J. Daniel Sawyer offers in-depth film reviews concentrating on craft, storytelling, and philosophical notions employed in or evoked by the book in question.
Travis J. Corocan author of the Aristillus series, a feat which has won him the prestigious Prometheus award twice so far. He’s also the mind behind Escape the City, the indispensable guide to adapting to rural life after growing up smack dab in the hustle and bustle. I sent him …
Terry Mixon, host of the Dead Robot’s Society and bestselling author of the Empire of Bones Saga, gives his take on The Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile When Dan asked me to review The Secrets of the Heinlein Juvenile, I leaped at the chance. Robert Heinlein was one of the …
Those of you who follow my series The Unfolding World (often these are New Year’s Posts) will know that I’ve been talking in big terms about What Comes Next for the US and the world. I’ve said we’d better hold our nerve and that, if we do, we’re going to …
I originally wrote this review in 2013 for the UK release of the book in question. I am re-posting it here, because the book has now been issued in the United States. The American title is Sex, Lies, and Statistics while the British issue was called The Sex Myth. Having …
In today’s edition of Dan’s Nutty Life Story, we bring you an educational resource, a book review, a cute puppy picture, and a cover reveal (not necessarily in that order). Oh boy oh boy oh boy, it was a hot one today. Third day in a row when it was …
Hi Everyone! Sorry for my silence the last couple days. I actually have been writing, but I haven’t had time to do blog posts, because I’ve been buried in a rotating gamut of five things: Recording Reading Writing ‘Rithmatic — Well, not arithmetic especially, but compliance. Lots of verifying records …
Yesterday, I promised you an update on the other book I read cover-to-cover this week. It was one that–like the Iles books I’ve been raving about the last few months–dragged me straight through in one sitting (well, okay, one and a half). This one wasn’t Greg Iles, though, but another …
Hello and greetings and updates from the road! Growing up in the San Francisco area, I learned to hate humidity. Going to the east coast or the south or the midwest meant growing a set of gills. How things change! After two years on the Oregon coast, now that I’m …
Another stormy day here. Lots of hard driving rain and wind. Far too stormy for a proper walk outside, at least so far. It takes a few weeks to acclimatize to the sudden season changes, though if this keeps up tomorrow I’m going to have to bundle up and take …
Technically, this one should have gone up late last night, but I don’t like posting two posts too close together. So, here’s some afternoon’s entertainment for you at my expense. A few years ago, I suddenly stopped being able to read like I used to. My eyes would slide off …
