An eclectic reader focused largely on sci-fi/adventure from the 19th and 20th century
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Unexpectedly great book. I had pretty low expectations considering that it's a game book, but Eric Nylund did a really great job on this story.
I've never been this interested in the 'lore' of Halo. Wish I'd read it years ago!
Humanity has colonized the solar system—Mars, the Moon, the Asteroid Belt and beyond—but the stars …
Truly fantastic book, I enjoyed it thoroughly. One of the best pieces of sci-fi I've read in years. I spent many late nights on this story.
I bought it because I liked the series, and I'm SO glad I did!
With his career still in its formative years, we learn many things about how Poirot …
Good selection of cases, most of which I've read before. Nice collection.
The Lensmen series is a bit hit or miss for me. The early works are pretty decent, especially the fun capital ship combat. The later bits drag, sometimes painfully so. It's almost "Flash Gordon" levels of ridiculous in many parts.
Overall, I don't think the series has aged especially well, definitely not in today's climate. Some of it is downright embarrassingly bad.
I enjoyed it a lot more as a young kid, to be fair.
Fantastic book. Reminds me of William Gibson in all the best ways.
Complete trash by a writer whose name should be forgotten by time.
This book is an expansion of the short story originally authored by Isaac Asimov. It …
I really wanted to love this book, but I just couldn't get into it. It seemed to just drag and wander.
Just... wow. This will either end up in every civics book, or literally will have never existed.
Good detail, good examples. Overall well-written.
The C++ Programming tome, written by the father of C++ himself, Bjarne Stroustrup. The premier …
The best guide there is to C++, and a worthwhile update to the version I had before.
Happy to have a copy digitally now, as it makes it easier to search for "that specific thing" when I'm using it.
Predictable but a bit amusing.
