Dave Higgins's Blog, page 116

The Cost of Doing Business

In many situations, we need to compare the cost effectiveness of actions. For me, it is spending the limited pot of money on various ways of making one of my books more attractive or more obvious to readers. And for … Continue reading →

Dead Fabulous Presidents

Larry Kramer’s latest book The American People Volume 1: Search for My Heart suggests, among other things, that both Abraham Lincoln and Richard Nixon were homosexual. Despite the suggestion Lincoln wasn’t heterosexual being raised at least a decade ago, Kramer’s … Continue reading →

Unelmoija: The Dreamshifter by Elle Boca

Combining an interesting twist on the modern world and fast-paced plot with a growing friendship that doesn’t escalate to obsessive commitment in the first book, Boca avoids the clichés of paranormal romance without abandoning the frisson. Following false accusations of … Continue reading →

To Rise, We Must Look Up

With the United Kingdom General Election coming up a month’s time (minus one day), the Party Election broadcasts and posters have been popping up. While I support the right of anyone to complain (if not always to have the complaint … Continue reading →

April Is The Computerist Month

I considered a number of options for today’s post: Craft a humorous piece of some sort; Not craft a humorous piece of some sort and claim that [insert group I disagree with] did things so absurd that I didn’t want … Continue reading →

Casual Cannonballs

Tom Tugendhat, Conservative candidate for Tonbridge and Malling, claims that it “is ludicrous that European and British courts now expect our forces to operate in violent combat conditions according to a system more suited to the regulation of police powers … Continue reading →

314, Book 1 by A.R. Wise

Combining gruesome descriptions of supernatural events with character-driven investigation, Wise demonstrates that, just as the body and mind are both part of human experience, tales of demonic evil need not be either mere titillation or thinly veiled morality. Alma Harper’s … Continue reading →

Break Stepping Towards a Better Future

Nigel Farage claims we no longer need anti-racism laws because the United Kingdom has become blind to skin colour except where legally forced to see it. I disagree that the country is colour-blind. However, a more relevant question is whether … Continue reading →

The System Works?

Over the past several months, Bristol City Council have been introducing Residents’ Parking Zones in various areas to replace the current on-street parking with an (alleged) fairer system. Last Monday, they began to implement the RPZ near my flat. Not … Continue reading →

Nonlocal Science Fiction, Issue #1 by Daniel J. Dombrowski (ed.)

Taking as his guide that the best short stories are those that focus on a single idea, Dombrowski has gathered both hard sci-fi and softer, more speculative fiction, from new and independent authors. This choice of focus rather than style … Continue reading →