A Review of Mao Tse-Tung on Guerrilla Warfare

Mao Tse-Tung On Guerrilla Warfare by Mao Tse-tung My rating: 5 of 5 stars I can't believe I discovered this treasure in a Maryland antique store last week while visiting the Eastern Shore from Tennessee with my wife. As a long time student of the Vietnam conflicts and Ho Chi Mihn, and to a lesser …

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A Review of The Lifeship

The Lifeship by Harry Harrison My rating: 4 of 5 stars I so thoroughly enjoyed this small sci fi novel that I was and am completely mystified as to its horribly low online rating. I found it action packed, tension filled, and a unique mystery that was hard to uncover until the very end. Giles …

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A Review of A World Called Solitude

A World Called Solitude by Stephen Goldin My rating: 2 of 5 stars This book sounded pretty good at first and read pretty well at first, but then it simply just degenerated into smut, so I gave up in disgust midway through and didn't finish it. Birk Aaland is a world class scientist who invents …

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A Review of Isaac Asimov: The Complete Stories Volume 1

The Complete Stories, Vol 1 by Isaac Asimov My rating: 4 of 5 stars This 600+ page book of short stories is a pretty good collection of Asimov's early 1950s work. Some of the stories are very, very good, such as "Nightfall," which I was delighted to find had been turned into a full novel …

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A Review of Foundation’s Edge

Foundation's Edge by Isaac Asimov My rating: 5 of 5 stars Spectacular! Finally, a Foundation book worthy of its reputation and legacy. I found the Foundation Trilogy to be quite mediocre, at best, and even gave the second one just one star and couldn’t even finish it, it was so bad. The writing was horrible …

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