Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Mark R. Brand and Life After Sleep

I have never been a big fan of science fiction; however, within the past year, I read Cormac McCarthy's The Road, which I thoroughly enjoyed. Since then I have had the honor of reading with author Mark R. Brand a number of times. Mark introduced me to the world of speculative fiction; a world where future possibilities reside very near reality. A place where ideas from the future do not require a giant leap of faith. McCarthy's The Road inhabits this world, as well as Mark R. Brand's Life After Sleep. The novella maintains mainstream literary credibility while cultivating a realistic science fiction plot. Check it out here...

Rage, Rage

So, the month of March is a hard one for me. Abby, my sister, was both born and passed away this month, and then throw my 50 th  birthday in...