James Pyles's Blog, page 27
August 9, 2023
A Few Centuries More or Less in the Man Cave from Hell
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. “Oh now, it’s not all that bad,” said the Dark Prince. I reacted in appropriate horror. “Are you kidding? It’s hideous. Could we just go with the traditional lake of fire with demons wielding pitchforks?” I knew I was whining, but […]
August 7, 2023
DVD Review of “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” (2023)
A few days ago, I checked out a DVD of the film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) at the public library (so it didn’t cost me a cent) and got around to watching it yesterday. First of all, I miss the “Wombats” (Michael Peña as “Luis,” David Dastmalchian as “Kurt,” and Tip T.I. Harris […]
August 6, 2023
Book Review of Joe Haldeman’s novel “Camouflage” (2004)
I just got done reading Joe Haldeman’s novel Camouflage. I used to read Haldeman a lot back in the day. I loved classics such as The Forever War and All My Sins Remembered. It was after reading his novel The Accidental Time Machine that I said I’d never read him again (more on that later). […]
August 3, 2023
The Anthology “One-Way Ticket” is Selling Great!
That’s right. The Starry Eyed Press science fiction anthology One-Way Ticket is selling great guns on the free kindle market just now. Here’s what it’s all about: Space, with its infinite possibilities, calls us to explore, but makes no promises of returning home for those brave or foolish enough to test its resolve. Starry Eyed […]
August 2, 2023
Book Review of “Cowl” by Neal Asher
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. I just finished reading Cowl (2004), a science fiction novel by Neal Asher. Of the seemingly endless supply of books he’s written, I chose “Cowl” because A) it is a stand alone novel where most of his works are bound to […]
Steamflight
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. “You really like it in that steampunk reality?” Josue Hunter stood in this secret museum admiring the flying machine with his best friend Wyatt Ellison. “You sound so surprised, Josue. I got into time traveling for the adventure, so when history […]
July 26, 2023
Collector’s Item
“You’re kidding. No. Absolutely not.” Daniel stared in disgust at the rainbow-striped acoustic guitar. It was hanging with others of the more common variety in a second-hand store catering exclusively to metanormal customers. “I’m serious. In a couple of months, when GenZ discovers the music of legendary folk singer Kain DeMarko, it will be worth […]
July 23, 2023
Book Review of “Second Stage Lensman,” Book Five in the Lensman Series
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. It has been almost a year-and-a-half since I reviewed E.E. “Doc” Smith’s Gray Lensman the fourth book in the “Lensman series” following Triplanetary, First Lensman, and Galactic Patrol. Today, I’m reviewing Second Stage Lensman. While the Lensman series of books was […]
July 19, 2023
Macau
Demetrius saw that Charles and Diane had chosen two human-pulled rickshaws rather than self-driving e-shaws. They were meeting with Mr. Phoebe at his estate near Zhuxian Park. This should have been an easy kill, but where were the drivers? The bounty hunter walked down the street pretending to be a western tourist. There they were. […]
July 14, 2023
Book Review: “Pines” (2012) by Blake Crouch
If you like my work, buy me a virtual cup of coffee at Ko-Fi. I found out about the SciFi/Mystery novel Pines by Blake Crouch when I was looking up something totally unrelated. I had watched (again) the pilot episode to the 1966 Irwin Allen TV show The Time Tunnel and was wondering why the […]
