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Review of Badass: The Birth of a Legend by Ben Thompson

Badass: The Birth of a Legend is by Ben Thompson, who has been running the website Badass of the Week since 2004.  He has also written numerous articles on badasses, and this is his second book on the subject.  The first book published on this topic, Badass, is about various figures from history (and is perhaps the most awesome use of a degree in history ever).  The newest book, which just came out last week, is about various tough men, […]

Sleight of Hand The Leaning Pile of Books

First, a quick update: I’ve finished a draft of a review of Dust by Elizabeth Bear, so I’m hoping to get that up over the next day or two.  Now that it’s almost time for Late Eclipses, the fourth October Daye novel by Seanan McGuire, to be released, I’m also working on that review and hope to have it up soon.  After that, I’m caught up on reviews, but I’m taking a break from a book that is taking a […]