The Frontier is Never Final: Star Trek at Sixty
The mission is vital, and the chance may never come again.
The Movies We Shouldn’t Love, Part 4: The Professional (1994)
The Professional is a hybrid French/U.S. production, an American thriller with a European aesthetic.
A Literary Offer You Can’t Refuse
My books are now free to download from this site for as long as WordPress permits.
The Spy Who Read Me: My For Your Eyes Only Reader’s Guide
Unlike the previous Bond books, For Your Eyes Only is a collection of five short stories.
Yesterday’s a Dream: Clive Davis and the End of the World as We Know It
The death of a gatekeeper like Clive Davis is a marker down the road of lost culture, and as we lose our culture we increasingly lose what it means to be a human society.
“We Live in Times of Terrible Confusion”: Revisiting Les Miserables
Death is always present, particularly for those forced to live on the margins, and that is another of Les Miserables’ themes.
The Time My Ignorant Ears Heard Sonny Rollins
“You might look back in fifty years and say, ‘That was the last good time.’”
Shaped by Time and Trouble: Revisiting Les Miserables
Discovering the next chapter of Les Miserables has become a welcome addition to my daily routine.
“And, of course, kill Hitler”: Danger 5 and the Virtues of Limited Budget
Quality doesn’t always correspond with budget, but honest achievement nearly always correlates with passion.
Top Secret Plan B: Len Deighton, Action Cooking, and the Spy Novel Multiverse
“I think the reason working-class people don’t write books is because they are encouraged to believe that only certain people are permitted to write books.” -Len Deighton
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