The Fireside

Lately, in the past 10-15 years, I have noticed that TV has become a great source of not just entertainment, but art.

I am going out of town for the Easter weekend, so here's an update....

There's yet another book series that interests me, to add to the reading pile....

Now there is a terrific reason to check out Brandon Sanderson's first book in his newest series.

Earlier this week The Hobbit: Part 1  came out to buy. And you better not  pick it up....

There's a TV series right u p my alley which has somehow escaped my sight!

I have once again updated my 'Amazon Wishlist'. 

It appears that my Netflix rotation has increased quite a bit. It had consisted of Community and Damages , as well as the occasional movie from time to time. There's a bunch on there yet to discover, and I hope they keep adding shows ( Deep Space Nine and Voyager , where are you?). Both  Community and Damages  are quite good, and worth checking out. However, I've added another show to the line-up. I really wish NetFlix allowed you to create a list - either to keep track of what you want to watch, or a 'playlist'. I've now watched the first season of Star Trek The Next Generation . I've always enjoyed watching various Star Trek series ( TNG, DS9 & Voyager ), but in the 90s there was no 'TV on DVD' or streaming, or downloading. If you didn't watch it while it aired (either 'new' or 're-run') you had to tape it to catch it. It's hard to imagine watching TV these days without time shift, DVR, or watching the ...

  It's been a while between posts, I know. I've been reading, watching TV, and doing some writing. Working on a quick, random scene in my head so I won't lose it involving an attack on a shore featuring a chanting offensive. Yes, chanting and singing before the battle.  I want to do a bit of a different post today, this one focusing, and showcasing, some extraordinary fantasy artwork....

Hello out there, we're on the air, it's 'Hockey Night' tonight. Tension grows, the whistle blows, and the puck goes down the ice. The goalie jumps, and the players bump, and the fans all go insane. Someone roars, "Bobby Scores!" at the good old Hockey Game. Oh, the good old hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good old hockey game. Second period. Where players dash, with skates aflash, the home team trails behind. But they grab the puck, and go bursting up, and they're down across the line. They storm the crease, like bumble bees, they travel like a burning flame. We see them slide, the puck inside, it's a 1-1 hockey game. Oh, the good old hockey game, is the best game you can name. And the best game you can name, is the good old hockey game. Third Period. Last game of the playoff too. Oh take me where, the hockey players, face off down the rink. A...

A while ago, I made this entry:  http://insurrbution.blogspot.ca/2012/09/new-editions-for-wheel-of-time.html  . It lists the 'new' trade paperback editions of The Wheel of Time , which feature the 'ebook covers' and a larger trim size - much nicer editions of the books than the mass market editions. As promised, each time there's an ISBN # and a publication date, I'll add it to the 'master; blog post I linked earlier here, as well do a post informing people that there is a new edition coming of the next book. no, the publisher did  not re-issue the entire series on one day, but is publishing the next installment every few months. The next one is, some of you may  be waiting for to pre-order (all the other books have ISBN#s and release dates) is..... ... The Path of Daggers . Really quick, the publication date is Nov 13, 2013  and the ISBN #s (what to use search to get this exact copy of the book) is ISBN-10: 0765336472 ISBN-13: 978-0765336477 Agai...

Doctor Sleep  is Stephen King's newest novel, due out September 24 of this year. It is the sequel to The Shining . With  Doctor Sleep , Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his previous novels,  The Shining . The novel features the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of  The Shining ) and the twelve-year-old girl, Abra Stone, that he must save from The True Knot. The True Knot are a group of almost immortal travelers who cross the country feeding off of children with the gift of "the shining."

The Hobbit: Part 3  has been pushed back from July  2014 to December 17 2014 .