Mark Murata's Suburban Fantasy

I recently saw the 1984 version of Dune in a movie theater. It was thrilling to see on a big screen Princess Irulan introduce the story, Ho...

I don’t remember who came up with the idea of two-sentence movie summaries that are both accurate and sardonic. Here is my take on this conc...

Freud’s Last Session . Directed by Matt Brown. Written by Matt Brown and Mark St. Germain. Starring Anthony Hopkins, Matthew Goode, Jodi Bal...

Yesterday in my part of the Seattle area, the high was 22 degrees. We are not used to that sort of temperature in these parts. I forgot my M...

Reindeer at Alderwood Mall   Alderwood Mall is in a suburb to the north of Seattle.

Through the Storm .   John Ringo and Lydia Sherrer (Baen Books 9781982192990, $28.00, hc. 352pp) November 2023. Cover by Kurt Miller.   ...

I live in the Seattle area, and I was surprised that most of the people I told that there would be an eclipse today didn’t know about it. I ...

Winds of Marque Bennett R. Coles (HarperCollins Publishers 9780062820358, $16.99 pb. 368 pp) April 2019. Bennett R. Coles is known for hi...

Star Splitter . Matthew J. Kirby (Penguin Young Readers Group 9780735231665, $18.99, hc. 320pp) April 2023.   Seventeen-year-old Jessica...