Sometimes I discover a new author at the perfect time. On this particular occasion, it was finding Terry Fallis during the federal election here in Canada this past autumn via his debut novel The Best Laid Plans. The entire time I was reading this wonderfully farcical book I could not help fantasizing which of Stephen […]
Redshirts by John Scalzi – Review
There’s a great country song written by Steve Goodman and made famous by David Allen Coe called ‘You Never Even Called Me By My Name”. The Coe version is best known for the satirical recitation and final verse appended to what up until that point had been a rather typical country song. Coe begins his […]