A good thriller book covering a psychic and her misadventures with her criminal/government agency/conspiracy. Told with a frank first-person narrativeA good thriller book covering a psychic and her misadventures with her criminal/government agency/conspiracy. Told with a frank first-person narrative, the book manages to keep the pace constant and not get dull. Plus, a well thought out system of how psionics work. Good world building and human relationships also helped to immerse me in the story....more
This book was a vital part of how we chose to form our marketing in a job I had at the time. It points out the very obvious, but oft overlooked, fact This book was a vital part of how we chose to form our marketing in a job I had at the time. It points out the very obvious, but oft overlooked, fact that, as humans, stories are our primary mode of relaying information. By taking a very human look at how we interact and represent ourselves, it assists in transcending boring ad-copy and form responses, into something more meaningful and friendly....more
It's difficult to write fiction from an animal's perspective, but this book manages to do it well and somehow deliver laughs in a dark, zombie and monIt's difficult to write fiction from an animal's perspective, but this book manages to do it well and somehow deliver laughs in a dark, zombie and monster strewn apocalypse.
The collection of animals assembled into the narrative delivers poignant, heart-breaking, and triumphant moments page after page, and I mostly devoured this book over the course of several flights over the space of a vacation....more
A series following the entwined lives of a large array of characters, engaging in shady to monsterous goings on in the mid-Atlantic between the late-sA series following the entwined lives of a large array of characters, engaging in shady to monsterous goings on in the mid-Atlantic between the late-seventies to the mid-nineties. Told with a non-linear narrative (as well as with the hilarious, harrowing, and usually satire-laden fictional head canon adventures of Amy Racecar) and a spare visual style, it's worth reading through....more
It's a Forgotten Realms novel. I read this mostly to get an idea of some of the lore behind Baldur's Gate 3, and in that job, it performed admirably. It's a Forgotten Realms novel. I read this mostly to get an idea of some of the lore behind Baldur's Gate 3, and in that job, it performed admirably. It's standard fantasy pulp stuff. Not bad but not as engaging as I'd hoped....more
A great representation of AI's left behind after they went to war with humans, and their existences after. The book explores what their days would be A great representation of AI's left behind after they went to war with humans, and their existences after. The book explores what their days would be like in a world where no humans remained to be served; and that they are, ultimately, susceptible to all of the same pitfalls and foibles their organic predecessors possessed....more
Let it be known that Charles Dickens and I have a less than cordial relationship ever since I abandoned 'A Tale of Two Cites' (and resultingly failed Let it be known that Charles Dickens and I have a less than cordial relationship ever since I abandoned 'A Tale of Two Cites' (and resultingly failed my second marking period of AP English in high school). However, Tchiakovsky manages to bring a Dickensian sensibility and prose to a fascinating entry in the Dying Earth genre. For anyone looking for a multi-layered, first-person view of the last city on Earth (and its singular penal colony, only known as 'the Island'), this is a masterful entry and worth the time it takes to read this joyous doorstop of a book. It's audible presentation additionally has a wonderful narrator, who truly seems to inhabit the main character's perspective....more
The strange, last-humans-encounter-uplifted-spiders-space-colonization book you never knew you wanted. I mean, really, that's all I can say other thanThe strange, last-humans-encounter-uplifted-spiders-space-colonization book you never knew you wanted. I mean, really, that's all I can say other than that I'd advise it for dyed-in-the-wool (and super-hyphenated) sci-fi fans. It really keeps the pages turning and presents a strangely moving presentation of a society of spiders....more
I picked up this book as a summer read last year and though it took a while to marinate on the shelf, once I started I couldn't put it down. The book I picked up this book as a summer read last year and though it took a while to marinate on the shelf, once I started I couldn't put it down. The book has a lot of great elements thrown into it and has little nudges from countless other great fantasy works to help bring just about any fantasy reader in and keep them there....more
This has been on my radar for some time, ever since I saw the ill-fated adaptation on the Sci-Fi Channel back in the early 00's. As it turns out it's This has been on my radar for some time, ever since I saw the ill-fated adaptation on the Sci-Fi Channel back in the early 00's. As it turns out it's a bit more savage and grim than the show gave the impression of, and it's a product of seventies science fiction, so... be prepared for some interesting takes, along with a dollop of Eurocentrism.
Not sure I"m going to get around to reading the remaining books in the series despite a cliffhanger ending (there are three more 'Riverworld' books in the series and I have a lot of other things to read)....more
IT's norse mythology, plus Gaiman's spin on it, Particularly notable are his presentations of both Thor and Loki, making them quite droll in many waysIT's norse mythology, plus Gaiman's spin on it, Particularly notable are his presentations of both Thor and Loki, making them quite droll in many ways, but just as violent and sinister as both could be. It goes well beyond just the stories of the two best known Asgardians, and got me to look at several myths I had, to that point, been unaware of. If you can get the audio, Neil Himself reads the novel, which may or may not be a draw for people right now....more
It's a SK short story book. Not really much more need be said. Some of his best books are his collections of shorts, and this one proves to be worth oIt's a SK short story book. Not really much more need be said. Some of his best books are his collections of shorts, and this one proves to be worth of collections like Everything's Eventual, Nightmares and Dreamscapes, or Night Shift....more
I desperately wanted this book to be a continuation of the organization created in King's 'Firestarter' and was somewhat disappointed to learn there'sI desperately wanted this book to be a continuation of the organization created in King's 'Firestarter' and was somewhat disappointed to learn there's be no connections. However, what's presented is quite good and worth reading. It has a lot of Firestarter's trappings and mood though, and I'd recommend it as good, post-van book King....more
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