After Shock: The World’s Foremost Futurists Reflect on 50 Years of Future Shock—and Look Ahead to the Next 50 by John Schroeter My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is a good book, but somewhat mixed by its nature. As … Continue reading →

Change by Design: How Design Thinking Transforms Organizations and Inspires Innovation by Tim Brown My rating: 2 of 5 stars This was not the best book I have ever read. The main premise is that design is very important, which … Continue reading →

The Tower and the Hive by Anne McCaffrey My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is the fifth an concluding novel in the series of the same name, The Tower and The Hive, and it wraps up that various plot … Continue reading →

Tips for Time Travelers by Peter Cochrane My rating: 3 of 5 stars Peter Cochrane was the head of the research labs at British Telecommunications, and this book is a series of short essays on his ideas about future technologies. … Continue reading →

Clouds of Witness by Dorothy L. Sayers My rating: 3 of 5 stars This is the second of the Lord Peter Wimsey mysteries, and it is not quite as good as the first one. It is quite easy to go … Continue reading →

The Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout My rating: 5 of 5 stars Rex Stout created two of the great characters in the genre of mystery, Nero Wolfe and Archie Goodwin. Nero Wolfe is fat (one-seventh of a ton!), mostly immovable, … Continue reading →

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien My rating: 5 of 5 stars I imagine most people are familiar with this work, either from reading the original novel or from the recent film series. This book was written as a children’s fantasy … Continue reading →

Friday by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is perfectly enjoyable, but neither his best nor his worst. As he tended to do later in life, this novel ties back to earlier work of his. Kettle … Continue reading →

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is probably the best known of all Heinlein’s novels as it reached an audience far beyond the science fiction fans who normally picked up … Continue reading →

Living the RV Life: Your Ultimate Guide to Life on the Road by Marc Bennett My rating: 5 of 5 stars I have seen some reviews that slammed this book for not being the last word on RVing, but in … Continue reading →