The Caves of Steel – Review

The Caves of Steel by Isaac Asimov My rating: 3 of 5 stars This hard-boiled foray into the future of detective work on Earth was likely the progenitor of the now defunct human/robot buddy-cop genre. Asimov’s style is unmistakable, and as always, what he lacks in convincing dialogue, he makes up for in remarkable insight [...]

The Meaning of Particular Things (meaning this thing, in particular)

I hear tell of it being a good idea to provide a bit of focus for a blog. This being a blog, I thought maybe I’d try to do that. This is more for me than it is for you – I’m writing this more to get the various goals I have for this blog [...]

Robots of Dawn – Review

The Robots of Dawn by Isaac Asimov My rating: 3 of 5 stars Elijah Bailey’s third and final documented stressful and career making/breaking romp with R. Daneel Olivaw. In Asimov’s efforts to tie his robot stories together with his Foundation universe, some changes are made to the basic format of this book as opposed to [...]

Career Watch

Great casual meeting with my writing partner this evening. A good “Where are we now and what is the best way to go from here” meeting. I may become attached to an intriguing feature film script soon, with a director already signed on. We’ll see. At any rate, there is a lot of work to [...]

The Wild Things Are Right Here

Last night I went on a solo excursion to the land of Nostalgia. The ship I sailed in was Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. I remember reading the book over and over when I was a child – it was a favorite. And why not? What little boy [...]