John Barach posted today on Gene Wolfe’s Storeys from the Old Hotel. I had tried to buy it before after seeing it mentioned at the Gene Wolfe fan page that references James Jordan’s interest in his works. Storeys from the Old Hotel is not available new from Amazon.com but I found it on [...]
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I have finished reading Journey to Eden. It is a rather interesting book which I would recommend to people who like science. I don’t think the book is very well written or edited for fiction. At times the plot seems rather contrived just to get across the scientific point that the author [...]
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I recently came across a new book from Inkling Books. The book is titled Celebrating Middle-Earth: The Lord of the Rings As a Defense of Western Civilization. It is a collection of essays by various authors including Peter Kreeft and Joseph Pearce. John G. West Jr. is the editor. He also wrote the first [...]
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Last year I purchased a copy of The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth. It is very helpful when you want to try to keep track of all the names of people and places in Tolkien’s works. This year I bought a copy of the daily calendar, A Guide To Middle-Earth 2004 Day-To-Day Calendar (you [...]
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I purchased The Rediscovery of Man: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cordwainer Smith after reading “Christianity In the Science Fiction of ‘Cordwainer Smith’” by James Jordan. I read lots of Star Trek science fiction growing up and have liked Orson Scott Card’s Ender Series. I found the The Rediscovery of Man to [...]
I am in the midst of reading Entebbe: A Defining Moment in the War on Terrorism: The Jonathan Netanyahu Story. I grew up in a Baptist Church where the pastor subscribed to the Jerusalem post. I have heard him talk many times about Entebbe, the Six Day War, and all the other happenings [...]
I am still reading Journey to Eden. It is beginning to get more interesting. I like the science aspects but am not sure that I like the overall story and how the science is being explained. The main characters are Christian and are showing some support of six day creation. At [...]
I am in the midst of reading Journey to Eden. The book was given to me by the publisher as a “Science Fiction” title for the Christian market. The author is trying to promote a new understanding of time. I am 140 pages into the book and at the moment the book [...]
