Clans of the Alphane Moon by Philip K. Dick My rating: 3 of 5 stars This book had some good ideas, but PKD asks the reader to make too many leaps of logic to be able to give this book a decent score. CIA agent Chuck Rittersdorf splits from his psychiatrist wife, Mary, who's a …
Month: July 2014
It’s Been a Year
My father died one year ago today. He died unexpectedly, mowing my grass. He collapsed and died, just like that. It was a huge shock. And it's been difficult to get over. I can still see him rolling around on the ground, can still sense the futility I felt as I tried to aid him. …
A Review of The Faithful Spy
The Faithful Spy by Alex Berenson My rating: 5 of 5 stars The Faithful Spy was a very exciting book to read. I like spy/thriller novels, although I actually don't read that many of them, and this was among the best I have read. John Wells is a CIA agent who has successfully penetrated al …
A Short Review of Headcrash
Headcrash by Bruce Bethke My rating: 2 of 5 stars I'm so pissed off I read this book. It took a real stretch of imagination to buy into the virtual reality world the author creates, but then you reach the ending and it's so insanely stupid, you wonder what the hell you just did and …
A Review of The Truth
The Truth by Terry Pratchett My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a marvelous Discworld novel, one that I enjoyed immensely. William De Worde, son a a "Lord" (wealth), leaves his family's fortunes to strike out on his own. He starts a newsletter that goes, mostly, to foreign dignitaries, but at some point happens …