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
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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
Save as PDFThe 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
Save as PDFThe 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
Save as PDFHang 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
Save as PDFMinstrels 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
Save as PDFThe 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
Save as PDFLyon’s Pride by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is book #4 in The Tower and The Hive series, and is a pretty direct continuation of Damia’s Children with the same cast of characters. The overall plot … Continue reading
Save as PDFDamia’s Children by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is book #3 in The Tower and The Hive series. Damia and Afra now have brought the next generation of this talented family into being, and not a … Continue reading
Save as PDFDamia 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
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