This is a technothriller in the mold of Michael Crichton with some Dan Brown thrown in. Great airplane/beach read, fast-moving and engrossing, I found myself always wanting to read one more chapter! The characters are engaging, and the technology premise is interesting and thought-provoking. It’s not going to win the Nobel for Literature, but it’s [...]
I agree with the previous reviewer. This is great sci-fi writing. Epic storytelling that is full of action and adventure. There are also quite a few surprises along the way. The pulpy name of the novel might turn off some, but it’s really not reflective of the how good the story really is. I know [...]
“The Time Traveler’s Wife” is one of the most interesting, powerful books I’ve read in a long time. Audrey Niffenegger did a beautiful job taking some of the most complex ideas – time travel, marriage, love, children, friends, literary and artistic allusions, religion, death, drugs, childhood, growing, loss, and what it means to be human [...]
Slaughter House Five deserves its reputation of being a piece of great American literature.The book follows a young man, Billy Pilgrim through his life.Billy believes aliens, tralfamadorians to be exact, have abducted him.We assume that it’s through these aliens that he learns to time travel, a skill he frequently uses.In the book Pilgrim bounces around [...]
No matter how many times I read The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and I’ve read it quite a few times already, it never fails to thrill me and induce bouts of almost uncontrollably hearty laughter.With this novel, Douglas Adams gave life to a phenomenon that will long outlive his tragically short life, delighting millions [...]
Mission of Honor takes place after the events of At All Costs, Storm From the Shadows, and Torch of Freedom. It’s the mainline Honor Harrington book after At All Costs, and it delivers. (SPOILER ALERT) At the end of At All Costs, The Battle of Manticore was won by Honor’s 8th Fleet, and for all [...]