Book Review: Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey

Vomit zombie.

I’d like to open with that, because it is, as old Amazon would say, a statistically improbable phrase, and its presence in a space opera really tells you everything you need to know about Leviathan Wakes, the SF novel by the duo Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck. The authors’ casual use of the phrase “vomit zombie”, while it doesn’t come into play until halfway through the book, is the single best indicator of that Leviathan Wakes

Operation: Vineland… Part One: been out of the world for a spell

If you’re reading this, you probably know that in early June, I announced that I was heading out to a secret location to enact what is now known as Operation: Vineland. For a few weeks, I spent my life on a wee farm-turned-vineyard in southern Wisconsin, utterly alone save for my laptop, ready to write like it was my job.

No tv.
No landline.
No books.
No people.
No pets.
No internet.
No excuses.

Scary, no?

A radio offered

Next Stop: Bradbury Station

A while ago, I told y'all I was heading out to the comparative wilderness to do a writing retreat. That happened. I'll tell you all about next week. But I want to tell you this first.

Prior to going to my retreat, I spent a few days in Milwaukee to meet up with my midwest pals. By the way, if I saw you during that time, I think you’re an amazing person. That goes for all of you.

Anyway

Snow White & the Huntsmen in Black

Both Men In Black III and Snow White & the Huntsman are films obsessed with time. MIBIII plays with the notion of time as something that’s always slipping away, even when you have the power to manipulate it. And Snow White & the Huntsman, a more grown-up, gothic take on the Disney version, concerns itself with the inevitable march of time, despite one character’s blood-drenched plan to thwart it.

WARNING: Contains 110% spoilers!

The Good Stuff

Before I

ENACTED: State Policy of Literary Isolation

Book Review: The Thirteenth Princess

Warning! Here be Spoilers, matey!

The Thirteenth Princess, by Diane Zahler, is a retelling of the fairy tale The Twelve Dancing Princesses. It's narrated through the voice of the thirteenth daughter, 12-year-old Zita. Despised by her father King Aricin since the queen died in childbirth, Zita is raised as a servant in the palace. She maintains a secret friendship with her sisters, as well as with the stableboy Breckin, who has just moved from a neighboring kingdom to work in