Conversation about Books, Music and Movies 
You may wonder, why bother with a post about LGBT musicians? After all, good music is good music, regardless of sexual preference. There are two reasons. The first reason is awareness. Forty years ago, pretty much everyone was assumed to be straight, so that most people thought they didn’t know[…]
Father’s Day is June 21st, so we thought we would present some books dad’s may like. The first selection of books below focuses on books we think will be favorable to those of the dad persuasion. The second half of the post highlights two interesting books that are fun gifts for[…]
This past weekend in Chicago, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) announced the Nebula award winners for the best sci-fi and fantasy of 2014. Rather than a small panel of judges, the Nebula award winners are chosen by all SFWA active members, who consist of professional fantasy[…]
As we delve into our exploration theme this month, it’s not only literal mountains and streams we cross. The best exploration in books comes from our ability to put ourselves in another person’s shoes. The march of history seems to be towards acceptance. We come to recognize that different isn’t[…]
Did you know that in the US today is National Donut Day? I know what you’re thinking, this is probably one of those silly holidays made up in the last few years to sell some product or another. But actually National Donut Day has been around since 1938, and it[…]
Winners have just been announced for one of my favorite prizes, the Pushcart Prize. I’m not the only one, Publisher’s Weekly named it “among the most influential projects in the history of American publishing.” This is a prize that’s given only to works that were originally published by alternative presses[…]
Today is Towel Day, the day we celebrate the works of Douglas Adams. Adams is best known for the The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy and its sequels. Douglas Adams is one of my favorite authors. Yes, he was funny, but what I love is that all his books take[…]
Who (or What) Is IBM Watson? After the super computer Deep Blue beat chessmaster Gary Kasparov in 1997, IBM wanted to take on an even more difficult challenge. They built IBM Watson specifically to compete on the game show Jeopardy!. January 13, 2011 they succeeded: IBM Watson won a Jeopardy![…]
I am a big science fiction fan, but I didn’t write this post all on my own. I asked the staff at Alibris for their favorites as well, to get a broader sampling of the best science fiction movies ever. The results below are the combined favorites chosen by everyone[…]
