Review 114: The Ghost Brigades
The Ghost Brigades by John Scalzi The book that preceded this one was Old Man’s War. It was Scalzi’s first novel and I loved it. It had everything – high-end science fiction, philosophy, cool battle...
View ArticleReview 117: I Will Fear No Evil
I Will Fear No Evil by Robert Heinlein One of the things I enjoy about Heinlein is that he likes to play with Big Ideas. While he did dip into the well of action and adventure, especially for his...
View ArticleReview 136: Side Jobs
Side Jobs by Jim Butcher “Hell’s Bells” count: 14 There’s a reason that clichés become clichés. That’s because, no matter how much we may hate them, they concisely describe some feature of human...
View ArticleReview 142: Otherland 1 – City of Golden Shadow
Otherland 1: City of Golden Shadow by Tad Williams Let me just start by saying this: the first time I finished this series, I immediately went back and started reading it again. I can’t think of any...
View ArticleReview 149: Speaker for the Dead
Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card In his introduction to the book, Card says that the main reason he wrote his most famous book – Ender’s Game – was so that he would one day be able to …...
View ArticleReview 150: Otherland 3 – Mountain of Black Glass
Otherland 3: Mountain of Black Glass by Tad Williams This is easily my favorite book in the series, short though the series may be. Otherland is a strange story, really – it’s like a hybrid science...
View ArticleReview 155: Otherland 4 – Sea of Silver Light
Otherland 4: Sea of Silver Light by Tad Williams At last we have come to the end of our journey, when all will be explained and all will be resolved. As the book opens, the Other – the operating system...
View ArticleReview 183: Habibi
Habibi by Craig Thompson Here’s the thing about comics, and it’s an unfortunate thing: when you tell people that you read comics, the first thing they’re likely to think about is superheroes. You can’t...
View ArticleReview 189: Men at Arms
Men at Arms by Terry Pratchett When last we left our intrepid Ankh-Morpork Night Watch, things were looking up. This is a nice change from the gutter’s-eye-view we had at the beginning of Guards!...
View ArticleReview 223: The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon I have long been a reader of comic books, as you probably know by now if you’ve been following my reviews. Ever since I was a kid, comic...
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