Damia by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is book #2 of The Tower and The Hive series, and focuses on the most talented of the children of The Rowan, a girl named Damia. But the novel … Continue reading
The Diabetes Diet: Dr. Bernstein’s Low-Carbohydrate Solution by Richard K. Bernstein My rating: 5 of 5 stars I first met the work of Dr. Bernstein in an article in Diabetes Self-Management Magazine, and as a result bought his book Dr. … Continue reading
The Rowan by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars Anne McCaffrey first created a universe where telepathy and psychokinesis exist in her Pegasus books, and this novel is the first of a five-book series set in that same … Continue reading
The White Dragon by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the third novel in the Dragonriders of Pern series, and it was nominated for a Hugo award and placed third in the Locus award for Best … Continue reading
Dragonquest by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Science Fiction aspects begin to peek though here in the second novel of the series. But the main focus is on conflict between the Oldtimers, the Dragonriders who were … Continue reading
Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is the first novel in a classic series, and various books in the series have own a bucketful of awards. This novel reads like a fantasy, and you think … Continue reading
Diction: Italian, Latin, French, German . . . the Sounds & 81 Exercises for Singing Them by John Moriarty My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of my hobbies throughout my adult life has been singing, and most of it … Continue reading
Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is unusual for Heinlein in that the protagonist is not one his super-competent engineer types, but instead a down-on-his-luck actor. He is shanghaied by a spaceman, and … Continue reading
Got a Revolution: The Turbulent Flight of Jefferson Airplane by Jeff Tamarkin My rating: 5 of 5 stars Back in the pre-historic period before the Web swallowed everything there was an e-mail list called 2400Fulton, named for the address of … Continue reading
What Technology Wants by Kevin Kelly My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is an interesting read if you don’t mind a bit of teleology. Kelly conceives of technology like an organism, which he calls the technium: “The technium is … Continue reading
