Reviews and Comments

Someday it would be nice to read a book about New Mexico by a New Mexican. We seem completely cursed to be forever seen through the gaze of colonizers.

And enjoy the pictures of rich people's homes. The writing is awful, extremely colonist, and about on par for yet another New Yorker discovering a world exists beyond the city lines.

There are lots of faux southwesty interior decorations, some pretty art shots, and a few nice looking artistic buildings inspired by the last 8,000 years of history here.

4/5 for the photography, 1/5 for the writing.

This one is best consigned to the dustbin of history. Lots of really excessive racism, a plot incredibly simplistic even by Conan standards, and lacking in the qualities that generally make a good Conan story.

Lovecraft really did nice work putting the creepy into this story. It has all of his classic elements - rueal New England, cosmic horror, nice build ups.

Full of amusing horror references, jokes, and an interesting story.

I feel like a book this long had quite a few missed opportunities, but to each their own, I suppose. I didn't care for the 'big finale' that she spent hundreds of pages building up to being off camera. I also don't see why it's marketed as an LGBTQ+ book when the entirety of the LGBTQ+ content is one sentence mid-way through and a somewhat hastily tagged on piece at the end.

It's cheesy. It's campy. It's so ridiculous, it makes Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon seem grounded. However, it's also fun.

The lensmen stuff in general is the sort of early 20th century ridiculous sci-fi that used to get kids to read in bed with a flashlight.

Not really a fan, but it's far from the worst early 20th century sci-fi I've read. If this book were a film, it'd be Ed Wood rather than Dino DeLaurentis.

There have been a few editions of this, but the core facts remain very relevant. Good overview of the fundamental thinking and methodologies of security.

I couldn't put this book down. It really should be in our school curriculum, though it isn't for painfully obvious reasons.

He argues points that many have tried with perhaps more zeal and less success to argue.

I won't spoil it for you, but if you wish to think critically about the relationships between money, capitalism, culture, and what is 'allowed' vs 'disallowed' vs 'not even mentioned, and therefore simply forgotten or unknown', you need this book.

The concept is interesting, the story is pretty good. The writing is a bit stilted, and she treats description like it is something that happens to other people.

Rare as it is, I like the show better.

Love the progression of the story arc into the 5th collection.

The editing is pretty good, the compilation again remains good. This is one of my favorite and most enduring anthologies.

I liked the racing and the action, though it was definitely a product of its time. I think Wylde did a pretty solid job here.

For reasons I can't quite put my finger on, the writing feels very 70s. I was surprised to see 87.

Lots of ghost stories here, mostly from the late 19th century. The author has a very weird agenda that they wrap the stories in, but that's not unusual in ghost story collections.

Lots of fun to be had :)

Though it's probably a bit dated now, being 10 years old, this book was a great over view of 3D printing from home to industrial and medical aspects.

Some of the things in here were well-known to me, while some were interesting things I'd never heard. Good read for anyone interested in 3D printing or learning about why others are.

Most of the celebrity biographies I've read are pretty self-aggrandizing. They're full of gossip, meanness, and either feel like they're written by a publicist or written against the advice of a lawyer.

This one was full of heart and soul, and it had a lot of pieces that will probably sit with me for a very long time.