“Such was the tyranny of the gods, twisting devotion until sacrifice was made to feel like a privilege, until allegiance became no more than slavery by another name. And what did the immortals offer in return?” It’s no surprise I was a little hesitant to review an excerpt for a book. I mean, while this…
“My lighthouse is no longer lit, Virgil, Because there are no more boats to warn off. Five hundred years ago we landed here, And five hundred years ago we, well… stopped.” They say that nothing is original anymore, and oftentimes I am hard pressed to agree. Until now. The past year has seen little in…
“Education teaches us how to think, intelligence how to question, and our morality what to do with what we know. Be wary then of the educated, intelligent, and amoral person, for they will know only that they can do a thing, not whether they should.” A book’s worth is usually gauged by its ending. A…
“Common wisdom affirms against the drinking of whiskey during daylight hours, and while I can see the merits of the argument, it is not one to which I hold.” It’s no surprise that I worship the ground Polansky walks on; or paper he scrawls his chicken-scratch on, if you want to get technical. The man…
“A good one sacrifices everything to win, and stabs who he must however he can. The great warrior is the one who still breathes when the crows feast. The great king is the one who watches the carcasses of his enemies burn. Let Father Peace spill tears over the methods. Mother War smiles upon results.”…
“Nothing is so painful to the human being as a great and sudden change.” Everything you know is a lie. In fact, every single pop culture reference you think of when Frankenstein comes to mind is probably false. It’s why I have trust issues. But more than that, it’s why you should read this book. Simple…
“The gift of intellect is not knowing what questions to ask, rather questioning what you are taught.” It has taken me a while, but I’ve come to the conclusion that The Garden of Stones was my most underrated novel of 2013. Don’t worry, though; Mark T Barnes’s second rings true. Not only is it a…
“’Let me tell you something about the dead, as someone who’s seen a few of them. They don’t care what we do. They don’t yearn for vengeance, and they don’t hope for redemption. They rot…Stick around Low Town and you’ll find out I’m right.’” There are very few authors who can effectively change the sub-genre…
“Uncle Giles had been right when he’d told him there are defining moments in one’s life when you learn a lot about yourself, and you deposit that knowledge in the experience account, so you can draw on it at some later date.” As some of you may have known, Best Kept Secret was one of…
No, this isn’t about movies I’ve went and seen newly released this week. It’s about movies of last week that I’ve seen, not necessarily new. See, my family has found this amazing thing called Netflix, and I, being off for a week letting summer begin, watched some movies. And out of about five or so,…
Acerbic Writing 