<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 23:38:20 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@terry93d/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Astounding | Alec Nevala-Lee (2018)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fully: Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction. This remarkable book which clocks in at 408 pages, excluding the acknowledgements,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/astounding-or-alec-nevala-lee-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/astounding-or-alec-nevala-lee-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2019 14:48:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo1PJR8KKNMBvdREiqtcbHqo5dVGLQTGXzvKwRdrXYGUs2KG9NpWbReFZ8XGYiU2evriT6uGcfHase52kkN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Power Broker - Robert Caro | 1974]]></title><description><![CDATA[From an unelected bureaucrat who served for forty years, an epic. Published 1974 by Knopf. I fear that if I were to ever become rich and famous that a biography of equal talent to Robert Caro would attempt]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/the-power-broker-robert-caro-or-1974</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/the-power-broker-robert-caro-or-1974</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2019 18:34:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxsTkPYAARp78o5cJA1o6Chv9x98TzCFT6v5GK4DKnCk8Kr1oaYLfWPPFbqy3F8C5CBpYJqzYE9WP3B3Zrhp18CZRErsDZeFSTBbDXKuLE3SuCb298iLf2PXiRCRxeAHCrq6aVWWH9wU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[VICE - Adam McKay (2018) | Film Review]]></title><description><![CDATA[The new film on the life of Dick Cheney, former Secretary of Defense, Vice-President, and war criminal. WARNING: SPOILERS. There, maybe that caught your eye. I went to see this Friday - the 4th - in theatres]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/vice-adam-mckay-2018-or-film-review</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/vice-adam-mckay-2018-or-film-review</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:35:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjVs3Hye1oHX44R9EcpQD5C9xXzj68nJaq3Ce8kx37946Ux954CgBrmUbhnK4eHFmE85BwiD6uW9rdWP17jQRncB3JFZ12LsxaNQobDcRQWs8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[2017-18 Masterpost & Retrospective]]></title><description><![CDATA[As promised in my review of The Lies of Locke Lamora, this will be my masterpost for everything I have written and published on Steemit up to the date of posting, everything I have written and published]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@terry93d/2017-18-masterpost-and-retrospective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@terry93d/2017-18-masterpost-and-retrospective</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2018 19:30:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiFU89taP2MgKXzwntUGAvkoQiKU7VxyD37q8xGARtSH1KB7AjTMby3nGtEmUvnZAVLH514sbrMeaddtP1BKhiQuLuSRPfp9bp54Cttp8WsQ8vwb4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: The Lies of Locke Lamora | Scott Lynch (Gentlemen Bastards #1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've heard many, many great things about this, Scott Lynch's debut novel, and the first of his Gentlemen Bastards sequence. Does it live up to the high praise? Image from Amazon. Published in 2006, by]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-the-lies-of-locke-lamora-or-scott-lynch-gentlemen-bastards-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-the-lies-of-locke-lamora-or-scott-lynch-gentlemen-bastards-1</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 24 Dec 2018 18:38:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9vWp6aU4y8kwSZ9Gw15LFL3aMdhmgmBBFMpDJregpdP329SzsoShp7EBDenYs2uofsNtgYQn4QBPJMCCKRm7ooogWt6kmMqgumKD1X9UjnSd3mfxhFGeVTnggDPuJfVfnjdtZtnUNv6SgLALE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Series Review: The Years of Lyndon Johnson | Robert Caro (1982-present)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since October 30th, I have been reading every book of Robert Caro's immense biography of Lyndon Johnson, and it has taken me a month and a half, roughly, to do it, though I did occasionally read other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/series-review-the-years-of-lyndon-johnson-or-robert-caro-1982-present</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/series-review-the-years-of-lyndon-johnson-or-robert-caro-1982-present</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2018 22:21:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/32FTXiZsHoAW6noHJDhrg3W8ZKHVFSsLYM859aTDCF8iErWM3whwuuAZbLSpbK9xbY9TioU77jRDA1H3ySqTC4HTDQ1St76henC5Kg8AqfP5USHB1CwAJSE2XN7Wd5N3mccGeRF6CztoBqjL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Strange Weather - Four Short Novels | Joe Hill]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now that it's been another two weeks it's time for another of my increasingly irregular review posts. Today, some more horror, which is a little bit odd because I'm (still) not much of a horror reader...]