Epinions Recent Reviews for adriennefoster

No visit from Marie-Louise at the Pierre du Calvet

Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:37:46 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - As I did last year when I attended the World Science Fiction Convention, I planned to spend an extra day in its host city to do a little sightseeing. I also hoped I would be able to find another haunted hotel to spend my last couple of nights in...

Horror suspense on a shoestring budget can still rivet audiences

Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:56:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - Following on the tails of The Blair Witch Project, Paranormal Activity is a simply produced horror suspense flick that does an excellent job of commanding the attention of its audiences. For the past couple of years, it has been making the...

La Tour was purgatory at the 67th World Science Fiction Convention

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:07:36 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - Last January, Anticipation, the 67th World Science Fiction Convention (aka Worldcon 67), which was held in Montréal, Quebec, Canada, in 2009, posted the information for the hotels where it blocked rooms for its members who were...

The spectral world of the Golden Gate

Sun, 16 Aug 2009 19:49:15 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - With all of the books on regional ghost folklore available, it's amazing how San Francisco was overlooked for so long. It is one of the most popular tourist cities in the USA. Then, in 2007, two books appear, including...

The future in space, where only robots breed

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 15:58:06 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - The deadline has passed and the deciding votes for the 2009 Hugo Awards are currently being tallied. As one of the five nominees for best new novel in 2008, Saturn’s Children stands a chance of winning. Hate...

A paranormal guidebook to accommodations in New England

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 21:42:40 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - With the growing popularity of TV shows like Medium and Ghost Hunters, ghost hunt travel has been increasing in popularity during the past few years. It's amazing how many people would like to see a ghost or witness paranormal...

The Last Colony told from another perspective

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 23:47:58 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - Author John Scalzi makes no attempt to hide it; his science fiction book, Zoë's Tale, was inspired by reader feedback. His responsiveness earned him a nomination in the best novel category for the 2009 Hugo...

Extraordinary theatre must be performed by actors extraordinary

Thu, 28 May 2009 22:27:13 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - Extraordinary theatre for live audiences and film must be performed by actors extraordinary. One such actor is Diana Rigg, top professional, and several others she has worked with throughout her distinguished career. Like it or not, the brilliant...

New baseball folklore for the next generation of fans

Thu, 7 May 2009 16:21:20 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - As springtime rolls around the sports fan's attention turns to baseball. After producing several hours of documentary on the all-American pastime, Ken Burns likened its culture to the history of our country. Its scandals and breakthroughs are a...

It takes a graveyard to raise a child*

Mon, 4 May 2009 17:16:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - The Graveyard Book has won the Newberry Medal and is nominated for the 2009 Hugo Award for best novel, which will have the winner announced in August. The idea is intriguing; it comes off as a cross between...

Gold Country has the mother lode of California phenomena

Thu, 5 Mar 2009 01:20:50 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - Psychic Medium Nancy Bradley insists there is a higher concentration of ghosts in California's Gold Country than there are anywhere else in the world. While that claim might be debatable, she and her husband, Robert Reppert, collaborated to prove...

Do you know the haunts of San Jose?

Wed, 11 Feb 2009 22:18:16 GMT

rating: 2/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - The Schiffer Publishing company, along with the Canadian house, Lone Pine, is grabbing a niche for itself in the market by developing a substantial line of books on regional paranormal folklore. One of its latest entries is Haunts of San...

A panorama of Colorado ghost folklore

Mon, 15 Dec 2008 04:11:43 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - After flipping through the opening pages of this volume, I debated with myself whether or not I should review it. It has a couple of pages of testimonials on previously released books by the author, Antonio R. Garcez. I was startled to find...

In search of haunted Denver

Sun, 23 Nov 2008 21:07:54 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - I have yet to visit a city without liking it. Although Denver has plenty of appeal, my experience during my recent visit was disappointing. Most of the attractions I was interested in were closed on Mondays despite being the height of the...

Unsinkable spirits at the Molly Brown House in Denver

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 15:47:29 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - Margaret Tobin Brown was traveling abroad when she received word that her small grandson was seriously ill. She never thought twice when she immediately made arrangements to return to her home in Colorado. Little did she know at the time how...

Relaxing with mile-high spirits at the Oxford Hotel in Denver

Thu, 30 Oct 2008 22:29:33 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - The main reason for my trip to Denver last August was to attend the 66th World Science Fiction Convention, but while I was there I wanted to do a bit of sightseeing and...

Living like sardines at the Crowne Plaza in Denver

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 22:00:49 GMT

rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - The 66th World Science Fiction Convention (aka Worldcon 66 or Denvention 3) was held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver this year and is usually one of my excuses...

Aces & eights and further tales of the early days of Deadwood

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:49:52 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - When Executive Producer David Milch (John from Cincinnati, NYPD Blue) approached HBO with an idea for a new series, he originally pitched one that was basically about a couple of street cops in ancient Rome. He was turned down. HBO...

John Ames - The Real Deadwood: True Life Histories of Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Outlaw Towns, and Other Characters of the Lawless West: Seth Bullock, Al Swearengen and the facts behind the legends

Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:51:21 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - This is an unusual sort of media tie-in. Inspired by the popularity of the HBO TV series, Deadwood
,
many historians and locals of the Black Hills feel a need to set the story straight...

Deadwood/SD: Deadwood 2007

Sat, 6 Sep 2008 00:42:29 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - T
ombstone,
Arizona, may be "the town too tough to die," but Deadwood, South Dakota, is a close rival in its notoriety in Old West folklore. If anything, the lawlessness of this mining town was probably even worse. It...

Bullock Hotel - Historic Deadwood, South Dakota: No staredown with Seth at the Bullock Hotel

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 16:55:36 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - Ever since I saw the <
i>Unsolved
Mysteries segment on the Bullock Hotel when it first aired on NBC in 1992, I wanted to visit the place. When I gave up on going to Worldcon last year, I decided to make South Dakota...

Rushmore Express, Keystone, SD: Better than expected

Fri, 16 May 2008 18:30:17 GMT

rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - No vacation in South Dakota is complete without a paying a visit to Mount Rushmore. I contacted the Keystone Chamber of Commerce to see if the good folks there knew of any haunted hotels in the area, but there was none to their knowledge. Well, it was...

Even the ghosts were relaxing at the Alex

Wed, 14 May 2008 01:59:06 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - A few years ago I made it one of my goals in life to visit every state in the union and after <
i>Unsolved
Mysteries did a segment on the B
ullock
Hotel several years ago, my...

Chad Lewis and Terry Fisk - The South Dakota Road Guide to Haunted Locations: A paranormal road guide to South Dakota

Sun, 27 Apr 2008 19:17:12 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - It's amazing how many people would like to see ghosts and how they're willing to travel for the experience. The grief and traumas that arose when the American government broke its treaty with the local native tribes in South Dakota left more than enough...

Them there hills have a lot more than gold

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 23:18:41 GMT

rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author adriennefoster - In a state where the entire population is less than that of the city of San Francisco, South Dakota's pool of resident writers and researchers is going to be in short supply by comparison to California. Fewer people are going to be writing about it and...