December 30th, 2022
Closing out 2022, I've added six reviews: the SF novels Legacy and A Thousand Words for Stranger, the fantasy novels Glass Sword, Circe and Swords Against Death, and the non-fiction book Homo Deus. I also updated two movie reviews: The Empire Strikes Back (in concert!) and Star Trek: First Contact.

September 18th, 2022
I've added four new fantasy reviews this week: Sourcery, The Return of the King, The Lord of the Rings Foreward and Appendices and Seventh Son. I also updated some quick reviews for X-Men, X-Men 2, and the first six Star Wars movies: The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi.

July 30th, 2022
Four more book reviews this week: the fantasy novel The Children of D'Hara, and the conclusion to the SF Dragonback series, Dragon and Herdsman, Dragon and Judge and Dragon and Liberator.

June 26th, 2022
Here are four new book reviews: the SF novels The Stars Like Gods, Robots of Dawn and American Gods, and the fantasy novel Swords and Deviltry.

April 10th, 2022
I've caught up with most of my backlog. Today I have SF book reviews for The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Judas Unchained, as well as the fantasy novels Ashes and The Last Battle. I've also updated the non-fiction and Star Trek book sections to the latest format.

March 4th, 2022
And my first post of the year is a little later than expected. I've added reviews for the SF books Pandora's Star, Of A Darker Void, my third reading of The Naked Sun, Dragon and Slave, and Path of Duty, as well as the fantasy novella The Dream Gatherer.

December 27th, 2021
My last post of the year doesn't quite bring my backlog to completion, but here are four more: the SF novels Dragon and Soldier and The Knife of Never Letting Go, and the fantasy novels The Silver Chair and Red Queen.

December 4th, 2021
This month sees the completed overhaul of the Fantasy book section, with an update to the main Fantasy novel index. Check it out!

Continuing the culling of my backlog, here are six more: the SF novels Anvil of Stars and Lost and Found, the fantasy novels On A Pale Horse, The Thief Who Pulled on Trouble's Braids and The Two Towers, as well as the non-fiction book Russians in Space.

November 2nd, 2021
Still going through my backlog of reviews, here are six more: the SF novels Second Chance Angel, The Caves of Steel (for the 3rd time!), and the fantasy books Tickle the Dragon's Tail, Twinkles Takes a Holiday, Dragonlance: The Second Generation, and The Magic Factory.

I also updated the movie index with The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King, as well as the Star Trek movies The Wrath of Khan, The Search for Spock, The Voyage Home and The Undiscovered Country.

October 16th, 2021
Another quick update, still playing catch-up with six more book reviews: the fantasy novels Night Shift Witch, Star of the Party and The Beginning Place, as well as the SF novels Mockingjay, The Indivisible and the Void, and Ender's Game. I've also continued updating the style of the rest of the fantasy section.

September 30th, 2021
I can't believe it's been so long -My concentration was on writing. I have two new book releases to announce: A Tremor in the Wings and A Light in Exile -a great place to start my Rykolien Immigrants series.

I've also updated the site with six new book reviews: the fantasy novel The Fall of Gondolin, and the SF novels The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, Provenance, Pastwatch, and Agent of Time.

December 30th, 2020
My reviews of the fantasy novel Fall of Thanes, and the SF novels Second Foundation , The Forge of God, No Honor in Death, Rift in the Sky and Exin Ex Machina are now available. I also updated the page for a new viewing of Shrek.

December 4th, 2020
My reviews of the fantasy novel The Fellowship of the Ring, the Dragonlance Legends Time of the Twins, War of the Twins and Test of the Twins, as well as the SF novels Foundation and Empire and Eternity's End, are now available.

October 28th, 2020
I've added four new book reviews: Narnia's Prince Caspian and Voyage of the Dawn Treader, as well as the fantasy novel Blood & Tears, and the classic SF novel Xenocide... I also updated the reviews for the following movies: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, The Phantom Menace, Attack of the Clones, Revenge of the Sith, and Aladdin.

July 1st, 2020
My next four reviews are available: The Chronicles of Narnia's The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe and The Horse and His Boy, as well as Tolkien's Children of Hurin and Asimov's Foundation.

May 19th, 2020
My reviews of the four fantasy novels Bloodheir, The Magician's Nephew, The Lightning Thief, and Firebrand are now available.

March 6th, 2020
I've added four new book reviews, for the SF novels Dragon Rigger, Riders of the Storm, Do You Realize?, and the non-fiction scientific work Sapiens. I also added more viewings to Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III.

December 21st, 2019
Every time I feel like I'm catching up, I get behind again. I've added four new reviews, for books I'd read previously: The Hobbit (for the 5th time), Dragons of Autumn Twilight, Dragons of Winter Night, and Dragons of Spring Dawning (all for the 3rd time). Additionally, I'd like to announce the publication of my fourth SF novel, Prophet's Choice.

