Seraphina by Rachel Hartman 2012 Doubleday In Hartman’s fantasy world, there have been forty years of an uneasy peace between human people and their traditional enemy, the dragons. While in their natural state, the dragons have all the traditional trappings: wings, scales, massive bodies and the ability to breathe fire. The new twist in this …
Month: April 2026
THE NEW MALCOLM IN THE MIDDLE
Malcolm in the Middle - Life’s Still Unfair (in four episodes produced by Hulu, 2026) The original ‘Malcolm in the Middle’ ran from 2000 until 2006 and produced some of the funniest episodes in the history of sit-com. I suppose someone must have thought it was a brilliant idea to assemble the original cast, twenty …
THIS WEEK IN THE ASYLUM
These days I pity people who make a living writing comedy and satire. The politicians and their antics are putting the professional gag masters to shame. Granted, it’s pretty hard to compete against the WORLD’S GREATEST COMEDIAN: THE ONE, THE ONLY RONALD RUMP, Prez for life, Emperor of the ‘Muricas, Viceroy of Greedland and KEEPER …
FAYNE BY ANN-MARIE MACDONALD
FAYNE BY ANN-MARIE MACDONALD - Knopf 2022 - It’s not often I’m as conflicted about a book as I am with Fayne. For the most part the story is written in the tradition of a nineteenth century novel. With the main character occasionally speaking directly to the reader (Oh, reader…) and the story’s many unlikely …
ANOTHER WEEK AT THE ZOO
His Holiness the PRINCE OF PEACE, Ronald Rump, started his week with a real blast of OF MIRTH AND MERRIMENT - another round of bombs on the I-Rainians. Taped to one of the warheads was his latest peace proposal demands, which included opening the oil channels in the Gulf of Rump (formerly the Gulf of Horrorsnoose), …
Richard's Left Bank 