Josh Reviews Sherlock Holmes and The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols
In Nicholas Meyer’s wonderful new Sherlock Holmes pastiche (a novel structured to imitate the Holmes stories written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle), The Adventure of the Peculiar Protocols, the great detective Sherlock Holmes and his comrade Dr. Watson are tasked with investigating the
Star Trek: The Antares Maelstrom
Star Trek: The Antares Maelstrom, the new Star Trek novel by Greg Cox, is set in the later days of the Five Year Mission. As the novel begins, Captain Kirk and the U.S.S. Enterprise are summoned to assist the colony of Baldur III. A rare and valuable material known as pergium has
Checking out the Star Trek: Picard Backstory
I was very lukewarm on the first season of Star Trek: Picard. It was amazing seeing Patrick Stewart back in this role, something I never ever expected to see. The rest of the cast was strong, and the production values were great. But I thought the story-telling was, mostly, a me
Star Trek: Child of Two Worlds
Recently, I have been enjoying catching up on the many great Star Trek: The Original Series novels that author Greg Cox has written over the past several years! I’ve arrived at last at the last one that had been waiting patiently on my book-shelf: Child of Two Worlds. This story
Star Trek: The Captain’s Oath
Christopher L. Bennett’s fantastic new Star Trek novel, The Captain’s Oath, serves as something of an origin story for Captain James T. Kirk. But whereas J.J. Abrams’ rebooted Star Trek movie, and its sequels, told a story outside of established Star Trek continui
Star Trek: Collateral Damage
David Mack’s new Star Trek novel, Collateral Damage, looks to me like it might represent the conclusion of an amazing, almost two-decade-long experiment on the part of Pocket Books to create a connected continuity of Star Trek novels. It began in 2001 with the publication of S.D. Pe
Josh Reviews Doctor Sleep
Published in 2013, Stephen King’s novel Doctor Sleep is his long-awaited sequel to The Shining (which was originally published in 1977). The book depicts what happened to young Danny Torrance after escaping, with his mother, the horrific events at the Overlook Hotel. After recen
Checking into the Overlook Hotel: Josh Looks Back at The Shining
The recent release of the film adaptation of Doctor Sleep (which I thought was great!! My full review is coming soon!!). the sequel to The Shining, made me feel like it was time to look back at The Shining. And so I started with Stephen King’s novel, which I’d neve
Star Trek: Foul Deeds Will Rise
For a while now I have been catching up with a bunch of Star Trek novels that I had skipped reading when they were originally published. With more books on my “to-read” shelf than I had time to read, I often found myself choosing to read the Star Trek novels that were se
Star Trek: No Time Like The Past
I am having fun catching up on a number of Star Trek novels from recent years that I have missed. Most of these books that I had skipped reading are stand-alone tales from the Original Series era, and the first batch I have been reading have all been written by Greg Cox. I have qu