December 21st, 2019
Here are another four book reviews: The SF duology of The Abyss Beyond Dreams and A Night Without Stars, as well as the fantasy books Harry Potter and the Cursed Child and Beren and Luthien. I also updated notes for new viewings of Star Wars, The Matrix and Robin Hood.

July 28th, 2019
Still catching up, I have added four new reviews, also adjusting other books by the same authors to the new web page style. Here are the SF novels Existence, Vortex, and Journey to the Center of the Earth, as well as a reread of the fantasy novel Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

May 9th, 2019
I have another four reviews to catch up: Rereads of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, and Yours, Isaac Asimov, as well as a new review of Dragondrums.

April 17th, 2019
It's been a while, but I have four updates for today: the fantasy novel Dust & Rain, a reread of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, and two books from the Pern Harper Hall trilogy: Dragonsong and Dragonsinger.

January 7th, 2019
My first reviews of the year are for a reread of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, as well as the SF book Dragon and Thief, and the fantasy novel The One Kingdom.

December 12th, 2018
Another long break, culminating in four new book reviews: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Tempest, and the wonderful Reap the Wild Wind.

September 30th, 2018
In order to gain space on my web server, I have been forced to remove several sections of my web site. It's been a while since I've updated several movie sections, so I am currently only supporting science fiction and fantasy movies, plus Indiana Jones. I have permanently removed the fiction and non-fiction (IMAX) movies, as well as the Live shows. More reductions may be necessary in the future. I've also tried something a little different in the formatting of my latest reviews, Divergent, Insurgent, Allegiant, and Four. Hopefully they will be easier to see on mobile devices.

July 14th, 2018
I have added my reviews for the SF novel The Forever War, and the fantasy novel Winterbirth. I also added reviews for my second reads of both Star Trek: The Next Generation: The Continuing Missions, and Bad Astronomy. I also updated the movie section for Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

July 4th, 2018
I always read a lot on airplanes. Here are four book reviews leading up to and while on my last business trip, the SF novels Dragons in the Stars and A.I. Apocalypse, and the fantasies The Magic Word and Fire & Ice. I also went on a Star Wars marathon, and can add updates to Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, and Return of the Jedi.

March 18th, 2018
While adding the book review for Quantum Night, here's also a full blown movie update: Stargate, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Although they are no longer active on this site, I also updated the numbers for Forrest Gump and A Walk to Remember, on the movie summary page.

February 26th, 2018
I start off the year with three new book reviews and three movie updates. The reviews for the Star Wars novel Mercy Kill, and the SF novels The Icarus Hunt and Foreigner are now available. I have updated the reviews of The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers and The Return of the King movies after re-watches.

December 23rd, 2017
Today I posted the review for the fantasy novel Tongues of Serpents, and a re-review of the Star Wars graphic novel Union. I also updated the notes for the two Star Trek movies Insurrection and Nemesis. Due to space limitations on this site, I've unfortunately had to remove some fiction movie reviews.

October 26th, 2017
I have posted three reviews today, the Jules Verne novel From the Earth to the Moon, the fantasy novel Frey, and my second reading of the Star Wars comic Mandatory Retirement.

October 7th, 2017
I've added my reviews of the SF novel The Chysalids, and the Star Wars Comic Companion.

September 15th, 2017
My review of the novel Speaker for the Dead is now available, as well as an update for my fourth reading of The Return of the King, and my 13th viewing of Star Wars: The Phantom Menace.

August 31st, 2017
I've added my review of the fantasy novel Eventide, and updated my reviews of the Star Trek movies Generations and First Contact.

August 7th, 2017
I have posted reviews for the two SF novels Avogadro Corp and Tandem.

July 12th, 2017
My review of the fantasy novel The Treasured One is now available, as well as two quick movie re-reviews, of the Dune mini-series and The Dark Crystal.

June 17th, 2017
My full review of A Wizard of Earthsea, as well as a reread update of The Two Towers novel, are now available.

May 10th, 2017
I've added two new book reviews today, the conclusion to the Deepgate Codex fantasy series God of Clocks, and the SF novel Ringworld.

April 22nd, 2017
I have four new reviews today, from movie re-watches like Apollo 13 and The Matrix Reloaded, to new SF novels like No Time to be Guessing and The Turing Exception. I'm also celebrating the release of my first novel, On Alert, now available online.

March 7th, 2017
My first review of 2017 is rather late, but here goes: the excellent SF novels The Last Firewall and Ender's Game (again), and the fantasy novels Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and Evensong.

December 31st, 2016
My final review of the year goes to the Star Wars novel Choices of One.

December 24th, 2016
I've added two book reviews, a new one for the Green Rider novel Mirror Sight, and an update to the Star Wars comic The Imperial Perspective.

November 12th, 2016
More short movie reviews on repeat viewings, for X-Men 2, V (the original mini-series), and V: The Final Battle mini-series, as well as the conclusion to the fantasy novel series Chronicles of the Shadow War: Shadow Star.

