If there are any regular readers of this blog, you have
perhaps been wondering what happened and why it has been two months since my
last post. Or perhaps you haven’t been
wondering. Either way, I feel the need
to render an explanation to those who may think that I have given up the
blog. Nothing could be farther from the
truth. I have really missed writing my
reviews and other things.
In short, reality has gotten in the way for a while. As a public school music educator, we were in
the third quarter which is always an interesting time with at least one, or
sometimes two pep-band gigs a week. There
are wrestling tournaments, Chrissy’s activities, and on top of all of that, becoming
involved with two projects that are taking some time. Add to that a few minor health issues, and as
you might guess, I needed some rest. But
I am hoping that the hiatus is over now and I will be once again posting more
regularly.
One thing that has taken up a lot of my time is preparing
for The Dune Saga Podcast. If you aren’t
familiar with this podcast, it is a once a month show. David Moulton and Scott Hertzog of the SciFi Diner Podcast are reading ALL of the Dune books in chronological order and
releasing three shows connected with each book.
So far, we have read and reviewed the Legends of Dune series, and have
begun reading the Prelude to Dune series.
A new episode is due for release on March 7, 2104. We take a close look at Dune: House Atreides by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. Along with that, David summarizes the entire
book in ten minutes or less in his Dune In Ten segment. Finally, we found that we were getting a lot
of listener feedback, too much to include in the regular show, so we started
the Dune Saga Listener Feedback show.
Just follow the links to listen to our work.
In honor of the 20th anniversary of the release
of Babylon 5, Raul Ybarra and I are working on another podcast called The
Babylon Project Podcast. We have
actually recorded some shows and are hoping for a release of regular episodes
soon. Watch this space for announcements
of our upcoming project.
Over the next few days, I am hoping to post about the books
I have been reading since going on hiatus.
That is, other than the Dune books that have taken up a bunch of my
time. I did read Dayton Ward’s wrap up
of the Star Trek: The Fall series titled Peacable Kingdoms. I also read two novellas by Michael Jan
Friedman which will appear here soon. I
also just finished reading an outstanding story by Andy Weir called The
Martian.
In any case, this blog is back from hiatus, hopefully.
Well, there it is…
QaplaH’!
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