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Must Be the Season of the Alchemist

Hospital, by Han Song, translated by Michael Berry – This is a pretty bizarre book, partially a satire on the medical industry, with the hospital system essentially taking over the world, then branching out from there into increasingly surreal territory. … Continue reading →

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Seafaring and Serpents

Sam Steele’s Adventures on Land and Sea, by L. Frank Baum – The six issues of Oz-story Magazine, published by Hungry Tiger Press from 1995 through 2000, all ended with a full-length novel by Baum. I’d read two of them, … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Uncategorized | Tagged a dragon-lover's treasury of the fantastic, a drama of dragons, a hiss of dragon, a plague of butterflies, anne mccaffrey, barbara delaplace, boy fortune hunters, captain hugh fitzgerald, craig shaw gardner, dragons, floyd akers, franz kafka, george r.r. martin, gordon r. dickson, gregory benford, hungry tiger press, l. sprague de camp, lois tilton, marc laidlaw, margaret reis, mike resnick, naboth perkins, orson scott card, oz-story magazine, pern, racism, roger zelazny, sam steele, sam steele's adventures on land and sea, st. dragon and the george, the boy fortune hunters in alaska, the dragonbone flute, the george business, the hidden dragon, the ice dragon, the metamorphosis, the trials and tribulations of myron blumberg dragon, treasure island, two yards of dragon, weyr search, wizards |

Father’s on the Drink Again

A song I heard a week or so ago that I hadn’t listened to in a while is “Story,” by the Minus 5, which is on their first album Old Liquidator. It’s a pretty amusing track, basically a short story … Continue reading →

Posted in Etymology, Minus 5, Music, Neko Case, New Pornographers | Tagged alcohol, dan bejar, franz kafka, graham greene, scott mccaughey, story, streets of fire, the power and the glory, whiskey |