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New Book Review: Dog Blood by David Moody

Woah ho ho!  Drunken Goon must be moving up in the world.  Either that or someone didn’t really read my blog too closely and maybe decided I was a “real” reviewer. See, I got sent an Advance Readers’ Edition of Dog Blood by David Moody in the hopes that I’d review it.  For some reason, [...]

$4 Pocket Guide to the Apocalypse

Until 10 minutes ago, I knew nothing of this book. Now, all I know is that I can’t spend my $4 fast enough. From the description it looks to be a sort of tongue-in-cheek version of Left Behind or something. I like the sound of that. After watching Victorian Farm for the past few nights [...]

Just finished “City” by Clifford D. Simak…

… and it rules!  I have a real soft spot for far future sci-fi books that were written in the 40s and 50s.  It seems like the author’s really have to dig deep into their imagination to predict what life is going to be like 50+ years away.  In the case of City those predictions [...]

Finished the Road, on to Wastelands?

Well, the same day that I posted, The Road by Cormac McCarthy, I finished the book.  I stayed up till 2am because I couldn’t stop reading.  Also, it too me a little longer than it normally would have because I kept having to get up to check on my two sons.  Not because they were [...]

The Road by Cormac McCarthy

Ok.  So, I realize that in my post Oryx and Crake (maybe I should start reading?) I somewhat promised to start on Oryx and Crake as my next book (hopefully becoming a string on post-apocalyptic books to be consumed by yours truly).  Well, here’s what happened.  I’ve been traveling for a few days (nothing fun, [...]

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