I once wrote that every great journey tale needs a map. Well, the sequel to Enoch’s Device—titled The Key to the Abyss—is no exception. Here’s a peek at a wonderful map of medieval Rome created by illustrator Jeff Mathison that will be featured in my upcoming novel. I absolutely love this map! Feel free to…
I can’t remember how many times friends have told me I should read The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss. I was aware of the book’s popularity, but for one reason or another I avoided tackling the 662-page tome for years. Now that I’ve finished it, I finally appreciate what everyone was talking about….
No, that’s not me sitting in the chair. In fact, I am alive and well, though I have taken an overly long hiatus from the blog. But it’s all for a good reason. After spending nearly ten weeks writing about Westworld, I had always planned on taking a few weeks off. But then midway into…
I’ve had more than a week to ruminate on “The Passenger,” which brought the second Season of Westworld to its dramatic conclusion. So now it’s time to focus on 5 big questions after the Westworld season finale. This post is clearly full of *Spoilers*, so stop reading now if you haven’t see “The Passenger.” 1. …
Season 2’s penultimate episode of Westworld, titled “Vanishing Point,” was the darkest yet. It was also so full of twists, I have no idea what the finale will hold. So in the aftermath of all this chaos, let’s try to figure out what the heck just happened on Westworld. Delores We may as well start…
Episode 8 of Season 2, titled “Kiksuya,” explored the mystery of Ghost Nation on Westworld. And building on the revelations of last week, it answerd one of the show’s more longstanding questions: What is really going on with Ghost Nation? Akecheta Last week, I suspected that Ghost Nation is a more benevolent force than Maeve’s…
After a brief hiatus, I’ve caught up on the last two episodes of Westworld: “Phase Space” and “Les Écorchés.” Both offered some big revelations, but left plenty of mysteries in tact. Yet with only three episodes left in the season, which questions have been answered on Westworld? This post will touch on mysteries discussed in…
Once again in my life, all roads lead to Rome. I dropped a hint to it in my last post with the reference to the Leonine City. And thinking about the city brought me back to this post about HBO’s Rome and an article in The Verge titled “Before Game of Thrones, there was Rome.” Its point: without HBO’s Rome, we…
If last week’s Westworld was the most mind-blowing episode ever, this week gave us a straightforward tale. But Episode Five, titled “Akane No Mai,” did touch on a lingering mystery from the season premiere. Namely, how has Maeve become so powerful? Maeve It all begins in Shogun World, a more violent form of entertainment for…
Wow is all I can say about last week’s episode of Westworld, titled “The Riddle of the Sphinx”. It was the most mind-blowing episode of Westworld yet, and answered some of this season’s biggest mysteries. But it also raised some huge new questions. Oh, and Elsie’s back! William’s Dark Secret We know now what William…
Episode Three of Westworld’s second season, titled “Virtù e Fortuna,” revealed a new park—The Raj. It also took us to the edge of Shogun World. But more importantly, the episode gave us two more mysteries on Westworld. Who Is The Mystery Woman? It begins in Park 6, which we now know is called The Raj….