... or thinks her Daddy should be.
Last summer, my wife handed me a book called The Tomb, and told me to give it a try. She thought I'd like the vigilante character of Repairman Jack. She was right. One of my Christmas presents was the 11th Repairman Jack book, Bloodlines, in hardcover. Clearly, I liked the character.
For those of you unaware, Jack lives above the law and does "fix-its" for people who have nowhere else to turn. As the books unfold, it is discovered that he is to be the champion in a supernatural battle between Evil and Indifferent (he will be the champion on Earth for the side of Indifferent). So the books not only chronicle his stand-alone fix-its, but also his involvement in the supernatural battle and how they tie in to some of his fix-its.
I've also read F. Paul Wilson's Midnight Mass, an outstanding vampire thriller, and The Select, a med school version of The Firm, albeit a bit lighter.
The F. Paul Wilson shelf at the local Borders is right at my daughter's eye level. It's in the Horror section, and the way it's arranged the last set of shelves in Horror mirror the last set of shelves in SF/F.
The last few times we've been to Borders, my daughter keeps taking a hardcover copy of Bloodlines (Which, I have and have read), and hands it to my wife or I saying, "Daddy read. Daddy like." We keep telling her that I already read the book.
Today, my wife and daughter go off to Borders (as I try to sleep off two months of work hell that are now over). They come home with many books, including one that my daughter picked out for me. An F. Paul Wilson book, The Keep. She chose it after my wife reminded her that I already have a copy of Bloodlines and that I liked that book.
Do I have a great kid or what?
Last summer, my wife handed me a book called The Tomb, and told me to give it a try. She thought I'd like the vigilante character of Repairman Jack. She was right. One of my Christmas presents was the 11th Repairman Jack book, Bloodlines, in hardcover. Clearly, I liked the character.
For those of you unaware, Jack lives above the law and does "fix-its" for people who have nowhere else to turn. As the books unfold, it is discovered that he is to be the champion in a supernatural battle between Evil and Indifferent (he will be the champion on Earth for the side of Indifferent). So the books not only chronicle his stand-alone fix-its, but also his involvement in the supernatural battle and how they tie in to some of his fix-its.
I've also read F. Paul Wilson's Midnight Mass, an outstanding vampire thriller, and The Select, a med school version of The Firm, albeit a bit lighter.
The F. Paul Wilson shelf at the local Borders is right at my daughter's eye level. It's in the Horror section, and the way it's arranged the last set of shelves in Horror mirror the last set of shelves in SF/F.
The last few times we've been to Borders, my daughter keeps taking a hardcover copy of Bloodlines (Which, I have and have read), and hands it to my wife or I saying, "Daddy read. Daddy like." We keep telling her that I already read the book.
Today, my wife and daughter go off to Borders (as I try to sleep off two months of work hell that are now over). They come home with many books, including one that my daughter picked out for me. An F. Paul Wilson book, The Keep. She chose it after my wife reminded her that I already have a copy of Bloodlines and that I liked that book.
Do I have a great kid or what?
