I finally got around to reading Neal Stephenson's cyberpunk novel about the Metaverse. I thought it was a great read. From the moment the character Hiro Protagonist was introduced I knew I was in for something "mystical and cranky." Some of the key phrases that I found to be prophetic: Gossip ex...

I've decided I'm going to try to read (at least) 50 books between now and February 1st of 2008. It's unoriginal, I know, but I've always wanted to try. So I'm going to document it here and write about other stuff in my LiveJournal. I think I may read Stephen King's second Dark Tower novel first. I'm...

I recently received a copy for review of The Lost Colony Book One: The Snodgrass Conspiracy by Grady Klein, published by First Second Books. Synopsis here. Sample pages here. At first glance, each page seems densely choreographed with many panels colorfully adorning the small but unique and...