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-strange-weather-four-short-novels-or-joe-hill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-strange-weather-four-short-novels-or-joe-hill</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2018 17:46:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8JxyWvtbhvcm5k3roJwHBR4WTALx7XaoRovVgXo1tignrb9mNRxqiTXCTGu7LjHtRpVxZzpy8r6U5omsM8yuatkiBANYQDtwCRKc3pmVcgL3fKSXpFeeP622wG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TV Review: Watergate | dir. Charles Ferguson]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sunday the 4th History Channel finished its three-night event airing a documentary about the Watergate scandal. I tuned in to each night and watched with great pleasure. Here are my thoughts. Directed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/tv-review-watergate-or-dir-charles-ferguson</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/tv-review-watergate-or-dir-charles-ferguson</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Nov 2018 13:43:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVJ2SVhDmmumdPfnVEcahMce9nMwwksSDdRvNgfzCQSLAUWZDwqTonJBY9GzyQUiY9Wv58UtxcFSZvkgGFxZqFxAuAZHf6hoTFe7ktx11BXw2EArKB4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Shoggoths in Bloom | Elizabeth Bear]]></title><description><![CDATA[Elizabeth Bear's short story collection Shoggoths in Bloom is just one of the things I have spent the month reading. Here is my review of it. Published in 2012 by Prime Books. My journey with Elizabeth]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-shoggoths-in-bloom-or-elizabeth-bear</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-shoggoths-in-bloom-or-elizabeth-bear</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2018 16:35:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/54TLbcUcnRm3sWQK3HKkuAMedF1JSX7yKgEqYjnyTKPwrcpLqakQfRh7am9iwPM1YdB1kQvAiHoPwzNxgkWY2bX7y7NSGxVRibvXi2RJFkoc4xZynyazTFLVYGkDESF4LLM2g29M8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Leviathan Wept and Other Stories | Daniel Abraham]]></title><description><![CDATA[High fantasy to hard science fiction, screwball comedy to gut-punching tragedy, but always, always intelligent, compassionate, thoughtful, and deeply, deeply human. A sadly now out-of-print hardcover]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-leviathan-wept-and-other-stories-or-daniel-abraham</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-leviathan-wept-and-other-stories-or-daniel-abraham</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2018 18:26:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81NGAh5kDL4R4zRZL7yEyZQAKSduSZwipiSjP5T8BjUyFDBgUHjaSJVWd1PB8h1GZb3di52gdemKE4XpcbXR4eVc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[First Impressions - Paul Auster's 4 3 2 1]]></title><description><![CDATA[For the past couple weeks I've been reading Paul Auster's newest novel, 4 3 2 1, an 866-page tome of a book that tells the four independent life stories of the same person... Courtesy of Amazon. On March]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/first-impressions-paul-auster-s-4-3-2-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/first-impressions-paul-auster-s-4-3-2-1</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2018 14:50:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLy2ofdgrJNxeZC3WCHPBwR7MjUDzY4kBNr81NUqLqWMn1s4WFVm1nRC9XmhdzCoxHfuwUVZtZM2XugTn313V199nyXGRsJtTjCGWFuJ9pnw5c786mEPqKvNwcA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Soundtrack Review Addendum | Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals]]></title><description><![CDATA[My review of the soundtrack of the Nintendo DS remake of Lufia II, Lufia: Curse of the Sinistrals. From GameFAQs. This remake of Lufia II was co-developed by Square Enix and the original Neverland. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/soundtrack-review-addendum-or-lufia-curse-of-the-sinistrals</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/review/@terry93d/soundtrack-review-addendum-or-lufia-curse-of-the-sinistrals</guid><category><![CDATA[review]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2018 19:53:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vppGeV6VN3m3GSDcLoRruAhMmifZtFSDkYScSehzgThEkuhcZm3JcQ8YHXTCrym3fkuTvuFyAKKk3uBAuf36wXWoPVxRiBxPUeeFjTCQCMihr4BVUzpoQbdPKiw2W2GENbWQcX7pnzaUJi?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Hope Never Dies | Andrew Shaffer (Obama Biden Mysteries #1)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hope Never Dies, written by Andrew Shaffer who previously has written other comedy books such as Fifty Shames of Earl Grey, The Day of the Donald, and Catsby, published by Quirk Books earlier this year,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-hope-never-dies-or-andrew-shaffer-obama-biden-mysteries-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-hope-never-dies-or-andrew-shaffer-obama-biden-mysteries-1</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2018 15:02:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5ShzsKnKF7vppGeV6VN3m3GSDcLoRruAhMmifZtFSDkYScMDmNshKwX5484pja1JcBAgcF8XwVKby3XFJR4dJFPWLzdtNpnDxZoxFaqk1GS6sU9cmu7WYdRKuBUAzY1zDNjzZzvhmZwNsYmZLiNrSHwL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: John Adams | David McCullough]]></title><description><![CDATA[Nearly ten years after Truman came out, John Adams, a 751-page biography of the second President, came out - Adams, one of our more forgotten presidents, and yet, as becomes clear over the course of