A Story of Christmas

In the earliest dawn of time, before history, when the first man awakened to himself, to awareness, he brought with him out of the sleep of the animals, out of that thoughtless, constant present of raw instinct, devoid of consciousness, a female companion, and together they observed the world and knew that it had been…

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Travel by Star

I read Travel by Star, by Paul Scott Grill, and I’m giving it my first five-star review. Now, what does that mean, “five stars?” For our purposes here, the scale is this: Three stars is a book you could miss and not miss anything. Four is a book you should read. Five is a book…

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Justified

Justified cover

I read Justified by @jondelarroz, and I enjoyed it. Mr. Del Arroz has taken an interesting approach: Crusaders vs Jihadis in Space, and he does not pull his punches, nor adulterate his characters or plot with any anachronistic cultural self-castigation or other idiosyncrasies of our real modern West. The protagonist does suffer a crisis of…

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St. George and the Dragon

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I read “St. George and the Dragon” by Michael Lotti, and you should read it, too. It is excellent. Among the fallout from Tolkein, in his genius, is that ever since him, dragons have to be suitably epic. The little green dragon which fits under hoof in a medieval painting is no longer sufficient to…

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How to attack the Bible

Always thought about reading the Bible, or maybe tried it once or twice, but it was just TOO MUCH? You just couldn’t find a way to get your arms around it? Allow this article to help you take another look at it.

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