Bill Slocum (Bill_Slocum)'s Activity

review of Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?: The Improbable Saga of the New York Met's First Year, "Breslin's Bullying Wears Thin" was complimented.   July 21, 2012

review of The Red Badge of Courage, "Apocalypse Then" was complimented.   May 25, 2011

review of The Green Mile - Six Volume Box Set, "A Robin In The Rain" was complimented.   December 13, 2010

review of Lord of the Flies, "Fun And Death In The Savage Garden" was complimented.   December 03, 2010

review of A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties, "Prairie Memoir More Than A Bit Stiff" was complimented.   November 23, 2010

review of Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits, "Glass Half Full" was complimented.   November 22, 2010

review of About a Boy, "Heaven Is Other People" was complimented.   November 22, 2010

review of Lord of the Flies, "Fun And Death In The Savage Garden" was complimented.   November 22, 2010

review of Lord of the Flies, "Fun And Death In The Savage Garden" was complimented.   November 22, 2010

review of Lord of the Flies, "Fun And Death In The Savage Garden" was complimented.   November 22, 2010

review of Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits, "Glass Half Full" was complimented.   November 22, 2010

review of The Portrait of a Lady, ""Mill Of The Conventional"" was complimented.   November 22, 2010

added 1 new photos to Profile Photos Album.   November 20, 2010

review of Lord of the Flies, "Fun And Death In The Savage Garden" was complimented.   November 18, 2010

review of The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 13: Whispering Shadows and Other Stories (v. 13), "Conan Goes Solo Again" was complimented.   November 18, 2010

updated and rated The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 13: Whispering Shadows and Other Stories (v. 13) a 2.0 while posting the review:   November 18, 2010

Conan Goes Solo Again
With its lush jungle vistas and busy cityscapes, Chronicles Of Conan Vol. 13 is a feast for the eyes, especially for fans of lead illustrator John Bu …

posted "Notes From The Void" about Herzog.   November 18, 2010

Notes From The Void
Moses Herzog's sour contemplation of his overthought, underlived life makes for a curiously frustrating reading experience. Frustrating by design …

rated Herzog a -2.0.   November 18, 2010

rated Gorky Park a 4.0 while posting the review:   November 18, 2010

Play It Again, Comrade
A key problem with genre fiction is its demands for pacing, fast action, and formulaic convention often hamper an author's attempt at distinctive …

added and rated Henry IV Part 2 a 2.0 while posting the review:   November 18, 2010

Crown To The Left Of Me, Joker To The Ri …
In the previous installment of Shakespeare's "Henriad", "Henry IV Part 1", we waited to see if Prince Hal would shake the corr …

rated A Long Way from Home: Growing Up in the American Heartland in the Forties and Fifties a -3.0 while posting the review:   November 18, 2010

Prairie Memoir More Than A Bit Stiff
Before Tom Brokaw became one of America's most famous anchormen, he was a kid with white bucks and a ducktail trying to make his mark in the hards …

commented on Bill_Slocum's review of About a Boy, "Heaven Is Other People".   November 18, 2010

review of About a Boy, "Heaven Is Other People" was complimented.   November 18, 2010

rated Lord of the Flies a 4.0 while posting the review:   November 17, 2010

Fun And Death In The Savage Garden
"The Lord Of The Flies" is an exciting adventure yarn that memorably delves into the problem of free will versus social order. Unlike most s …

added and rated The Powers That Be a 3.0 while posting the review:   November 17, 2010

Making Of The Mainstream Media
Four mass-media giants - CBS, Time Magazine, the Washington Post, and the Los Angeles Times - get the deep-dish David Halberstam treatment in this mam …

posted "Farewell To A Mate" about The Chronicles of Conan, Vol. 12: The Beast King of Abombi and Other Stories (v. 12).   November 17, 2010

Farewell To A Mate
Was Conan more a loner or a misfit? You will get an argument from many over this, but Volume 12 of the Chronicles Of Conan puts him firmly in the latt …

posted "A Timely Play For Any Time" about Henry IV, Part 1.   November 17, 2010

A Timely Play For Any Time
"Henry IV Pt. 1" was one of Shakespeare's greatest successes in his lifetime, and has remained pre-eminently popular to this day. But ea …

rated Henry IV, Part 1 a 5.0.   November 17, 2010

rated How the Irish Saved Civilization (Hinges of History) a -3.0 while posting the review:   November 17, 2010

How A Clever Writer Makes Money
Since its publication in 1995, Thomas Cahill's "How The Irish Saved Civilization" has become the page-turning equivalent of a green tie …

rated Boozehound: On the Trail of the Rare, the Obscure, and the Overrated in Spirits a -1.0 while posting the review:   November 17, 2010

Glass Half Full
If you're not sold on the concept of a "liquor critic" going in, Washington Post spirits columnist Jason Wilson isn't trying to conv …