Remembering A Science Fiction Master
Unless you were a Science Fiction fan in the 1960s and 70s, you may not know the name Philip Jose Farmer. But during this period he was one of the genre’s best. Farmer passed away on February 25, 2009, a month after his 91st birthday. Phillip Jose Farmer was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on [...]
The Mystery Dies
December 3, 1926 was a quiet Friday evening. Mystery writer Agatha Christie was well on her way as an established writing having just published her seventh book, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. After giving her daughter a goodnight kiss she suddenly left the house for a car ride. The next morning the car was discovered [...]
Philp Jose Farmer
Unless you were a Science Fiction fan in the 1960s and 70s, you may not know the name Philip Jose Farmer. But during this period he was one of the genre’s best. Farmer passed away on February 25th, a month after his 91st birthday. Phillip Jose Farmer was born in Terre Haute, Indiana on January [...]
J.R.R. Tolkien – Life and Works
In Bloemfontein, South Africa, on January 3, 1892, John Ronald Reuel (J.R.R.) Tolkien was born. His father, Arthur Reuel Tolkien was an English banker and had moved to Bloemfontein with his wife Mabel as part of his job. By the time Tolkien was 13 both of his parents had died, first his father in 1896 [...]
First Books in a Long Running Series
1. James Bond – Casino Royale – 1950 – Ian Fleming 2. Nero Wolfe – Fer-De-Lance – 1934 – Rex Stout 3. Travis McGee – The Deep Blue Goodbye – 1964 – John D. MacDonald 4. Kay Scarpetta – Postmortem – 1990- Patricia Cornwell 5. Kent Family Chronicles – The Bastard – 1974 – John [...]
With a Huff and a Puff
In eight minutes on May 27, 1933 Walt Disney retold an old story. It was on that day that Disney’s Silly Symphonies version of the Three Little Pigs was released. The cartoon produced by Disney and directed by Burt Gillet played in movie theaters for months, in a time when shorts were played for only [...]
Erica Jong
Erica Jong, the novelist, poet and essayist was born on March 26, 1942, in New York City. Her parents were Seymour Mann and Eda Mirsky. She was their middle daughter. Her older sister Suzanne is married Lebanese businessman Arthur Daou, and a younger sister, Claudia had a career as a social worker. Jong for many [...]
My Favorites of 2008
Movie Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull While some may have found it hard seeing Harrison Ford playing an older Indiana Jones, I actually thought it was refreshing, not to mention you got to see more of the Indiana Jones Adventures. Network Television Series Heroes The end of Season 1 was a [...]
The Mystery Writer Disappears
December 3, 1926 was a quiet Friday evening. Mystery writer Agatha Christie was well on her way as an established writing having just published her seventh book, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. After giving her daughter a goodnight kiss she suddenly left the house for a car ride. The next morning the car was discovered [...]
1st Books of Vampire Series
Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter – Guilty Pleasure – 1993 – Laurell K. Hamilton Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse) – Dead Until Dark – 2001 – Charlaine Harris Queen Betsy (The Undead Series) – Undead and Unwed – 2004 – Mary Janice Davidson The Dark Ones – A Girls Guide to Vampires – 2003 – Katie [...]
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