Flight Of The Condor by Richard P. Henrick My rating: 3 of 5 stars In a word: cheesy. In another word: dated. In yet another word: entertaining. This book, published in 1987, is about a nuclear showdown between the US and USSR. America has a satellite up at all times overseeing Russia and their nuclear …
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A Review of The Veteran
First of all, I want to mention that this is my 500th blog post here on WordPress. That's a lot. Thanks to all of you who have been reading me all this time. I guess I'll continue on. Next.... The Veteran by Frederick Forsyth My rating: 4 of 5 stars The Veteran is a book …
A Review of The Rakehells of Heaven
The Rakehells of Heaven by John Boyd My rating: 3 of 5 stars I struggled with how many stars to give this book. On one hand, I thoroughly enjoyed it and thought it was pretty original. On the other, it's not particularly well written, it's dated, and full of stereotypes. In it, two space cadets …
A Review of The Terminal State
The Terminal State by Jeff Somers My rating: 5 of 5 stars Avery Cates is back in a big way! This is the fourth book in the Avery Cates saga and I'm glad I gave it a chance. I hated the third book. I didn't even finish it. As I recall, while reviewing it last …
A Review of Fumbling the Future
Fumbling the Future: How Xerox Invented, Then Ignored, the First Personal Computer by Douglas K. Smith My rating: 5 of 5 stars I think this is an excellent overview of how Xerox created the first personal computer in 1973 and then did absolutely nothing with it, due to unbelievable incompetence, thus losing out on the …
