On this blog’s sister site, the official Pandora’s Children website, I have posted 2 new posts, one on the books I am currently reading, one on the books I just bought.  I’ll be doing a weekly update on what’s new in the world of books for me, so if you are interested, head over to Pandora’s Children and check it out.  This week… Stephen King, Jim Butcher, Simon Green, a couple of Dragonlance and Forgotten [...]

I never thought I would use any sort of electronic reader to read books on a regular basis.  And I still don’t,  and never will, unless paper books go the way of the dodo.  My wife, father and mother all have Sony eReaders, but I will never give up my paper and ink books.  The feel of a book, the smell of a new book, being able to dog ear pages… they are part of [...]

We will never see another Stephen King in our lifetime. But in a world lacking in quality horror, his son is doing an admirable job of writing good, easy and enjoyable to read horror. I’m only 1/3 of the way through Horns, but it is an excellent read.  It flows.  it rarely hangs up.  It is engaging.  And while not a “page turner” because it is not a mystery or thriller “who done it”, though there are [...]

I am sick of Zombies I am a member of several forums that allow horror authors to plug their own books, and I swear, 90% of them begin with the words “The world has come to an end” or “Armageddon has come” or “The age of mankind is over” or something in this vein, quickly followed by the word zombie. I know, I know, these things work in cycles. Zombie movies have been rampant the [...]

I have a very, let’s say tense, relationship with video games. I love them. Hey, I’m a healthy 33-year-old with the normal appetites. I own a Wii and a PSP and a DSi XL. And when the new 3D DS comes out next year, i’m going to get that, too. i know, I know, most men my age have either a Playstation 3 or XBOX 360, as the games for these systems are more mature [...]

Clive Barker is one of my favorite authors, right up there with Stephen King and Neil Gaiman.  I haven’t read everything he has written, but most of his works.  Weaveworld and The Damnation Game rank up there with Gaiman’s American Gods and King’s It as some of my favorite books. nd I have read Barker’s Books of blood volumes 1-3, as well as volumes 4-6, which were released under other names (In the Flesh, The [...]

Some thoughts on my favorite television shows: Lost-  God, I miss the days of escaped polar bears.  And The Others.  And inputting numbers into an old computer and pushing a button.  I remember complaining about the show back then, but man, it was gold compared to today.  Time travel.  I HATE time travel.  Abhor it.  Its an awful premise in any show.  And all it has done to lost is make it an incomprehensible mess.  [...]