Tag: john birmingham

In the Mail (and, bizarrely, E-Mail): Dave vs. the Monsters.

Emergence: Dave vs. the Monsters is the first book in a trilogy by John Birmingham, who is a writer that should be writing more so that I can buy more of his books*.  This series is, as far as I can tell: Monsters from Hell show up.  Dave discovers that he is apparently really good at killing them… which is awkward, because he’s an oil rigger who acts more or less EXACTLY like these guys did. Continue reading In the Mail (and, bizarrely, E-Mail): Dave vs. the Monsters.

About bloody time Without Warning showed up.

I’d add Without Warning to the Wish List, except that I don’t think that I can hold out for more than a few days before I buy this sucker. I’m fond of John Birmingham’s Axis of Time trilogy, although he and I guessed wrong about which Democrat would get the nod for nominee (likely to both of our regrets); this looks like it’ll be similarly spiffy.  Why they made us wait six months for it is beyond me completely.

Oh, what the heck. Somebody bought me Mad Men (which I’m enjoying muchly; thanks to the kind soul who got it for me) after all: maybe I’ll get lucky.