Space Ninja

I’ve mentioned before that Zoe loves reading, but it’s really become one of her favorite things recently. She will happily sit on the floor paging through one of her picture books for ten minutes, quietly turning the pages, and pointing at things she likes. (Based on how often she points to their photos, her favorite [...]

“I opened my eyes to see the rat taking a piss in my coffee mug” is the first line of Crooked Little Vein, by Warren Ellis, who may be familiar to you from his work in comics, including Transmetropolitan and The Authority. If you’re anything like me, that’s all you need to hear to know [...]

Rant is the newest book by Chuck Palahniuk, the Portland author who wrote Fight Club. The full title is Rant: An Oral Biography of Buster Casey, and it really feels like you’re watching a documentary. The style is an interesting change of pace, and made for some fun reading, but the story itself was disappointing. [...]

Michael Heilemann of Binary Bonsai posted a list of The 50 Most Significant Science Fiction & Fantasy Books of the Last 50 Years, as compiled by the Science Fiction Book Club. Following his example, I’ve put the books that I’ve read in bold, and italicized the ones that are still on my to-read list. Nice [...]

David Allen, the “personal productivity guru” featured on the cover, brings us his guide to “the art of stress-free productivity.” It’s a quick read, and after thinking it over for a few days, I’ve come to the conclusion that people reading this book will fall into one of two camps. First, there will be the [...]