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Dark, soulful tales that haunt long after the last page.
A Princess of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs My rating: 3 of 5 stars I came to Edgar Rice Burroughs rather late, especially considering I was an avid fan of the old Tarzan TV show in the 1970s and the older films, regardless of who played the ape man. So it was about five years…
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom My rating: 3 of 5 stars I read this because a colleague wants us to teach it to sophomores this school year. She, a Jodi Picoult fan, loved it. I guess if you like that kind of stuff it’s a great book. I found it rather shallow, filled with…
The Pioneer Library System tour takes a week off for Independence Day celebrations, but will pick up again on July 9. Here are the dates and the names of the great authors who’ll be with me. I hope to see you at one of the stops! July 9 — I’ll be part of a panel…
The Curse of Chalion by Lois McMaster Bujold My rating: 5 of 5 stars I remember a few decades ago reading Bujold’s The Spirit Ring when it was new. At the time I thought it a fine story and she a very talented author. Then I kind of quite reading heroic fantasy for a long,…
Today I added my signature to a contract that will see After Obsession, the young adult novel written with mega-star Carrie Jones, published in Germany. Woohoo! Many thanks to Edward Necarsulmer IV at McIntosh & Otis, Inc. for his untiring efforts in our bid for world domination. Or at least global saturation. My paternal great-grandparents…
Education of a Wandering Man by Louis L’Amour My rating: 3 of 5 stars The more I read, the lower my rating went on this one. Basically, it reminded me why I don’t really care for L’Amour’s fiction. His anecdotes and stories about his “knockabout years” were entertaining, but his lectures — and I’d say…
I’m hoping to see and meet a lot of new people this summer as I attend a couple of conventions and speak at several libraries. The first stop is three days at SoonerCon beginning this Friday. Here my SoonerCon schedule: Friday 3PM Legacy of the Silver Scream: The Horror Film, Then and Now Friday 4PM…
A couple of weeks ago I was in a local thrift store and, to my surprise, found a copy of the 3F Publications edition of Shara on a shelf of books. If I trust my former publisher, there were only about 200 copies of this edition printed, so it was kind of a shock to…
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling My rating: 3 of 5 stars I might have given this a four-star review if I hadn’t seen the movie first. I guess it was a case where the movie followed the book too closely, as there were no surprises here after seeing the film.…
I’m very pleased to announce that the audiobook version of my novella Little Graveyard on the Prairie is now available for download from Audible.com, Amazon.com, and the iTunes store. Here’s a little description of the story: Harley Shaw’s life is falling apart around him. His best pasture is ruined. His cattle are gone. His wife…
Steven E. Wedel 