Scientist Gone Wordy

Title: The Children of Men Author: P. D. James Publisher: Knopf (1992) le0pard13 and I had such a good time with our last joint post...

Title: The Maltese Falcon Author: Dashiell Hammett Publisher: Knopf (1929) It very well could be that I had a " This Is Spinal T...

The words of William Sloane Coffin, whose son Alex died at age 24 in a car crash. Tired of hearing well-meaning friends say, “It is the wi...

Apprentice Writer brought up an interesting point in one of her May posts - see numbers 1-4 under "Overall." (You remember AW, r...

I submitted a request to do a Ride Along with my local PD. Please let me share my favorite bits from the waiver I had to sign (emphasis mine...

Title: Friday's Child Author: Georgette Heyer Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons (1946) Huzzah! Found another Heyer romance at the li...

The highly unfortunate circumstances in the Gulf of Mexico have resulted in lots of scientists being interviewed in the news. side note -...

The other day I saw the trailer for a movie that is adapted from an author that makes the bile rise in my throat just thinking of the inevit...

Title: Stalking the Angel Author: Robert Crais Publisher: Bantam (1989) Well, it's official. I've hit the end of Crais's Cole/P...

Gates of Fire recounts the famous Battle of Thermopylae . Thermopylae was the only access point to Greece for the invading Persian army in ...

Title: The Minority Report and Other Classic Stories Author: Philip K. Dick Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp. (1987) Note: This ...

I recently read and loved ( and said a few words about ) The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N.K. Jemisin . If you haven't had a chance to...

Title: Lord of Scoundrels Author: Loretta Chase Publisher: Avon (1995) Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase is set in early 19th Century En...

(in the matter of Cole/Pike) Conflict resolution is more fun in a shoot out (justice will probably be meted out therein) Pinocchio clocks...

Title: The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms Author: N.K. Jemisin Publisher: Orbit (2010) Note: I just read this book over the weekend and have alr...

Title: Fearless Jones Author: Walter Mosley Publisher: Little, Brown and Company (2001) I have to say right off that this book made me cry ...

sgwordy's resident humanitarian is back from the field and brought this article to my attention. It highlights a book by Linda Polman r...

I had the very great pleasure of attending two of Turner's author events in the bay area this week. It was so much fun to listen to her ...

Title: Looking for Rachel Wallace Author: Robert B. Parker Publisher: Dell (1980) I mentioned the inevitability before so now it's tim...

So sgwordy entered the lair of Achievement Whoring and asked the good Dr to share his Levels of Death theory. Enjoy! (NOTE: It's pro...