4/5 - Not his best... but that may have been the format. Alien slugs come to Earth from Titan and takeover humans. Not real melovelent, but just a creepy situation. First person. Secret agent falls in love with his partner, they marry. Nothing great, nothing bad.
Would recommend, but not near first - might read again if I was bored.
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Monday, October 20, 2008
Battlespace - Ian Douglas
5/5 - Book 2 of the second trilogy (Legacy Trilogy)
Continues to be a pretty slick author. Nothing groundbreaking, nothing too deep, but lots of fun. Human ship got gobbled up by who we now know as the Xul... the Hunters of the Dawn at a stargate 10 light years from earth. We go out to investigate and find another more noble race, N'gah, who wants to help us out - after blowing the hell out of us for a while. Final battle a Xul ship comes through and we kick the poo out of it. Then go to the other side of the stargate to blow it up to delay the Xul's trip to earth. Would definitely read again - would read the whole series again thus far. Not too much here on politics on Earth, mostly about what's happening in space.
Continues to be a pretty slick author. Nothing groundbreaking, nothing too deep, but lots of fun. Human ship got gobbled up by who we now know as the Xul... the Hunters of the Dawn at a stargate 10 light years from earth. We go out to investigate and find another more noble race, N'gah, who wants to help us out - after blowing the hell out of us for a while. Final battle a Xul ship comes through and we kick the poo out of it. Then go to the other side of the stargate to blow it up to delay the Xul's trip to earth. Would definitely read again - would read the whole series again thus far. Not too much here on politics on Earth, mostly about what's happening in space.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Variable Star - Robert Heinlein
4/5
Written after he kicked it, still Heinlein-eske. Guy falls in love with a girl, turns out she's uber rich. He leaves on a shuttle to another planet. Earth and sun blow up, the girl catches up with him (FTL ship). Turns out he loves her little cousin (works out in a non creapy way).
Kind of a coming of age story. Nothing groundbreaking... told in the first person. Pretty entertaining and not too long. Lives up to Heinlein, but not beyond.
Written after he kicked it, still Heinlein-eske. Guy falls in love with a girl, turns out she's uber rich. He leaves on a shuttle to another planet. Earth and sun blow up, the girl catches up with him (FTL ship). Turns out he loves her little cousin (works out in a non creapy way).
Kind of a coming of age story. Nothing groundbreaking... told in the first person. Pretty entertaining and not too long. Lives up to Heinlein, but not beyond.
2001 A Space Oddysey - Arthur C. Clarke
4/5 - Audio
Good book, seemed like kind of a must read for sci fi. General idea - monolith spurs apes to man... another one shows up on the moon, then saturn. Bowman becomes the star-child... what to do with his new planet?
The end of the book gets a little bizzarre, but still good, doesn't drag too long. Would read again (not highest on the list though) and recommend.
Good book, seemed like kind of a must read for sci fi. General idea - monolith spurs apes to man... another one shows up on the moon, then saturn. Bowman becomes the star-child... what to do with his new planet?
The end of the book gets a little bizzarre, but still good, doesn't drag too long. Would read again (not highest on the list though) and recommend.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
In Defense of Food - Michael Pollan
5/5
Audiobook form. Lots of good info on why we eat what we eat. Folks making money off of processed foods - no surprise when you think about it.
Last third of book goes into what you should be eating... eat food, not too much, mostly vegetables. Definitely would read/listen too again. Lots of good info. Makes you think about where your food is coming from and how much of it you should be eating. Would recommend.
Audiobook form. Lots of good info on why we eat what we eat. Folks making money off of processed foods - no surprise when you think about it.
Last third of book goes into what you should be eating... eat food, not too much, mostly vegetables. Definitely would read/listen too again. Lots of good info. Makes you think about where your food is coming from and how much of it you should be eating. Would recommend.
Friday, August 29, 2008
God Bless You Dr. Kivorkian - Kurt Vonnegut
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.
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.
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.
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