September 21, 2010: A plethora of pics!

Well fine. Apologies.  The trailer won't be coming out until first thing tomorrow morning.  9:00 a.m. to be exact.  So set your watches. Hopefully these pics will tide you over. Addendum: Nope, sorry.  9:00 a.m. PDT.  Again, apologies.  The gang at post, led by the lovely Kerry McDowall, did an excellent job getting the trailer…

July 13, 2009: Author James Enge Answers Your Questions!

Author James Enge Today, it gives me great pleasure to turn this blog over to James Enge - fantasist, educator, and all-around nice guy.  The only thing that pleases me more than playing host to a talented author is playing host to a talented and genial author (I suppose playing host to a talented and genial…

July 6, 2009: Blood of Ambrose, by James Enge

King Lathmar, only twelve years old but heir to the Empire of Ontil, becomes the pawn in a dangerous political game when his Protector, the scheming Lord Urdhven, stages a shocking palace coup.  Imprisoning his powerful rival and Lathmar’s guardian, the elderly yet fearsome Ambrosia of the Ambrosii, Lord Urdhven consolidates his hold on the…

July 2, 2009: Oh, This and That.

Arlighty. I’m almost packed and almost ready to go. I’m going to Montreal for a week and, since I’m traveling alone, I’m going to try to minimize my TWA (Time Waiting Around) by foregoing checked luggage in favor of squeezing everything into my carry-on bags. So, just the bare essentials: socks, shirts, underwear, toiletries, laptop,…

June 24, 2009: August’s Book of the Month Club Selection. And – BEST. MOVIE REVIEW. EVER!

In case you haven’t noticed - I’m slowing down the pace of the book club, limiting the selections to a single title a month in order to - hopefully - give you all enough time to read and participate in the discussion. In a couple of weeks, we’ll be discussing James Enge’s fantasy debut Blood…

May 14, 2009: BIG Book of the Month Club News

Let’s kick off today’s entry with some BIG book of the month club news. There will be one, and only one, selection for June’s BOTMC discussion: Elric: The Stealer of Souls, by Michael Moorcock From the publisher: “When Michael Moorcock began chronicling the adventures of the albino sorcerer Elric, last king of decadent Melniboné, and…