by Jim Stitzel | Mar 15, 2007 | General
Cory Doctorow on Reading Books From Screens I’m not one of those people who particularly enjoys reading e-books. There’s just something about reading books and magazines on a computer screen that ruins the experience for me. Part of it, I’m sure, is...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 14, 2007 | General
Old Man’s War by John Scalzi has been described as a book worthy of the “late, great Heinlen,” and while I’m certainly not as well read in that particular author as some, I would say that _OMW_ definitely has a very Heinlenesque feel to it....
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 12, 2007 | General
_”The finest novel of fantasy to be written in many years.”_ ~Orson Scott Card Brandon Sanderson’s debut novel Elantris is a fresh and remarkably cunning approach to fantasy fiction. Prince Raoden, heir to the throne of Arelon, suddenly finds himself...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 7, 2007 | General
For the work of a 15-year-old writer, Eragon is an amazing story – I enjoyed it as much on the second read as I did on the first, perhaps even moreso. The book tells the story of a young farmboy who stumbled across a dragon egg and becomes an unlikely hero. He...
by Jim Stitzel | Mar 6, 2007 | General
It’s kind of weird, but I have to admit that I get kind of annoyed when other people read my books before I have a chance to read them first myself. It’s unreasonable of me to feel this way, of course, and the way I counter this reaction is exactly by...