Book Review – There is no Anti-memetics Division I am a fan of high-concept science fiction. I like the way the genre explores imaginative thinking and concepts. I enjoyed my experience with this work. But, it’s probably not for everyone. I suspect there will be some that tap-out early because of the non-linear nature of […]
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Book Review – Sandwich In 1960, Random House Co-founder Bennet Cerf bet Dr. Suess $50 that he couldn’t write a book using only 50 words. The result was Green Eggs and Ham. I think someone bet Catherine Newman $50 that she couldn’t write a book that included a vagina reference on every page. Although, I
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Authority By Jeff Vandermeer I finished the second book of the Southern Reach Trilogy by Jeff Vandermeer. Yes, indeed, I fought my way through the fetid, cloying swamp of Area X, once again, and returned. Not unscathed, but certainly in better shape than the first expedition with the Biologist in Book 1, Annihilation, which I
Review – Annihilation – by Jeff Vandermeer First in the Southern Reach trilogy. I read this book. I have no idea what it was about. Was it a parable or some sort of metaphor for a life journey, ala the Odyssey or Dante or Pilgrim’s progress cloaked in a bunch of sci-fi words? Was it
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Life Design I’ve been listening to an audio book called “Designing Your Life” written by Dave Evans and Bill Burnett, two guys from the Stanford Design School that was published in 2016. This is one of those ‘when the student is ready the teacher will appear’ moments for me. I find myself in a transitional
Book Review: The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood I read this book as part of my summer of reading, but in reality I had to put it down halfway through and let it sit for a few weeks before I could take it back up again. I found it powerfully written and profound and deeply disturbing.
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Book Review – Starquake – Robert L. Forward – 1985 Well folks here is the 5th book of the armful of old sci-fi novels that I picked up at my local used store, Valley Wild Books in Littleton, MA. And, we have reached a milestone, because this was the first one that I decided to
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Book Review – The Gallatin Divergence – L. Neil Smith – 1985 One more old Sci-Fi novel from the armful I picked up at Apple Wild Books in Littleton, Ma. I know you’re probably getting tired of these reviews…but, for the sake of completeness, I must forge ahead. This novel is part of Smith’s North
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Book Review – Mindbridge – by Joe Haldeman – 1976 I’ve been slowly reading my way through a pile of old Sci-Fi paperbacks that I bought at the used bookstore last year. Haldeman is a prodigious and famous science fiction writer. He has won most of the big science fiction awards including the Nebula and
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Book review – CrashCourse – Baird, Wilhelmina (pseudonym of Joyce Carstairs Hutchinson) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmina_Baird Last year I bought a armful of science fiction novels from the used bookstore. I have been slowly reading my way through them. This was one of them. This wasn’t a terrible book. It is very much an echo of the resonating
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