Happy birthday to Jules Verne! The French author helped pioneer the science-fiction genre, writing about space and underwater travel long before such things were even possible. And no doubt he was fascinated by the idea of exploring the nadir of the earth and oceans, given that two of his books, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [...]
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Darkness Falls
Nastasya may be more than 400 years old, but she’s only now learning to truly live a worthy life. After centuries of a hard-partying lifestyle, Nastasya has finally found something that might resemble peace and contentment at River’s Edge, a kind of rehab for wayward immortals. Though her life isn’t perfect, she’s slowly learning to [...]
Anticipation, Fall 2011
Try as I might, I can’t quite escape the fact that it’s already August and summer is rapidly drawing to a close. With four months left in 2011, I just might make my goal of reading 100 books this year. Of course, my “to read” pile is never-ending because for every book I read, three [...]
