Archie Meets Nero Wolfe: A Prequel to Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe Mysteries by Robert Goldsborough My rating: 3 of 5 stars The Robert Goldsborough books continuing the Nero Wolfe stories of Rex Stout are undoubtedly controversial among fans of Wolfe, … Continue reading
The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes by Ellery Queen My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a classic collection of stories written by a variety of authors in the early part of the twentieth century. Some of the authors are … Continue reading
Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams My rating: 5 of 5 stars Douglas Adams is one of the best writers of humorous Science Fiction (which is how I am classifying this, though you could, I suppose, call it … Continue reading
Envoy to New Worlds by Keith Laumer My rating: 5 of 5 stars There aren’t too many people who can write humorous Science Fiction, but Keith Laumer does it in these classic stories. This book starts off the series, and … Continue reading
The Magicians by Lev Grossman My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book starts out as a kind of “cousin” to Harry Potter when Quentin Coldwater gets invited to apply to a college for magic. He has done sleight-of-hand stuff … Continue reading
Africa: A History by Alvin M. Josephy My rating: 4 of 5 stars I was interested to read this book because I know so little of African history, and this was a good introduction to get an overview of that … Continue reading
The Butcher of Anderson Station by James S.A. Corey My rating: 5 of 5 stars This short story helps flesh out some stuff in The Expanse. If you have read Leviathan Wakes, I would read this next. Most obviously it … Continue reading
Leviathan Wakes by James S.A. Corey My rating: 5 of 5 stars You may have seen a TV series called The Expanse. Well, this is the book that started it. Kind of. I have been to a few panels with … Continue reading
Been So Long: My Life and Music by Jorma Kaukonen My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the autobiography of a musician who experienced the psychedelic 60s and lived to tell about it. But it is also the story … Continue reading
Forward the Foundation by Isaac Asimov My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the last of Asimov’s Foundation series, and was published posthumously. One suspects Asimov was feeling the effects of his age, since this novel (more a group … Continue reading
