Legion of the Damned by William C. Dietz My rating: 4 of 5 stars Legion of the Damned is military sci fi at possibly its best.... It's not a perfect book, by any stretch of the imagination, but it was a page turner for me and one I wanted to finish because it kept my …
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David Bowie: Starman by Paul Trynka My rating: 4 of 5 stars Paul Trynka's biography of David Bowie is pretty good, and at 544 pages, not overly long as far as rock bios go. It still took me a long time to get through it, though, because I'm reading six other books at the same …
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Permutation City by Greg Egan My rating: 1 of 5 stars I know Permutation City is well thought of. I know it won a major award. I know it's got over 1700 ratings on Goodreads with a 4.07 average (out of 5), which is pretty good. And I tried, I really did. But I couldn't. …
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INXS: Story to Story: The Official Autobiography by Anthony Bozza My rating: 4 of 5 stars OK, this is the "official autobiography" of INXS, so it's somewhat filtered, I'm assuming. That said, it's pretty well researched and fairly well written, although the author is an obvious fan boy and makes INXS out to be pretty …
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When he found out I was a writer, he clung to me and refused to leave me alone. Whenever I saw him coming at the Coffee Plantation, after that, I'd duck out a side door. One day he cornered me before I could escape and told me a story about how he knew the band …
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