Category: Books
What is a Rail Gun?
A railgun (not to be confused with a Gauss gun, which is another name for a coilgun), is a form of gun that converts electrical energy into projectile kinetic energy,...
What is a bookworm?
Bookworm is a popular generalization for any insect which supposedly bore through books. Actual book-borers are uncommon. Both the larvae of the Death-watch Beetle...
Bookworm Bitches Larisa
This is Larisa she is a shy student that wants to raise her grades the Book Worm Bitch way. According to this tongue-in-cheek (and other places) site, her grades had...
Can Mistletoe Kill?
In Norse Mythology, Baldur (also Balder, ON Baldr), the god of innocence, beauty, joy, purity, and peace, is Odin’s second son. His wife is called Nanna and his...
Eggnog Cheer at BN.com
There is something about the Xmas season which makes the heart turn larcenous. Barnes & Noble has a huge selection of Mystery & Thrillers and you are way...
Disturbing Future Dystopia is Now
I read a really disturbing entry in author William Gibson’s blog yesterday. The New York Times Magazine wrote a long profile of a creepy company who hires your...
Gaylactic Spectrum Awards
There is still time to get nomination in for the 2005 Spectrum Awards. The Gaylactic Spectrum Awards honor outstanding works of science fiction, fantasy and horror which...
NaNoWriMo
Today is the day that most of the people who participated in the National Novel Writing Month word count fiasco can return to their normal lives. If you have been...
Laurel K. Hamilton Incubus Dreams
Although I like her fae books better than her vampy ones, there is no denying that Laurell K. Hamilton knows her way around a hot sex scene. I just ordered this and here...
Sinfest is the Devil
Sinfest is one of the most fun strips in the Keenspot stable. It is a mature audiences strip, but the humor is subtle, rather than smack-you-in-the-head lewd. In one of...
Barnes & Noble SF
I love Barnes and Noble because it has an excellent online selection and it still supports actual physical bookstores. You can even get coffee and snacks at the B&N...
Damsel in distress
A damsel in distress is a stock character, almost inevitably a young, nubile woman, who has been placed in a dire predicament by a villain or a monster and who requires...
