Strakul's Thoughts

This is, as the subtitle rightly states, "A Novel of an Ancient China That Never Was." It is part of a short series of books rel...

Warbreaker is an interesting experiment that Brandon Sanderson decided to do. He released it online for free through his website, though ...

This past week I went to two observatories for some observing runs: Cerro Tololo International Observatory (CTIO) and La Silla Observator...

The latest selection our book club is Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter (La tia Julia y el escribidor)  by Mario Vargas Llosa. There's b...

This is the second book in Brandon's Sanderson's Stormlight Archive series. While projected as a ten-book series, it is already v...

Dust of Dreams is the ninth book of the ten-book series Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson. This has been a good series overal...

This upcoming month's book club pick was Wild  by Cheryl Strayed. I hesitated to start it as it did not sound appealing at all. Howeve...

I read Ender's Game a long time ago, back when I was in high school. When I think back and remember the science fiction and fantasy b...