Book Reviews
| Review of Brave New Words edited by Jeff Prucher | |
| Opinion > Book Reviews | August 15, 2007 |
| Jeff Prucher has produced the Oxford English Dictionary's subset on science fictional words, and he's done an excellent job with it. It's more than just a dictionary, with essays... | |
| Review of Plague Year by Jeff Carlson | |
| Opinion > Book Reviews | August 10, 2007 |
| Jeff Carlson's first novel, Plague Year, is a good story of a potential danger that may be staring at us today. It's alternately depressing and worrisome, but worth reading... | |
| Review of Empire of Ivory by Naomi Novik | |
| Opinion > Book Reviews | July 17, 2007 |
| Naomi Novik's fourth Temeraire novel, Empire of Ivory, is just as good as the first three. Her world is increasingly diverging from ours, but that only adds spice to the story... | |
| Review of Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger | |
| Opinion > Book Reviews | June 25, 2007 |
| A review of Everything is Miscellaneous by David Weinberger. A nonfiction book discussing the joys of electronic filing, how no longer must there be a place for every thing and every thing in its place. With the web, each thing can be in multiple places. The joy of serendipitous discovery is now almost a requirement. | |
| Review of The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams | |
| Opinion > Book Reviews | June 23, 2007 |
| The Salmon of Doubt by Douglas Adams, reviewed by Ian Randal Strock. A bittersweet farewell from the author who gave us The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency, and Last Chance to See. | |
| Spindrift by Allen Steele | |
| Opinion > Book Reviews | June 11, 2007 |
| Spindrift by Allen Steele, reviewed by Ian Randal Strock. In short: it's a good read. | |
