MBybee stopped reading Just a geek by Wil Wheaton
Wil Wheaton comes to terms with his acting career and moves towards writing.
Not for me
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An eclectic reader focused largely on sci-fi/adventure from the 19th and 20th century
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MBybee reviewed Dracula by Evergreen Literature Books
A classic.
3 stars
I do love a good atmospheric gothic fable, and hard to get more atmosphere than Dracula!
I read the B&N annotated classics version, and it was nice to have some context, though a lot of the footnotes didn't actually work.
I do love a good atmospheric gothic fable, and hard to get more atmosphere than Dracula!
I read the B&N annotated classics version, and it was nice to have some context, though a lot of the footnotes didn't actually work.
MBybee started reading Dracula by Evergreen Literature Books
'Tis the season
'Tis the season
MBybee reviewed Magician: Apprentice by Raymond E. Feist (The Riftwar Saga, #1)
Magician is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist. It is the first …
Solid work of fantasy
4 stars
While not my favorite genre, Feist did a good job with this story, and I'm glad I reread this one after so long.
While not my favorite genre, Feist did a good job with this story, and I'm glad I reread this one after so long.
MBybee started reading Magician by Raymond E. Feist
Magician is a fantasy novel by American writer Raymond E. Feist. It is the first …
I've read the original, time to give the 1991 revamp a shot
I've read the original, time to give the 1991 revamp a shot
MBybee rated Call Me Joe (The Collected Short Works of Poul Anderson): 2 stars
MBybee rated It Stops Here: 5 stars
MBybee finished reading It Stops Here by Rueben George
I need to digest this one for a bit.
Classic weirdness
3 stars
There's some of the usual classic weirdness in here, but I just love how terrified Lovecraft was of geometry. I feel like he must have been terrible at math.
There's some of the usual classic weirdness in here, but I just love how terrified Lovecraft was of geometry. I feel like he must have been terrible at math.
Deus Irae by Roger Zelazny, Philip K. Dick
Deus Irae is a post-apocalyptic science fiction novel started by American author Philip K. Dick and finished with the help …
MBybee reviewed Congo by Michael Crichton
Earth Resources Technology Services have sent a geological project into the deep, dark regions of …
Very good novel
4 stars
An excellent read that probably would have aged better without the obsession for over-describing near future tech in 1979. The racist boss could handle being edited. I really liked the movie, and like most Crichton novels, the movie and book managed to both be really good.
Some bits (racism, tech) aged poorly but the majority held up, so it gets to keep a pretty solid rating.
An excellent read that probably would have aged better without the obsession for over-describing near future tech in 1979. The racist boss could handle being edited. I really liked the movie, and like most Crichton novels, the movie and book managed to both be really good.
Some bits (racism, tech) aged poorly but the majority held up, so it gets to keep a pretty solid rating.
Congo by Michael Crichton
Earth Resources Technology Services have sent a geological project into the deep, dark regions of the Congo. Their mission is …
MBybee rated Bastard Operator From Hell (Bastard Operator From Hell): 3 stars
MBybee reviewed Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
https://openlibrary.org/works/OL2895536W
Better than Dracula
3 stars
I'm my opinion, this was a better story than Dracula, and more interesting. It's also not told via awkward letters.
I'm my opinion, this was a better story than Dracula, and more interesting. It's also not told via awkward letters.
MBybee rated Automate the Boring Stuff with Python: 4 stars
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python by Al Sweigart
If you've ever spent hours renaming files or updating hundreds of spreadsheet cells, you know how tedious tasks like these …