Reviews of books and comics I’ve read, movies and shows I’ve watched, places I’ve been to, software and products I’ve used, games I’ve played, restaurants I’ve eaten at, businesses where I’ve shopped, and so on.
Latest
- Malaga Creek ★★★★★ Malaga Creek carves a canyon through the coastal bluffs down to a narrow pebbly beach. The canyon is too choked with trees to follow in most places, but an informal trail runs around the top of the canyon, climbing down to the creek in a few spots, and a service road winds down to the cove.
- The Time Ships
★★★⯪☆
Stephen Baxter
A sequel to H.G. Wells’ The Time Machine that drastically expands the scope across multiple timelines, from the dawn of time to the far future seen in the original. Now with Dyson spheres, nanobots, and a seemingly endless war that can only be stopped in the past. - The Beginning Place
★★★⯪☆
Ursula K. Le Guin
More of an in-between place, a portal fantasy of people caught in liminal spaces and a quest that never quite makes sense to the two young adults pushed into it.
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Dates and cross-posting: The oldest reviews have been moved or copied over from my blog or third-party sites where I originally wrote them (social media posts, reviews at Yelp or Amazon, etc.), and I’ve kept most of the original publication dates. When I make substantial changes (not just fixing typos or updating links or tags) I add an updated date to the article.
Sometimes I still cross post (usually abbreviated versions) to sites like Bookwyrm, AlternativeTo, or store listings, where a review is more likely to be seen.
Not AI: Yes, these are a real person’s opinions. Yes, the website has em-dashes and curly quotes. Proper typography predates “generative AI” by decades, even on the web.