At least that’s what it seems. Hercule Poirot is called in when a chance remark at a funeral may have resulted in a murder. This is from the period where Christie decided to abandon all pretense of examining clues. Poirot solves it by apparently sitting in a room and listening to people talk. This book […]
It’s amusing sometimes, to see what lengths people go to in order to attack things they don’t believe in. In the case of Christianity, they often use strange interpretations of the Dead Sea Scrolls. You remember them? They were found near the ruins of Qumran, and there has been a project going since the late […]
I’ve just finished Forge Of Heaven by C J Cherryh. It was a rough beginning, as witness my spelling rant earlier, but after the editors got their act together, it settled down into the usual fine read I’ve come to expect from her. Before going on, I should note that I have met and talked […]
Leo Laporte says Cheryl Tiegs is 57! Don’t worry, Cheryl. To every man of my generation, you’ll always beautifully fill out that white net Sports Illustrated swimsuit. Brains and beauty, a killer combination! May your reign be long and sweet.
It appears my earlier rant about the spelling in Forge of Heaven was premature. After a shaky 50 pages or so, it’s settled down, and I haven’t been jarred out of the story by language issues since. More on Cherryh in general and this book in particular later (probably tomorrow).
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