Contact: pat.bowne@gmail.com
-
Fantasy for faculty: THE ROYAL ACADEMY NOVELS and NOVELLAS follow life in and around the Demonology Department of a modern university. Fiction for those of us who know there are demons in the basement.
"I was delighted to come across this wry, inventive fantasy... Anyone who's spent time at a university will recognize the place...
I'd recommend this to anyone who appreciates academic life, spells, counter-spells, supernatural battles, and the charms of discourse."
Click here to find all my books at Amazon
Click here to find the trade paperback versions of my novels at Lulu Archives
Categories
Category Archives: reading
Subversion Junkie
Pathophysiology is about things going wrong. Every day I focus on things going wrong, from the moment I open feedly and scan my articles to the last student assessment I put down on my desk to the next doctor’s appointment … Continue reading
Turn your child into a marine biology fanatic
Pagoo by Holling Clancy Holling was one of the best science books I ever read as a kid. As soon as we arrived at our vacation spot I would race to the library, take this book home, and lose myself … Continue reading
Posted in book review, reading, Uncategorized
Comments Off on Turn your child into a marine biology fanatic
Unfriendly Literature
Umberto Eco had an interview in the Guardian in which he encapsulated a view of literature that is pretty much what I picked up in college lit classes. “I think an author should write what the reader does not expect. … Continue reading
Posted in reading, Uncategorized
Comments Off on Unfriendly Literature
Cat Valente’s Excellent Idea
The Hugo controversy has died down a lot, and instead of merely being mad at each other people are beginning to come up with interesting ideas. I particularly like Cat Valente’s proposal for a set of awards that specifically reward … Continue reading
Posted in in the news, reading, woohoo!, writing
Comments Off on Cat Valente’s Excellent Idea
I Hate What I Just Read
Someone I trust recommended I read … I’m not naming it, because I see no point in tarnishing somebody’s work just because it did everything I absolutely hate. Besides, reading it was valuable because I hadn’t recognized that I hated … Continue reading
Posted in oh so cliched, rants, reading
Comments Off on I Hate What I Just Read
Dr. Mutter’s Marvels
When the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society met in Philadelphia, a highlight was our visit to the famous Mutter Museum of anatomical curiosities – not a Ripley’s sort of museum, but a collection of study specimens maintained by the College … Continue reading
Posted in book review, From the museum, reading
Comments Off on Dr. Mutter’s Marvels
‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’ by Jon Ronson
I preordered this book a while ago, and by the time it was delivered I was having second thoughts. I’d seen so many articles about it and excerpts from it that I wondered if there was anything left to be … Continue reading
Posted in book review, reading, real life
Comments Off on ‘So You’ve Been Publicly Shamed’ by Jon Ronson
The Martian is just the right mix
I loved The Martian by Andy Weir from the first page to the last. The Martian is Competent Man fiction. This is the good kind of competent man fiction, too; the competent man takes his competence for granted. His moments … Continue reading
Posted in book review, reading, Uncategorized
Comments Off on The Martian is just the right mix
Nature’s Nether Regions
This book is about the evolution of genitalia. In practice, that means it’s largely about penises – as Dr. Schilthuizen readily admits, the field has had a gender disparity problem. That hasn’t prevented scientists from identifying female choice as a … Continue reading
Bees
First there was Bonsels’ Maya the Bee, which my folks gave me way, way back in the day. I must have been five or thereabouts. I did not notice any of its political subtext. Then there was The Mother Hive … Continue reading
Posted in book review, reading
Comments Off on Bees