Nixonland: The Rise of a President and the Fracturing of America by Rick Perlstein This is the second volume in Perlstein’s masterful quadrilogy on the rise of the right in twentieth century America. This long volume covers both the rise … Continue reading
You may recall that Heinlein was given a medical discharge from the Navy, and health issues started to crop up in his later years. He nearly died from peritonitis around the time of writing I Will Fear No Evil, and … Continue reading
Before the Storm: Barry Goldwater and the Unmaking of the American Consensus by Rick Perlstein My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the first volume in a 4-volume set about the rise of the far right in America, and … Continue reading
The Making of Doctor Who by Terrance Dicks My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a Young Adult volume, and much of it may seem superficial, such as the summaries of the Doctor’s adventures to that point. I found … Continue reading
Cheryl and I got engaged during a trip to San Francisco in 1979, got married later in the year, and then went to Austria for our honeymoon. So travel was something we loved right from the start. Then we moved … Continue reading
I have been getting into a new game lately, which is called Terraformers. It is a turn-based strategy game that is all about terraforming Mars. It is available on a number of platforms, but I bought it on GOG (Good … Continue reading
The Courts of Chaos by Roger Zelazny My rating: 5 of 5 stars Well, finally a story wraps up, and it is a good one. Corwin has moved from the center of things to some extent with the return of … Continue reading
The Hand of Oberon by Roger Zelazny My rating: 4 of 5 stars Basically, so far every book in the series makes a turn that renders what you thought you knew to be wrong and making everything appear in a … Continue reading
Doctor Who: 25 Glorious Years by Peter Haining My rating: 4 of 5 stars Peter Haining is a well-known author in the world of Doctor Who, and this book is part of the reason. As you might infer from the … Continue reading
Capital in the Twenty First Century by Thomas Piketty My rating: 5 of 5 stars This book is an important contribution to the economic analysis of a major issue of our times, inequality. In a time when non-economists are comfortable … Continue reading
