I won’t make a habit of poking my own website every time I post something at Play The Past, but I figure for this, what the hell (the intro to this series was in December, so peeps might need a … Continue reading
Orlando Figes. The Crimean War: A History. New York: Metropolitan Books, 2011. vii + 576 pp. Bibliography, Index. $35.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8050-7460-4. Prior to picking up this book, I had only two cursory impressions of the work of Orlando Figes. … Continue reading
After getting my feet wet by writing my guest post on “Experimenting with Playful Historical Thinking in the Classroom” last September, I agreed a few weeks ago to join Play the Past, a group blog exploring the intersection of cultural … Continue reading
This is by far the single best description of the Dungeons & Dragons Forgotten Realms campaign setting I have ever come across, from a review of Ed Greenwood’s Silverfall at my new favorite website, Requires Only That You Hate: First, … Continue reading
One of the many books I am reading right now (well, in this case, listening to the audio book while I drive) is Roger Crowley’s Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest … Continue reading
For reasons I cannot really explain, this is the best passage in Charlie Stross’ Saturn’s Children, which I just finished the other night. The set-up is that the main character, an obsolete sexbot called Freya is touring an illegal biodome … Continue reading
I’ve been reading a lot in the last several months, mostly science fiction and fantasy novels of varying types. All of this has been part of a concerted effort, since I finished my Ph.D. in 2007, to spend time reading … Continue reading
Okay, so a friend my mine from college (author and educator Brian P. Hudson) has started up a new creative endeavor that he describes as a “Twitter Comic” called The Trials of Tara Titan (which you can go check out … Continue reading
Cheese, baby! It’s all about the Cheese when you blog… So, what have I been reading lately? Oh I know you want me to tell you. Mostly reading for fun, which I’ve been able to do since I finished my … Continue reading
I just have to toss this up here. I’m not particularly into crime stories (novels, tv, whatever), but Criminal by Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is one of the best comic books around. Check it out at your friendly neighborhood … Continue reading