October 24th, 2016
I've written a new review for the SF novel No Time to Give Up, as well as updating the movie reviews for The Empire Strikes Back, Return of the Jedi, and the original X-Men.

September 18th, 2016
I have made an update for the movies Toy Story 2 and Star Wars: A New Hope, as well as the SF novel The Martian, and the biography of Elon Musk.

August 7th, 2016
My reviews for Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Mockingjay (the novel, for the second time) are now available.

July 19th, 2016
I have finally posted my reviews for Earthbound and the novel Catching Fire (for the second time).

June 18th, 2016
My reviews for the final Last of the Jedi novel, Reckoning, as well as a reread of The Hunger Games book, have been added. I also updated the Young Indiana Jones summary page with the date for new viewing of The Perils of Cupid.

June 6th, 2016
My reviews for the two Star Wars novels Tyrant's Test and Crosscurrent, are now available.

April 24th, 2016
I have finally reviewed the fantasy novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the SF novels No Time to Waste and Shadow of the Giant. I've also updated the movie version of The Return of the King.

March 25th, 2016
My reviews of the two Star Wars Last of the Jedi novels, Against the Empire and Master of Deception, the novelization of The Fellowship of the Ring, and the movie version of The Two Towers, are now all available.

March 1st, 2016
My review of the SF novel Starbound, by Joe Haldeman, is now available. I have also updated briefly my movie reviews for Toy Story, Back to the Future Part III, and The Fellowship of the Ring.

February 19th, 2016
I've added my reviews of the two Star Wars legacy novels: The Black Fleet Crisis book 2: Shield of Lies, and the Clone Wars novel No Prisoners.

January 17th, 2016
I have reviewed the fantasy novel Shadow Dawn, as well as briefly updated the movie reviews of Back to the Future II and Patrick Stewart's version of A Christmas Carol.

January 2nd, 2016
My first review of the year goes to the Star Wars novel Red Harvest.

December 20th, 2015
I have reviewed the last book in the Tower and Knife trilogy, The Tower Broken. I also added a viewing of the original Back to the Future movie.

November 21st, 2015
Two new book reviews today, The Last of the Jedi books 6 and 7, Return of the Dark Side and Secret Weapon, as well as two new movie updates, The Two Towers and Return of the King.

November 9th, 2015
Somehow, I've fallen behind on my reviews again. Tonight I have updated two novels, the final Dragonlance Lost Chronicles novel Dragons of the Hourglass Mage, and book 6 of the Last of the Jedi, A Tangled Web. I've also updated two movies, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, and The Fellowship of the Ring.

October 3rd, 2015
I have completed two new book reviews: Asimov's SF short story collection I, Robot, and the fantasy compilation of Tolkien's War of the Jewels.

September 28th, 2015
My next book review is for the Star Wars horror novel Death Troopers. I also have a quick update of the movie version of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

September 11th, 2015
Tonight I present one more book review, The Force Unleashed II, and a quick update to the movie version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.

September 1st, 2015
Two more book reviews: the fantasy novel Knife Sworn, and the Dragonlance Lost Chronicles novel Dragons of the Highlord Skies.

August 2nd, 2015
Today's two reviews are for the Ender's Shadow novel Shadow Puppets, and an update to the Anne of Green Gables mini-series.

July 19th, 2015
Here are two more reviews: the Star Wars comic Darklighter, and a small update to the Jurassic Park movie.

July 14th, 2015
After getting thoroughly behind again, I have two more reviews in the new backlog: An Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth by Chris Hadfield, and a SF novel by Barry B. Connors: No Time to Scream.

April 24th, 2015
My next two reviews are of the fourth Harry Potter book, Goblet of Fire, and the tried and true movie Raiders of the Lost Ark.

April 13th, 2015
My reviews of the next two Last of the Jedi young reader novels, are now available, Underworld and Death on Naboo.

March 30th, 2015
I have two new reviews for today: the conclusion to the fantasy trilogy Mystic Empire, and the SF teen novel A Wrinkle in Time.

March 20th, 2015
It seems that every time I complete a review, I also finish another book... I'm almost caught up. For now, here are the reviews for the SF novel The Infinite Sea, and the Star Wars novel Before the Storm, book 1 of the Black Fleet Crisis.

February 28th, 2015
Still more of my backlog of reviews... Another Star Wars Old Republic novel, Annihilation, and the SF book Siege of Titan.

January 31st, 2015
Continuing to work on my backlog of reviews, here are two more: the Star Wars Old Republic novel Revan, and the second Bean book, Shadow of the Hegemon.

January 19th, 2015
It has been a long while since I've posted any reviews. My first in (hopefully) a rush of reviews are: The Hobbit and the first book in the Dragonlance Lost Chronicles: Dragons of the Dwarven Depths.

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