Best part of Sid Meier’s Memoir! is, of course, the title. Sid Meier’s Memoir! is exactly what Sid Meier’s biography should be called. Because anyone interested in the life of the man will instantly recognize its meaning. And his is … Continue reading →

I finished the new Bob Woodward book Rage which is his second book about Donald Trump. I don’t tend to buy political books about current hot-button topics (or presidents) but have made an exception for Trump (as long as the … Continue reading →

Stephen King’s If It Bleeds is a fairly good but also fairly uneven collection of short stories from King. The first story – Mr. Harrigan’s Phone – is a cool play on a couple different folk tales and legends involving … Continue reading →

John Carter and the Gods of Hollywood by Michael D. Sellers is, for the majority of its length, a very compelling true Hollywood story of what went wrong on the marketing side of the movie John Carter. Some of this … Continue reading →

Seeking Sorrow by Zen Dipietro is a first novel and, while it has some creaky bits, I think they are more than overwhelmed by wit, invention, and characters I grew to like. I was genuinely wrapped up in the story … Continue reading →

I read Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn a few months back and found it a solid book with a unique setting, world, and magic system. It was a little too long for its plot but, in the end analysis, that length worked … Continue reading →

Worst Ideas Ever is a review of bad ideas (such as New Coke) told in a humorous way. This wasn’t just a bad book about bad ideas, it was a complete waste of time. A cursory – very simplistic – … Continue reading →

There hasn’t been a bad book in the loosely interconnected Ethshar novels but this was ultimately probably the least of them. Not that it didn’t have the usual curious blend of grounded reality and well thought-out fantasy that Lawrence Watt-Evans … Continue reading →