When I was young, I already enjoyed reading. Especially tales of science fiction and fantasy. Nothing changed on that. One of the series that I loved to read was “De Euro 5”, written by Bert Benson, a pseudonym of Ad de Beer. The stories in the series are about a vessel called the Euro 5…
Category: Books
Holland SF
This week the latest issue of the Holland SF magazine was placed in my mailbox (real mail, no email :P). It is issue 271, year 51, 2020/3. It is always very nice to read this magazine. Holland SF is the Magazine of the NCSF, Nederlands Contactcentrum voor Science Fiction (Dutch Science Fiction Society). This society…
Recipe books
Today I went out to look for a recipe book about salads, as I wanted to have new suggestions and ideas. I felt a little “dried up” on this. I succeeded in buying a very nice and complete book on salads. The “Saladebijbel” will bring me many new recipes and a lot of new ideas….
And more cookbooks…
Of course, everyone wants to win a big prize in a lottery. I think for many that is the main reason to play a lottery. If the money that people pay to be part of a lottery is used for charity, culture or use it where people are in need of help, it already another…
New reading material: Dan Brown’s “Origin”
Today a book that I ordered arrived, “Origin” written by Dan Brown. The Dutch title is “Oorsprong”. Dan Brown belongs to the select group of writers that I really love to read. As many others his book “The Da Vince Code” was my first contact with his work. “The Da Vince Code”, the fourth book…
“Suske & Wiske, Het Monamysterie”
Just as Rob I am a big fan of the comic series Suske & Wiske (or “Spyke & Suzy” as they are called in Britain or “Willy & Wanda” in the US), but unlike Rob I don’t collect the albums. So every time I see a new released album, I warn Rob not to buy…
Suske and Wiske 337: Game of Drones
And then there is a new comic book of Suske and Wiske” (or Spike and Suzy as they are called in English) again. This comic book has the catching name “Game of Drones” and I think that everyone will see where this title is taken from (“Game of Thrones”, for those that didn’t know). This…
The Playboy… Oh yes!
Also for me my first article on Rob’s weblog! And before you think that I will only write about cooking and related subjects… Wrong! Surely I will not avoid the subject, but there is so much more in life that is some attention worth! But now I want to have it about The Playboy! And…
“Het omgekeerde land”
Today when I did my groceries I noticed that a new album of my favourite comic-hero’s Suske and Wiske was available. Of course I had to buy it. The title of this new album is “Het omgekeerde land” (in English: “The reverse land”) and it is issue 336 in the series (first print 6 September…
“Wonderwaan”
Recently I received the book “Wonderwaan EdgeZero 2015” by mail (Amazon France for a Dutch book? Okay…). “Wonderwaan” is a magazine about Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror written by Dutch writers. The magazine contains quirky themes and equally quirky editors who push writers to share the best of themselves with us. “Wonderwaan” publishes fantastic stories,…