Rob's Blog o' Stuff

My review of Gradisil by Adam Roberts is now up at SFFWorld. This is the latest critique on reviewers: http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/books/20...

I posted my review of what thus far is my favorite book published this year: Red Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch . Scott did everything...

Waking today presented no problem. Unfortunately, the remainder of the day wouldn’t be so easy. The following days would not begin so harmle...

My latest review, David Anthony Durham ’s Acacia Book I: War with the Mein , is now up at SFFWorld.com . Like last year, this seems to be a ...

I posted my review of Peter David 's Darkness of the Light , the first book in his Hidden Earth saga. I've been a fan of Peter'...

48% Mingle 2 - Free Online Dating I'm joining the end of the world :

It has been reported in various Web spots ( Jonathan Strahan , SF Scope , Andrew Wheeler [see May 22 & 23 entries], Publishers Weekly ,...

SFFWorld is pleased to offer one lucky winner the chance to take a look at Peter David's forthcoming novel, Darkness of the Light Peter...

Tomorrow I will be serving my third stint of jury duty. This will be the third New Jersey County I've been called to serve. It should ...

As my sidebar indicates, I posted my review of John Scalzi 's The Last Colony . I've read all four of the books Scalzi has publishe...

Slow blogging, what can I say. I recently passed the one-year mark at the "new job," I guess it isn't so new anymore. In the ...

Having a basement really makes one hate rain. Last night the thunderstorm had to be one of the most powerful I have ever felt. My house/town...

So NJ's acting governer Dick Cody cliamed this was the worst storm to hit the State since 1882 . I can believe it, I had a nice little l...

My latest book review, Bright of the Sky by Kay Kenyon , went up at SFFWorld.com today. I enjoyed the book very much and have found yet an...

Tonight, I posted the e-mail interview Pat and I conducted with Patrick Rothfuss . I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out; I wasn...

Yes it is snowing here in New Jersey. But today is something of a lucky day. On my way home from work, driving on the barely plowed roads (t...

I finished up Tim Powers' pirate novel, On Stranger Tides a couple of days ago. I liked it quite a bit, even if the ending wasn't ...

I'm taking a break from my pirate story for now and returning to a story that's been gestating in my head for some time. This one is...

The Pirate Vette won't be joining the good crew of Fast Ships, Black Sails edited by Ann & Jeff VanderMeer. Considering it was my v...

Mrs. Blog O' Stuff and I watched Little Miss Sunshine over the weekend and I hadn't even realized it was nominated for best picture...