A Review of The Merchants’ War

The Merchants' War by Frederik Pohl My rating: 4 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this sequel to The Space Merchants, written decades earlier. Pohl's wit and satire are on full display through the entire novel. This is a futuristic world which is run by advertisers and advertising with protesters having migrated to Venus to …

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A Review of Ender’s Game

Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card My rating: 2 of 5 stars I have some mixed feelings about Ender's Game, but mostly negative ones. Of course, I'd heard of the book for years -- after all, it's won some major awards and is about to be released as a major movie -- but only now …

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A Review of Finity

Finity by John Barnes My rating: 4 of 5 stars Finity was an interesting book to read. The premise isn't new -- alternate worlds and histories. I mean Philip K. Dick has the market cornered on that. But Barnes seems to take a fresh approach to this and I couldn't put the book down. I …

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A Review of The Other End of Time

The Other End of Time by Frederik Pohl My rating: 3 of 5 stars Frederik Pohl's The Other End of Time is a mediocre book with some promise, some potential, but it never seems to reach it. It's like one long drawn out scene book-ended by the beginning and end of the book, and after …

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A Review of Stairway To Heaven

Stairway to Heaven: Led Zeppelin Uncensored by Richard Cole My rating: 4 of 5 stars This book was a quick and easy read, and quite entertaining at times. But I've got one word to say: debauchery. I thought I had heard/read it all, but I was wrong. These hedonistic, narcissistic, thoroughly debauched drug addled alcoholics …

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