Lord of Light by Roger Zelazny My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a fantastic book by a fantastic writer, and won both the Hugo and the Nebula when it was published. The opener is classic: “His followers called … Continue reading
Red Planet by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book is one of Heinlein’s juveniles, and like a few others in that series it reflects a time when our notions of the other planets were still … Continue reading
To Ride Pegasus by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars Anne McCaffrey has a series I have read and reviewed called The Tower and the Hive, and in this universe people with psychic talents are responsible for providing … Continue reading
Why Romney Lost by David Frum My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is not Theodore White level analysis, but I am a politics junkie and I love this stuff. Like a lot of people, I consider Obama to be … Continue reading
Whose Body? by Dorothy L. Sayers My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is one of the best “first novels” around, and introduces an unforgettable character, Lord Peter Wimsey. The mysteries he gets involved in have become classics of the … Continue reading
The Pinball Effect: Journeys through Knowledge by James Burke My rating: 5 of 5 stars James Burke is someone I regard as one of the treasures of the human race. I first fell in love with him with his series … Continue reading
The Menace from Earth by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 5 of 5 stars Robert A. Heinlein is one of the greats of Science Fiction, and this is one his stronger collections of short stories written in the 1940s and … Continue reading
Hang on to a Dream: The Story of the Nice by Martyn Hanson My rating: 4 of 5 stars Most people know Keith Emerson as the keyboard playing wizard in Emerson, Lake, and Palmer, but before that band came into … Continue reading
Minstrels in the Gallery: A History of Jethro Tull by David Rees My rating: 4 of 5 stars David Rees is the publisher of the Jethro Tull fanzine A New Day, which takes its name from a song on the … Continue reading
The Avengers by Toby Miller My rating: 4 of 5 stars If you are like me, when you think of The Avengers you have no thought of Marvel Comics. Instead, it means John Steed and Mrs. Peel, and it always … Continue reading
