Relentless by Jack Campbell My rating: 4 of 5 stars First off, I’ve got to ask, what’s with these stupid series’ book covers? This is a six book series about Captain Black Jack Geary who is the commander of the Alliance Fleet – Navy – who never leaves his flagship, yet each book features a …
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Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare by Philip Short My rating: 5 of 5 stars I found this book very engaging. While it is not a “true” biography of Pol Pot, in that this isn’t what the entire book is about, the book is instead a study on twentieth century Cambodia, its politics, culture, international …
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A letter to people who don't understand chronic pain and think it's "not that bad." Source: Letter to People Who Think Chronic Pain Isn’t That Bad | The Mighty This is a really good article. Not the best I've ever read, but really good. It does a good job at trying to explain the …
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Bolo! by David Weber My rating: 3 of 5 stars Bolo! isn’t necessarily a bad book. It’s just that it’s not that great either, at least not by David Weber’s standards. Apparently, one Keith Laumer created the Bolo decades ago. It’s an uber-tank, one with so many uber-weapons on it, everyone in the universe knows …
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Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis My rating: 3 of 5 stars I’ve liked and disliked several of C.S. Lewis’s works over the years and if I remember correctly, I read his space trilogy as a young boy, but remember nothing of it. So my wife picked up Out of the Silent Planet …
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The Reality Dysfunction 1: Emergence by Peter F. Hamilton My rating: 1 of 5 stars I’ve read, or attempted to, my share of stupid books over the years, but I don’t think I’ve ever picked up a book this damn stupid in my entire life! I’m astounded, because The Reality Dysfunction has a great 4.24 …
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Speaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card My rating: 5 of 5 stars Speaker for the Dead, the sequel to Ender’s Game, both of which won the Hugo and Nebula Awards for best Science Fiction novel in back to back years for Orson Scott Card, the first time that achievement has ever happened, is …
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The Alien Years by Robert Silverberg My rating: 2 of 5 stars I have mixed feelings about this author and hence this book. This author is well known and I've been meaning to read him for quite awhile and he came strongly recommended to me by a new friend. I saw this book in a …
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