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Having Fun at the North Shore Authors Collection
Granted, my great hope is to someday find all my fellow nerds…
#310—Contravention by Drew Wagar
Back in issue #277, I reviewed Drew Wagar’s Shadeward Saga. That series…
#305—Station Eternity by Mur Lafferty
Mur Lafferty is no stranger to KODT. Aside from her column Geek…
#302 — Galaxy Cruise by Marcus Alexander Hart
This is the second book I’ve reviewed by Marcus Alexander Hart. The…
#300 – Noah Chinn (It’s Self Indulgence Time!)
I didn’t plan it this way, but I’m not going to complain…
#299—Mouse Guard by David Peterson
What if Beatrix Potter had illustrated a serious medieval fantasy series? That’s…
Lost Souls on Sale!
Until Halloween, you can get Lost Souls for just 99 cents! That’s…
#297—Amulet by Kazu Kibuishi
Graphic novels can be a tricky beast to review. While some are…
#296 – The Kaiju Preservation Society by John Scalzi
I’m not a huge fan of kaiju (literally “strange beast” in Japanese—aka…
#295 – The Dark Gift by Trevor Jones
Novels set in roleplaying worlds are a tricky thing. On the one…
#294 – Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
This review is dedicated to Amber Blackburn, who loved this story, and…
Mythulu Creation Cards: A tool for writers—and gamers!
Mythulu isn’t a game, but it can be used by game designers…
#293 – Tiger and the Robot by Grahame Shannon
It’s interesting to think about how the mystery genre has adapted over…
#292 – Journey to the Centre of the Earth by Jules Verne
Journey to the Centre of the Earth is the kind of story…
From the Dusty Mental Archive: My First Convention (as a Writer)
I enjoy conventions, though I don’t go to them often, and unfortunately…
#291 – The Lost World by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Everyone knows the name of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle because of Sherlock…
My Cartooning Journey: Revisiting the Past
My original webcomic of Fuzzy Knights ran for several years. It started…
#290 – Dune by Frank Herbert
I feel like I should hand in my nerd card for not…
#289 – Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir
It seems only fair that if I dealt with Ernest Cline last…
#288 – Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline
I don’t often deal with sequels because, well, I only get to…
#286 – Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer by J. Michael Straczynski
Way back in issue #206, I reviewed Stephen King’s book On Writing.…
#285 – We Are Legion (We Are Bob) by Dennis E. Taylor
In anime, one of the prevalent genres right now is isekai, which…
#284 – Will Save the Galaxy for Food by “Yahtzee” Croshaw
“Yahtzee” Croshaw is best known for his video game reviews series Zero…
#283 – The Perfect Wife by JP Delaney
If you woke up in the body of a robot, having died…
#282 – Wotakoi (Love is Hard for Otaku)
We’re all familiar with the stereotype of the nerd who can’t find…
#281 – Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey
More than once I’ve reviewed books that have been adapted to the…
#279 – Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer
While I still dream about making big it as a writer someday,…
#277 – Shadeward: Emanation by Drew Wagar
A while back, I reviewed one of Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern…
#276 Doctor Aphra by Kieron Gillen
There are two ways one can look at Star Wars: as a…
#275 – Machine Man by Max Barry
It wasn’t until I was halfway through this book that I realized…
Issue #274 – Astrophysics for People in a Hurry by Neil Degrasse Tyson
He’s this generation’s Carl Sagan, trying to make the greater mysteries of…
Battletech Override
Next Level House Rules and a Look Back at a Classic of…
Issue #273 – Cocaine Blues by Kerry Greenwood
Mystery novels are a tricky thing to innovate. More often than not,…
Issue #272 – Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
I didn’t expect to do another romance so soon, but in my…
Issue #271 – A Connecticut Fashionista in King Arthur’s Court by Mari Mancusi
“All things strive.” – Terry Pratchett It’s easy to dismiss stories that…
Issue #270 – Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
This was a book I avoided as a kid for yet another…
Issue #269 – Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Phillip K. Dick
Going to say this right up front: This was a hard book…
Issue #268 – The 7½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
While it’s always a disservice to play the “it’s like BLANK meets…
Issue #267 – Dragonsong by Anne McCaffrey
I started Dragonsong under a misapprehension. I found a used copy from…
Issue #266 – Nightflyers by George R.R. Martin
Everyone knows George R.R. Martin because of Game of Thrones (aka A…
Issue #265 – Dark Matter by Blake Crouch
And you may ask yourselfHow do I work this?And you may ask…
Issue #264 – The True Believer by Eric Hoffer
I don’t often do non-fiction because I’m a storyteller at heart. Of…
Issue #263 – The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman
This is Neil’s third time on Off The Shelf, but it’s for…
Issue #262 – Six Wakes by Mur Lafferty
Long time readers of KODT might remember Mur Lafferty’s column Geek Fu…
Issue #261 – Amazing Stories Magazine
The history of science fiction is a history of firsts. Samuel Madden…
Remember Me?
Well, it’s been a long time–a damn long time–since I published anything…
Issue #260 – The Foundation Trilogy
Isaac Asimov is unquestionably a genius, but it sure as heck isn’t…
Issue #259 – Eaters of the Dead
If I review an author twice, it’s probably with good reason, and…
Issue #258 – The Man of Bronze (Doc Savage)
What do you get when you cross Superman with The Hardy Boys…