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A spellbinding, beautifully written novel that moves between contemporary times and one of the most fascinating and disturbing periods in …
The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. Earth is no longer humanity’s …
Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel, and the debut novel of American author Ernest Cline. The story, …
One of the world's most celebrated scholars, Stephen Greenblatt has crafted both an innovative work of history and a thrilling …
An award-winning literary author presents her first foray into supernatural fantasy with a novel of post-apocalyptic Africa.
In a far …
"Jane Eliot wears an iron mask. It's the only way to contain the fey curse …
Yep. It's got fairies. Not something I'd normally read, but interesting to see how Tina has given these "aliens" a plausible back story.
Jennifer Egan's spellbinding interlocking narratives circle the lives of Bennie Salazar, an aging former punk …
I read this as a library loan on my Kindle (for iPad). Kindle adds something called "Xray" - a cross-reference for all the characters in the story and when they appear. I found this tremendously helpful to keep track of when characters enter and exit, their relationships and the overall plot.
There is a long tradition of Great Detectives and Dirk Gently does not belong to it. But his search for …
Draws on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs, as well as interviews with family members, friends, competitors, and colleagues, …
From David Mitchell, the Booker Prize nominee, award-winning writer and one of the featured authors in Granta’s “Best of Young …
Kraken is a fantasy novel by British author China Miéville. It is published in the UK by Macmillan, and in …
Machine Man is a worthwhile read, but there are two things that bug me.
First - character names with the same first letter: Cassandra Cautery. Angelical Austin. Ouch.
Second - Cassandra comes across as a BWAH-HA-HA type of all-evil villain from the evil corporation. I spend so much time disliking her, as a reader I really don't welcome her presence. Other than being a vehicle for info-dumps about the evil the corporation and what they are going to do to Charlie, she's just kind of a flatline annoyance.
I wrote it. I think it's great. But that's just my opinion.
