It’s been a while since I read a 600+ page book that wasn’t written by Mr. Jordan. Ayn Rand’s Objectivism masterpiece Atlas Shrugged weighs in at 1074 pages. It took me over a month to read, and not just because it was long. I knew from the start that this was a book with a [...]
Entries Categorized as 'Reviews'
Review: Atlas Shrugged
Filed under Reviews on October 12, 2006
Tagged: Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand, objectivism
Review: Brave New World
Filed under Reviews on August 22, 2006
Tagged: Aldous Huxley, Brave New World
I recently checked out a couple classics from the library in my continued quest to become “well-read.” The first one I finished was Aldous Huxley’s futuristic tale of utopia. The first two chapters of this book were perhaps the most chilling and repulsive visions of genetic culling I’ve ever read (and I’ve read 1984 and [...]
Earthsea cycle: a review
Filed under Reviews on September 26, 2005
Tagged: Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
In my continued quest to read the classics, I next chose Ursula K. Le Guin’s Earthsea books. Ms. Le Guin is a local author (she lives somewhere just across the river from me) and the first two books of the Earthsea Cycle–Wizard of Earthsea and Tombs of Atuan–were made into a miniseries on the SciFi [...]
Ender’s Game: a review
Filed under Reviews on September 20, 2005
Tagged: Ender's Game, Orson Scott Card
I finished this book on Sunday. “Plowed” would be a better word. After reading a chapter a night–and having to restrain myself from more so I could get enough sleep to avoid turning into a zombie at work–I had the opportunity to indulge myself Sunday afternoon. And I took advantage. For those not familiar with [...]
Playing catch-up
Filed under Market Report, Reviews, Writing Journal on August 8, 2005
Tagged: Ed Gentry, Jaleigh Johnson, Maiden of Pain, Realms of the Dragons II, Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land
There are a couple of “old business” items I keep forgetting to post on, so I’m going to get those out of the way before I get to the main subject I wanted to discuss today. First, a couple weeks ago I got my royalty statement from Hasbro that covers the first quarter of sales [...]
