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A lucky find and an unexpected vistor

I was recently asked by Aaron Irber on Twitter if I was going to review Alternate Routes by Tim Powers. Thanks to a lucky find at my favorite used bookstore, the answer is now definitely yes! It also happens that recently someone with a San Bernardino IP address went through

Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers Book Review

Dinner at Deviant’s Palace [Amazon link] is a bit unusual for a Tim Powers’ book, a post-apocalyptic adventure rather than a secret history. In my own mind, it has been overshadowed a bit by The Anubis Gates [Amazon link], possibly Powers’ most famous novel, released two years earlier. Yet,

The Drawing of the Dark by Tim Powers Book Review

Since I realized that I never reviewed what is probably my favorite Tim Powers novel, The Drawing of the Dark [Amazon link], I decided to rectify my appalling lack. A secret history, written in what has come to be Powers’ defining style, The Drawing of the Dark is a fusion

The Best of C. L. Moore Book Review

The Best of C. L. Moore by C. L. Moore 452 pages Published by Diversion Books (September 22, 2015) ASIN B07H15QVLC I had heard of Catherine Lucille Moore, but this was my first exposure to her work. I saw this collection of her short stories come on sale on Amazon,

Expiration Date Book Review

Expiration Date by Tim Powers Orb Books 2007 $15.95; 381 pages ISBN 0765317524 Expiration Date is a "companion novel" to Last Call. It isn't a sequel, but it shares the same world. A few characters with minor roles in Last Call end up being central

Last Call Book Review

Last Call Book Review

Last Call by Tim Powers Perennial 2003 $15.95; 535 pages ISBN 038072846X Last Call [Amazon link] is one of my all time favorite books. I can return to this book again and again, and find something different in it each time. According to LibraryThing, the last time I read

LinkFest 2015-09-30

Wow, it has been a long time since I did a LinkFest, so here is one delayed 7 weeks. 48 Hours on the Dark Side of Vegas This reminds me of the hidden desperation in Tim Power's Last Call. Is the U.S. behind Fethullah Gulen? Not as