Ron Payne
Birder. Reader. Otter Creek Audubon Society President. Vermont eBird hotspot reviewer. Tsundoku master. He/Him.
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The Album of Dr. Moreau by Daryl Gregory ⭐⭐⭐⭐wp.me An absolutely hilarious mashup of detective fiction and Wellsian science fiction, as well as an unironic tribute to the place boy bands hold in American culture. WyldBoyZ, a boy band made up of animal...
Out There Screaming edited by Jordan Peele & John Joseph Adams ⭐⭐⭐⭐wp.me A horror anthology with stories from black authors running the gamut from supernatural historical fiction, future dystopian science fiction, to outright experimental fiction. There were a few in here ...
Bill Gates Says AI’s Green Benefits Will Outweigh Its Emissionswww.bloomberg.com The Microsoft Corp. co-founder says data centers will be less energy-intensive in the future as artificial intelligence makes computations more efficient.
The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown ⭐⭐⭐wp.me A woman working in a bookstore is gifted an mysterious book which grants her the ability to turn any door into a portal to another place. If this is your first magical book novel you might have a grea...
Supreme Court upholds federal ban on guns for domestic abuserswww.npr.org The decision was the first major gun ruling since 2022 when the high court broke sharply with the way gun laws had previously been handled by the courts.
Bird Union Workers Tell Audubon Union Busting Won't Flyinthesetimes.com More than two years into the fight for a new contract, union members say the National Audubon Society appears to be punishing them by withholding better benefits.
Her Dark Salvationwww.netgalley.com NetGalley helps publishers and authors promote digital review copies to book advocates and industry professionals. Publishers make digital review copies and audiobooks available for the NetGalley comm...
Our Share of Night by Mariana Enríquez ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐wp.me An extremely creepy and atmospheric horror novel that follows multiple generations of a family involved with a mystical cult in Argentina. The book contrasts supernatural horrors against real world on...
The Narrow Road Between Desires by Patrick Rothfuss ⭐⭐⭐⭐wp.me I enjoyed this more than I expected and it reminded me that It's now how Rothfuss writes that annoys me, it's that he doesn't do enough of it. This side story from the Kingkiller chronicles was origin...