XXXIII Legion, marching west across the Appallacians towards the mighty Mississippi years before Horace Greeley penned the phrase “Go West, young man.” The Romans, and their Norse scouts, encounter various Native Americans with startlingly advanced technology for a stone-age culture lacking even the wheel*.
Marcellinus is the only truly fleshed out character. All others – Romans, Norsemen, Native Americans – are barely cardboard cutouts in comparison. Some of the Cahokians, in the latter half of the book, get more interesting, but not by much.
Continue reading “Book Review: Clash of Eagles by Smale (3.5 stars)”
An update on my daughter’s blog (three years and waiting) but I’m so proud of her. I can’t wait to here her perform again.
