DrPat Reads

I cut my 10-year-old teeth on the exciting pages of Zane Grey Westerns, which occupied most of three shelves in the public library of t...

There is much to be learned about a culture from those persons whom it places upon pedestals, whom it admires and emulates, whom it calls...

First contact with aliens is a well-spring for science fiction writers. It can be back-story to well-known characters (as in David Weber...

Before the story of  Blaze  begins, author Stephen King explains why a new novel under his pseudonym "Richard Bachman" is now be...

Steven Pinker has a strong claim to the niche his books occupy: He explains in language accessible to the layman how our brains work. In  ...

Upon first reading, the statistics in this chart seem ridiculous to me. As a reader, I can't conceive of living my life without bo...

Review:  All Tomorrow's Parties  by William Gibson Colin Laney may be dying in a cardboard shelter in Tokyo, but he sees what's...