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Or:  The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire…IN SPACE! The Galactic Empire’s been going strong for 12,000 years, but now is beginning to stagnate. Careful observers see signs of stress...

Even though it doesn’t cast me in a good light, I’ll tell you the reason I grabbed this copy of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám at the most recent used book fair. I just finished reading The House of Mirth by...

Before I read “The Odyssey,” I thought I was pretty familiar with “The Odyssey.” There was Wishbone’s version, of course, and probably some illustrated kids’ edition, and a live-action movie with campy...

“The Princess Bride” is one of those books that, by the time I actually got around to reading it, I was pissed that I was only just then getting around to reading it. Surely, someone should have made sure...

This is an unusual choice for a blog post subject, for a blog that purports to about me reading the books on my bookshelf. The book is “Fra Keeler” by Azareen Van der Vliet Oloomi.  I haven’t...

Thanks to Sherlock Hemlock from Sesame Street, I can honestly say that I’ve loved parody detectives longer than I’ve loved detective fiction. If you don’t remember Sherlock Hemlock, probably...