Mr. Hockey: My Story by Gordie Howe My rating: 5 of 5 stars This is a really good autobiography of one of the greatest hockey players of all time. Perhaps the best. He played in an era that preceded me, so I never got to see him play, but I've seen video and I've obviously …
Month: October 2015
A Review of Foundation and Empire
Foundation and Empire by Isaac Asimov My rating: 1 of 5 stars I'm sorry if I sound like a sci fi traitor, but this book sucks. And this series sucks. I have no idea how it won a one time Hugo for best sci fi/fantasy trilogy of all time, beating Lord of the Rings, but …
A Review of Hell’s Foundations Quiver
Hell's Foundations Quiver by David Weber My rating: 3 of 5 stars WARNING: THIS REVIEW WILL CONTAIN A GREAT DEAL OF PROFANITY. IF YOU ARE OFFENDED BY PROFANITY, PLEASE DO NOT READ IT. Hell's Foundations Quiver (Safehold #8) was a fantastic book. But David Weber, the author, is a first class ASSHOLE and I'm getting …
A Review of Kingpin
Kingpin: How One Hacker Took Over the Billion-Dollar Cybercrime Underground by Kevin Poulsen My rating: 5 of 5 stars Kingpin is a fascinating and utterly frightening account of one hacker/carder who essentially took on the world and took over the billion dollar carding empire -- until the FBI finally got him. Max “Vision” Butler was …
A Review of Childhood’s End
Childhood's End by Arthur C. Clarke My rating: 5 of 5 stars Childhood's End is simply one of the most brilliant, excellent, and exciting science fiction novels I have ever read. To think that it was published in 1953, years before so much of this technology had even been thought of, is miraculous. One day …