Rants, Raves, and Rhetoric v4

Month: January 2015

  • Updated GoT Timeline

    A friend posted about Winds of Winter not coming in 2015. Back in 2011, I posted about George R. R. Martin and the question “whether GRRM has the time to finish the books before the HBO TV series catches up to him.” He had estimated the TV series will take multiple seasons for some books. Let’s…

  • Review: Gate of Ivrel

    Gate of Ivrel by C.J. Cherryh My rating: 5 of 5 stars A friend recommended this to me as the basis of Stargate. The concept of using a system of gates to reach other worlds certainly resembles Stargate. I like C.J.’s The Dreaming Tree, so this was obvious for me to try. I kept hoping…

  • Resolutions 2015

    One resolution I have made, and try always to keep, is this: ‘To rise above little things’. ― John Burroughs Read 52 books. Yeah, I know. In 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014, I read more than this same exact amount. I like the number because it is a book a week. Read 50% by female authors. After reading…