it,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-john-adams-or-david-mccullough</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-john-adams-or-david-mccullough</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2018 01:28:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/6VvuHGsoU2QBt9MXeXNdDuyd4Bmd63j7zJymDTWgdcJjo1RdW4bXTWFYysyyVKxoqAn22gi288VvwwQ4Mu59opkxvVCzdFiMy6pt4v6iTUa2FDVJhwdceuQmiyJqLJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: 20th Century Ghosts | Joe Hill]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this, the first short story collection by Joe Hill, both horror and beauty alike abound in fourteen fascinating tales... This is a collection of short stories written by author Joe Hill and first published]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-20th-century-ghosts-or-joe-hill</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-20th-century-ghosts-or-joe-hill</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2018 19:23:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGM3JdycGKFQo7ALS3GhuMGL8qbG8zfSd9jRWS6myXnqSvfR26CsRMBouf6ybJMX7cqQrqXCjh6dxneNHTTCVL45H8Etxgh6roGi8VipzNsYxUNKAyeeXivVxyKu9WSsFXCSS7wKyEjy2qh7awK9TevxYckkN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Book Review: Truman | David McCullough]]></title><description><![CDATA[After ten years of work, in 1992 David McCullough finished writing - and Simon & Schuster published - this 1117-page long biography of former President Harry S. Truman, FDR's successor, who went on]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-truman-or-david-mccullough</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/book-review-truman-or-david-mccullough</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2018 15:09:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/vM1pGHgNcyCXUWJECrZbvn1NMPj1oFGUo3gYfF3NNPRD9aGDLVRLnc1WZ5QhV8SBpXHgni5HdAeT15Q241TbrnXr2GB64Xp791iAFWZDhY6QpXieJG9PNGUWnoqTUshZ1HsggMk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[DOUBLE REVIEW - Shattered Pillars & Steles of the Sky | Elizabeth Bear (Eternal Sky #2 & #3)]]></title><description><![CDATA[It's been a good while, so here is my two-in-one review of the last two books of Elizabeth Bear's Eternal Sky trilogy. Both of these come from their respective Amazon pages. Shattered Pillars and Steles]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/double-review-shattered-pillars-and-steles-of-the-sky-or-elizabeth-bear-eternal-sky-2-and-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/double-review-shattered-pillars-and-steles-of-the-sky-or-elizabeth-bear-eternal-sky-2-and-3</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 29 Aug 2018 13:36:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHRfvmtd53nmEJ94xpKydwmbSC5H5svBACH7yuCFA1HKkM5n89uX4DPbVFLqdUQ2YooC71H5FGYtoE9onBjXPVQ1rZSzsXzyTh8z9vdJT1pwPNFKZGL1Th6z8BCgZCEHU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Addendum to The Dagger & the Coin Retrospective]]></title><description><![CDATA[WARNING: SPOILERS. About three weeks ago I posted a retrospective of Daniel Abraham's The Dagger and the Coin, a sort of mixture of analysis and commentary on the series as a whole. Well, in the days since]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/addendum-to-the-dagger-and-the-coin-retrospective</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/addendum-to-the-dagger-and-the-coin-retrospective</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2018 15:01:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGWd7TzozjPgq3rggennavDx3XPY35pEAVnpsgHNY7jhE83dDA5kCSauk1MuvRd9BjncB7XVa8vB8mvYAGNYbNKSLiFKzQmEQP3m4nh7HVzmaBZhvZnFaAtDRpvz8jSQCixV3HBQDc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TRIPLE REVIEW - Books for Writers, by Writers | Ursula K. 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(For where I've]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/triple-review-books-for-writers-by-writers-or-ursula-k-le-guin-stephen-king-and-ray-bradbury</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/triple-review-books-for-writers-by-writers-or-ursula-k-le-guin-stephen-king-and-ray-bradbury</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2018 23:48:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVoAvXt2X6pMxYAb3q65xMju8wryWxKrsghkQ6M3NEYgiMeiWrP1ooFGBNV3FHHR9ctRcAnDnwVtpKFEGUvBJn9Kb2A6iMnU2z6XL7n9MGmxQGjR5Y5imSKyNBPni5ibtnxuk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Series Retrospective: The Dagger and the Coin | Daniel Abraham]]></title><description><![CDATA[WARNING: SPOILERS. Having read through and reviewed all of The Dagger and the Coin and having found myself largely constrained by my (self-created and -enforced) constraint of avoiding as many spoilers]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/series-retrospective-the-dagger-and-the-coin-or-daniel-abraham</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/books/@terry93d/series-retrospective-the-dagger-and-the-coin-or-daniel-abraham</guid><category><![CDATA[books]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[terry93d]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2018 19:44:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3zpz8WQe4SNGWd7TzozjPgq3rggennavDx3XPY35pEAVnpsgHNY7jhE83dDA5kCSauk1MuvRd9BjncB7XVa8vB8mvYAGNYbNKSLiFKzQmEQP3m4nh7HVzmaBZhvZnFaAtDRpvz8jSQCixV3HBQDc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>