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Carlton Keith & Hugh Pentecost

In the autumn of 2020, while our travels were restricted by the COVID-19 pandemic, I decided to read Keith Robertson’s crime novels. He was the author of the Henry Reed series which I enjoyed as a child, and he published six … Continue reading

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Appointment in Samarra

My least favorite months have always been July and August, as Joklahoma’s sweltering and oppressively muggy summers drive me off the trails and pathways, except for early morning walks on weekends. One of my escapes is to read literature. In … Continue reading

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Darkness at Noon

Long ago, early in my years of teaching high school physics, I came across an old paperback book from 1961, The Watershed, with a cover that showed Johannes Kepler and an illustration of his first and second laws of planetary … Continue reading

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Treks Not Travelled

“This is not your father’s Star Trek.” —2009 ad for a movie reboot My friends know that I am a big fan of Star Trek, the original series television show that was broadcast from 1966 to 1969. However, I didn’t … Continue reading

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2024 Reads & Watches

This is my third annual book and video report after sharing my reads in 2022 and my reads and watches in 2023. I also still have old book recommendations preserved on seven blog pages, but those haven’t been updated in … Continue reading

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