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Book Review: Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer

Posted in book reviews, horror, philosophy, psychology, tagged , on October 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Review of the book Under the Banner of Heaven, by Jon Krakauer.

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Book Review: Club Dead, by Charlaine Harris

Posted in book reviews, horror on October 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Review of Club Dead by Charlaine Harris.

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Book Review: Living Dead in Dallas, by Charlaine Harris

Posted in book reviews, horror, media on September 15, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Book review of Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris.

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Book Review: Dead Until Dark, by Charlaine Harris

Posted in book reviews, horror, media on September 14, 2009 | 2 Comments »

Review of Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris.

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Book Review: This is Your Brain on Music, by Daniel J. Levitin

Posted in book reviews, general science, media on March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A review of Daniel Levitin’s book This is Your Brain on Music.

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Book Review: Playing For Keeps, by Mur Lafferty

Posted in book reviews, technology, writing on February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I love Mur Lafferty. Her podcast, I Should Be Writing, was one of the first I ever downloaded and it hasn’t left my mp3 player(s) since. She’s come a long way, from a self-described “wannabe fiction writer” to full-blown published novelist.
So is she any good at practicing what she preaches?
Let me get [...]

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Book Review: Snuff, by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted in book reviews on November 27, 2008 | 1 Comment »

In Snuff, Chuck Palahniuk takes on the world of porn. It’s not like this is a big departure from his previous material (see my reviews for Invisible Monsters and Haunted), so he’s right at home here. Snuff tells the story of an aging porn star who sets out to break the world gangbang [...]

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Book Review: Haunted, by Chuck Palahniuk

Posted in book reviews, media, tagged , , on April 12, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

In Chuck Palahniuk’s world, nothing is what it seems. Something sinister lurks behind the scenes of everything ordinary. Homelessness, feng shui, those dolls you practice CPR on, talk shows; they’re not what they seem to be. It’s an interesting place to visit, but you wouldn’t wanna live there. That’s what makes [...]

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Arthur C. Clarke, RIP

Posted in book reviews, media, philosophy, psychology, real life, technology on March 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »

Arthur C. Clarke died today (*). The man was a genius. I’ve only recently started reading his books, but his impact has been felt throughout my life. Nearly every piece of science fiction created since the 50s owes something to Clarke. More directly, seeing 2001: A Space Odyssey as a kid, [...]

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Book Review: Stumbling on Happiness, by Daniel Gilbert

Posted in book reviews, psychology on January 5, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

As anyone who has studied any psychology knows, humans have one of the most advanced brains out of all the animals on this planet, but they’re far from perfect. There are a lot of situations in which our brains make minor mistakes, and some situations in which they outright betray us. Stumbling on Happiness [...]

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