Nicholas Bruner
Fantasy, Science Fiction, and Young Adult Author
Tag: book reviews
What I’m Reading: Five Dialogues
Plato’s Five Dialogues is comprised of five short dialogues, each about 20-40 pages, and which all star Plato’s teacher Socrates as the main speaker. The dialogues have to do with the trial and execution of Socrates by the city of Athens in 399 BC on… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: Five Dialogues”
What I’m Reading: The Wrenchies
My friend who’s into really weird comics loaned me the graphic novel The Wrenchies, by Farel Dalrymple. This one is pretty bizarre, but pretty great as well, and is probably one of the best loans I’ve gotten from my buddy. It’s tough to describe succinctly what’s… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Wrenchies”
What I’m Reading: The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters, by C.S. Lewis, is an epistolary novel containing the letters of a demon, Screwtape, to his nephew Wormwood. Wormwood is a tempter, assigned to lead a human being astray so Satan can take his soul, and he’s having some trouble with… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Screwtape Letters”
What I’m Reading: The Walking Dead: Safety Behind Bars
The Walking Dead: Safety Behind Bars is the third collection of the Walking Dead, collecting issues #13-18. Of course, now the Walking Dead is a huge phenomenon with the TV show and action figures and lunch boxes (?), but it started off back in 2003… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Walking Dead: Safety Behind Bars”
What I’m Reading: The Race Underground
The Race Underground by Doug Most is an account of the race at the end of the 19th century between Boston and New York to build America’s first subway. Actually, the title is somewhat of an exaggeration–it wasn’t much of a race, as Boston won… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Race Underground”
What I’m Reading: The Epic of Gilgamesh
The Epic of Gilgamesh is the world’s oldest known story. Although our most complete version of it is from Assyria around 700 B.C., fragments of the story have been found from as far back as 2,000-ish B.C. Any writing that we have older than that… Continue Reading “What I’m Reading: The Epic of Gilgamesh”
