Monthly Archives: November 2016

Allie

Posted on November 29, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Full of energy, golden eyes glowing as she raced around the house. Purring softly as she curled up with us at night. Loudly exclaiming in her half-Siamese voice when it was dinner time, or about a bird outside the window, or … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Thanksgiving week

Posted on November 27, 2016 by Rick Robinson

I don’t know about you, but for me the week of Thanksgiving is either a great time to do some reading, or there doesn’t seem to be time to do any at all. This year it was the latter, and … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on November 23, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Though we celebrate the day once annually, I try to be thankful throughout the year, not always successfully. This has been a tough year for me and for us all, but there is much for which to be thankful. Here … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Raoul Whitfield, Gardner Dozios

Posted on November 20, 2016 by Rick Robinson

I finished Valiant, Dog of Timberline, by Jack O’Brien, and the first two of the Dream Park novels (see last Friday’s FFB post). I couldn’t seem to get interested in another novel, I’m reading short stories. I started the collection West of … Continue reading →

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Friday Forgotten Book – the first two Dream Park novels by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Rick Robinson

There are four novels in the Dream Park series. This Friday Forgotten review addresses the first two of them, written in 1981 and 1988. Dream Park by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes, Ace Books, April 1981, mass market paperback, science fiction … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Cartmel, Niven, Grecian

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Rick Robinson

Reading has been a little problematic lately, there have been computer problems, migraines and other medical stuff, stress (much of it election-related), other projects, lack of energy. For several days I read a handful of Star Wars graphic novels (X-Wing … Continue reading →

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Fall Color is Fading

Posted on November 9, 2016 by Rick Robinson

The Fall color is almost gone. The tree in the picture at right is now bare. We’ve had a lot rain and wind that’s knocked the leaves down, and we’ve been picking them up for what seems like weeks now. So … Continue reading →

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Current Reading: Wilson, Cartmel, Grecian

Posted on November 6, 2016 by Rick Robinson

I finished Robert Charles Wilson’s Darwinia (1998). I got a paperback copy (Thank you Red Reviewer!) but then the ebook copy arrived from the library and I ended up reading the book on the iPad. I’d read a few reviews of the book, … Continue reading →

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Friday Forgotten Book – The Man-Kzin Wars by Larry Niven et. al.

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Rick Robinson

The Man-Kzin Wars by Larry Niven, Poul Anderson, Dean Ing, Baen Books, 1988, paperback, science fiction This is the first book in the franchise portion of Niven’s Known Space universe. It opens with his short story “The Warriors” and that’s followed by two … Continue reading →

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New Book! New OS! Play Mania!

Posted on November 1, 2016 by Rick Robinson

New Arrival!  Bob Dylan The Lyrics 1961-2012. I pre-ordered this three or more months ago, before Bob Dylan won the Nobel prize for Literature. It’s just out. It has the lyrics to every song through 2012. This stuff is both poetry and … Continue reading →

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