Monthly Archives: December 2015

Top 5 Speculative Fiction Books I Read This Year Published Before 2015

Posted on December 30, 2015 by H.P.

I’m going to start putting up posts on 2015 books as Hugo Awards nomination season gears up, so here is a separate post on the best speculative fiction books I read this year that weren’t published in 2015.  Unsurprisingly, they … Continue reading →

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Review of Krampus: The Yule Lord by Brom

Posted on December 22, 2015 by H.P.

Richard Kadrey meets Daniel Woodrell. For 1,000 years Santa has kept his dark counterpoint Krampus magically imprisoned, and for 1,000 years Krampus has plotted his revenge.  This Christmas Yule he will get it. Krampus is all the rage these days, … Continue reading →

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Non-Spoiler Review of Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Posted on December 21, 2015 by H.P.

Wow.  Now THAT was a Star Wars movie!  In fact, it may be the best Star Wars movie yet.  It is certainly better than any of the prequels.  It does so by harkening back to the original trilogy, both in … Continue reading →

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Review of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi

Posted on December 20, 2015 by H.P.

I continue with my quick hit reviews of the Star Wars movies.  My reviews of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, Attack of the Clones, and Return of the Jedi are here, here, here, and here, respectively.  Again, I’m … Continue reading →

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Review of Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith

Posted on December 20, 2015 by H.P.

I continue with my quick hit reviews of the Star Wars movies.  My reviews of A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back, and Attack of the Clones are here, here, and here, respectively.  Again, I’m watching in the Machete Order, … Continue reading →

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Review of Star Wars: Attack of the Clones

Posted on December 19, 2015 by H.P.

I continue with my quick hit reviews of the Star Wars movies.  My reviews of A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back are here and here, respectively.  Again, I’m watching in the Machete Order, so I’m watching Attack of … Continue reading →

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Review of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back

Posted on December 19, 2015 by H.P.

I continue with my quick hit reviews of the Star Wars movies.  My review of A New Hope is here.  Again, I’m watching the movies in Machete Order, I’m watching the Lucas-fied editions of the original trilogy for the first … Continue reading →

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Review of Star Wars: A New Hope

Posted on December 18, 2015 by H.P.

It finally happened.  With a new Star Wars movie fast approaching (I have tickets for Sunday afternoon), I finally gave up on holding out for a (legal) “de-specialized” blu-ray edition of the original trilogy.  I bit the bullet and bought … Continue reading →

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Law & Speculative Fiction Round-up

Posted on December 18, 2015 by H.P.

This week’s post are, to what I’m sure is the surprise of no one, Star Wars-heavy.  

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Top Ten Tuesday – Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books I Read in 2015

Posted on December 15, 2015 by H.P.

Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by the Broke and the Bookish.  I’m going to cheat a bit this week, because I was planning on doing a list of the best nonfiction books I read this year anyway.  Most, but not … Continue reading →

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