Dan BurtonBook Review | Seveneves by Neal StephensonThe further I got into the Seveneves thought experiment, the more I wanted to like it. It’s an epic disaster novel (or is it an epic…Jan 26, 2016Jan 26, 2016
Dan BurtonBook Review | The Billion Dollar Spy: A True Story of Cold War Espionage and Betrayal by David E.Adolf Tolkachev’s story is one of brilliant courage and heroism. That it ends in tragedy and betrayal only seems to accentuate the stakes…Jan 20, 2016Jan 20, 2016
Dan BurtonBook Review | Red Rising by Pierce BrownWell, heck. If this isn’t how you open a series, then I don’t know how you do.Jan 14, 2016Jan 14, 2016
Dan BurtonBook Review | Words of Radiance by Brandon SandersonAt this point, Words of Radiance has been out for a year and a half, and I suspect most of Sanderson’s fans have read it. I’ve bumped into…Dec 28, 2015Dec 28, 2015
Dan BurtonBook Review | David Copperfield by Charles DickensIn persuading me to read David Copperfield by Charles Dickens this recent autumn, a friend described that book thus: “It’s basically David…Dec 24, 2015Dec 24, 2015
Dan BurtonBook Review | If a Pirate I Must Be: The True Story of Black Bart, “King of the Caribbean Pirates”…Shiver me timbers! Thar be a book worth the read! Arrr!Dec 23, 2015Dec 23, 2015
Dan BurtonBook Review | Jerusalem: The Biography by Simon Sebag MontefioreOh, Jerusalem. There is no other place on Earth quite as tragic, drenched in both blood and history.Dec 18, 2015Dec 18, 2015
Dan BurtonBook Review | Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell by Brandon SandersonI loved Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell. Dark, gritty, and grim, the tone of the story is not my typical fare. And, to be…Dec 17, 2015Dec 17, 2015
Dan BurtonBook Review | This Town: Two Parties and a Funeral — plus plenty of valet parking!If you needed any reason to be cynical about American politics–especially nationally–then Mark Leibovich’s This Town: Two Parties and a…Dec 16, 2015Dec 16, 2015
Dan BurtonBook Review | Hidden Empire by Kevin J. AndersonIn Hidden Empire, man has reached the stars, spreading out and colonizing them, but not without help. The Ildirans have given man the…Dec 15, 2015Dec 15, 2015