4/5
Quick read about what would happen if Kurt Vonnegut interviewed people in the afterlife. Most had a punch line or ironic ending - typical Vonnegut style. Would recommend as a quick read. Nothing too special.
Friday, August 29, 2008
Thursday, August 28, 2008
The Lost Fleet - Vallian (Book 4 of 6) - Jack Campbell
5/5
Black Jack Geary is back at it, rushing head on back into the syndic fleet he just ran away from. He of course wins and kicks some booty in the process. He's pretty compasionate in this one, saving people on a dying planet and dropping them off on a syndic world. Aliens are becoming more widely known - suspect that they may have put the sydicate and the alliance against one another. Some talk with captured syndics indicates they may play along with the alliance to end the war... maybe even go after aliens later.
Desjani and Geary are in love, Rione is ousted, still around and frustrating - but hopefully relegated to the back seat. Internal dissention, people trying to sabatoge the fleet - or kill Geary. Defintely recommend the series. Very fast read, fun book. Would read again.
Black Jack Geary is back at it, rushing head on back into the syndic fleet he just ran away from. He of course wins and kicks some booty in the process. He's pretty compasionate in this one, saving people on a dying planet and dropping them off on a syndic world. Aliens are becoming more widely known - suspect that they may have put the sydicate and the alliance against one another. Some talk with captured syndics indicates they may play along with the alliance to end the war... maybe even go after aliens later.
Desjani and Geary are in love, Rione is ousted, still around and frustrating - but hopefully relegated to the back seat. Internal dissention, people trying to sabatoge the fleet - or kill Geary. Defintely recommend the series. Very fast read, fun book. Would read again.
Sunday, August 24, 2008
Pandora's Star - Peter Hamilton
2.5/5
Loooooong. 750 pages hardback, 900+ paperback. General idea is that a star system under investigation blinks out, it's been covered up by some people trying to contain it or it's people. Send out exploratory mission and encounter a race trying to escape (forcefield blinks out after humans get there). Then all hell brakes loose as they try to take over the earth systems.
General plot outline is excellent. Implementation is awful. 15 pages on the evolution of the alien species does not do anything to move story forward. After 450 pages I skimmed the rest and didn't feel that I missed any major points. Would not read again or recommend, unless you like really drawn out books. This is also the first of a two-book set. Will not read the second one, but will try to find out what happens just to see how it's all resolved.
Loooooong. 750 pages hardback, 900+ paperback. General idea is that a star system under investigation blinks out, it's been covered up by some people trying to contain it or it's people. Send out exploratory mission and encounter a race trying to escape (forcefield blinks out after humans get there). Then all hell brakes loose as they try to take over the earth systems.
General plot outline is excellent. Implementation is awful. 15 pages on the evolution of the alien species does not do anything to move story forward. After 450 pages I skimmed the rest and didn't feel that I missed any major points. Would not read again or recommend, unless you like really drawn out books. This is also the first of a two-book set. Will not read the second one, but will try to find out what happens just to see how it's all resolved.
Star Corps - Ian Douglas
4.5/5
Continuation of the heritage trilogy, book one of the legacy trilogy, set even further in the future. They've gone to another system where humans have been enslaved from earth originally, but they don't necesarilly want to be set free. There's a starship killer on the new planet - a mix of very old and very new weapons.
More military might kickin' butt across the galaxy. Lots of cool techno stuff. Traditional story line - recruit to hardened warrior revolving around some familiar characters.
In all a very fast read. Very fun, as usual. Would read entire series again.
Continuation of the heritage trilogy, book one of the legacy trilogy, set even further in the future. They've gone to another system where humans have been enslaved from earth originally, but they don't necesarilly want to be set free. There's a starship killer on the new planet - a mix of very old and very new weapons.
More military might kickin' butt across the galaxy. Lots of cool techno stuff. Traditional story line - recruit to hardened warrior revolving around some familiar characters.
In all a very fast read. Very fun, as usual. Would read entire series again.
Sunday, August 17, 2008
White - Ted Dekker
3.5/5 - End of the trilogy. Raison strain comes to a conclusion with Thomas Hunter's blood. More people cross over to the "dream world", which helps to solve the mystery. Of course, lots of allusions to God/Justin/Elyan. Horde chica crosses over to the circle (good guys), so they stop hunting the good guys. Books of history turn out to have added Thomas Hunter into history (or crossing him over).
In all I'd give the series about 3.5/5. Interesting enough - a fast read (or listen in this case). Doesn't drag too much so it makes it all right to listen to. Gets pretty cheasy with the Great Romance and all between Justin (God) and his people - basically a retelling of the bible. Intersting enough though, and entertaining. Don't think I'd read again, but it was good for a one time through.
In all I'd give the series about 3.5/5. Interesting enough - a fast read (or listen in this case). Doesn't drag too much so it makes it all right to listen to. Gets pretty cheasy with the Great Romance and all between Justin (God) and his people - basically a retelling of the bible. Intersting enough though, and entertaining. Don't think I'd read again, but it was good for a one time through.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Be Prepared - Gary Greenberg
5/5 - New dad handbook. Like what to expect, but for guys. Everything you need to know, little bit of humor, nothing you don't. Would recommend to other dads. May even be worth checking out again later on when Cadel gets closer to 1. Lots of activities and such.
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