Comments for Schrödinger's Bookshelf

Comment on The Red Pyramid, by Rick Riordan (Hyperion, 2010) by Treadmill Traci

Treadmill Traci — Wed, 20 Apr 2011 18:02:05 +0000

i have always been fasinated with the old gods and the stories that suround them

Comment on The Three Musketeers (Disney, 1993) by eviltimes

eviltimes — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 17:48:12 +0000

This DVD does not upconvert, thus playing within a 4×3 box inside a 16×9 TV (hence, black bars all around the picture). Any attempt to manipulate the size of the picture with your TV or player(s) controls only distorts the image. I have contacted Disney by email and surprisingly got a response (in February, 2011) that they had no intention of releasing this in BluRay or re-releasing it in a SDVD format where the encoding would allow upconversion to play in its proper ratio on 16×9 HDTVs. I am hopeful that this was a lie and that this 1993 film will see the light of BluRay on or after the release of the new version of the movie which releases 14 October 2011. We shall see. I certainly hope so.

Comment on Mark Twain: A Literary Life, by Everett Emerson (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000) by Douglas H Parker

Douglas H Parker — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 22:51:11 +0000

Many have tried, but none have ever come close to “filling” Samuel Clemens shoes. His stories will endure to please many generations to come! Thank you “Mark”!

Comment on TimeRiders, by Alex Scarrow (Walker and Company, 2010) by Michael M. Jones

Michael M. Jones — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 06:46:29 +0000

Thanks for dropping by, Alex. I’ll be sure to keep my eyes open for the next books when they land over here. I’d intended to cover TimeRiders for my Realms of Fantasy column, but it had already been out for several months by that time, and my editor has a thing about timely reviews. So it ended up here.

Man, you guys in the UK, always several books ahead. It makes me jealous sometimes.

Comment on TimeRiders, by Alex Scarrow (Walker and Company, 2010) by Alex

Alex — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:30:44 +0000

Thanks for the review Michael. Over here in the UK we’re onto book three already! In fact, I’ve just finished writing book four which will be out in august. Really glad you’ve enjoyed the first and I can tell you the next crisis the team face is very different.

All the best

Alex Scarrow