Mark Bowden’s Worm: The First Digital World War is a well-written (and short) history of computer worms and the conficker worm specifically, providing a layman’s view of the history and technology involved. It’s pitched to novice readers and operates on … Continue reading
This is a reasonably complete list of horror movies that have been made, I’ll give it that much. However, that really doesn’t make it a history of horror so much as it makes it a catalog with random descriptions and, … Continue reading
Of Dice and Men is a fine book. It’s ok. It doesn’t do much explicitly wrong. It just doesn’t do what it does explicitly right… or, more to the point, in-depth. Part of this is my fault, I suppose. My … Continue reading
This was a good 100 page book padded by a lot of loosely connected materials that may – or may not – have had anything to do with rabies. Sure, vampires, werewolves, and zombies might draw some of their inspiration … Continue reading
I feel like a terrible person giving this book two stars… I’m sure Mr. Hawking has far more important things to do, think about, and write about than himself… and it shows in the book. One wonders why he bothered … Continue reading