Review Haiku – Star Trek V: The Final Frontier

Posted on January 31, 2012

Spock has a brother
He has never been mentioned
Should have stayed that way

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Review Haiku – Zulu

Posted on January 30, 2012

Small mission outpost
Guarded by a few soldiers
Holds off the Zulus

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The Book of Lost Fragrances

Posted on January 29, 2012

The House of L’Etoile is a parfumerie in Paris which dates back to pre-revolutionary France, and M.J. Rose’s “The Book of Lost Fragrances” is a thriller/romance in which Jac L’Etoile searches for her missing brother, while helping her former lover decipher the meaning of some inscriptions on ancient Egyptian pottery found in the shop. While most of the story takes place in the here-and-now, the story covers historic episodes in the House of L’Etoile.

The book’s MacGuffin is an ancient Egyptian fragrance dating to the time of Cleopatra which may, or may not, provide the ability to view past lives. This leads to a subplot involving Tibetan Buddhists who want it in order to prove reincarnation is real, and Chinese communists who want to keep any such proof away from the Dalai Lama and his followers.

“The Book of Lost Fragrances” is also infused with an abundance of scent and fragrance related metaphors, which makes it potent reading for anyone steeped in a thesaurus of the English language. My only regret is that the virtual scratch-n-sniff hasn’t been invented yet, because if any story calls for smell-o-vision (smell-o-lit?), this is it.

Overall, I thought the book was very entertaining, and was well written enough to make me want to read other books from M.J. Rose.

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Review Haiku – R.O.T.O.R.

Posted on January 29, 2012

A robotic cop
Goes rogue with one directive
Judge and Execute

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Review Haiku – Big Trouble in Little China

Posted on January 28, 2012

Ancient sorcerer
Needs someone to lift a curse
A green-eyed woman

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Review Haiku – Charlie’s Angels

Posted on January 27, 2012

Angels in disguise
Save a kidnapped genius
Get snared in a web

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Review Haiku – Kung-Fu Dunk

Posted on January 26, 2012

Martial arts and sports
It’s not Shaolin Soccer
This has basketball

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Review Haiku – Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen

Posted on January 25, 2012

Famed kung-fu fighter
Adopts new identity
To fight Japanese

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The case of the missing haiku

Posted on January 25, 2012

Last week I was on vacation and didn’t have enough haiku in queue, so for the last few days no new reviews showed up on this blog. The nice thing about blogs is the ability to go back and post something on a previous date, so that’s what I plan to do in a few minutes.

As I do that though, I just saw an article that said James Farentino, one of the stars of The Final Countdown died of heart failure. Since that was the last Review Haiku to appear, I thought it was worthwhile noting his passing. It was a good movie, and his role in it was an important one.

Review Haiku – Bodyguards and Assassins

Posted on January 24, 2012

Waning dynasty
Tries to stop revolution
Ideas don’t die

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