Clearing out my bookshelf has forced some hard choices and a much needed purge.
I’ve been in IT for 20 years and a Java programmer for the last 16. In 1996 I was in the right place (Howard University Library) at the right time ( The birth of the world wide web). I’ve often found myself playing with some new or interesting technology on my own time. Usually I’ll take a…
The Magicians by Lev GrossmanMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
An adult version of a “doorway” fantasy. The kind we don’t see as much anymore in which people from our world step through a hidden portal into a magical realm. This story has a twist…
The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5: This book had a 4 star beginning and a 5 star ending but the long middle was only 3 star for me. It kept me going and I am curious enough to see what happens in the next book.
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Dreamquests: The Art of Don Maitz by Don Maitz My rating: 5 of 5 stars Some of these “Art of” collections have a lot of exposition and background stories of the images. Which is fine but Maitz book dispenses with a lot of that. This book is flush…
Velvet #3 by Ed BrubakerMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Infectious and wonderful. This is pure Brubaker, Spies , Crime and suspense that invokes a lot of the classic Cold War/LeCarre,/Fleming thinking man’s (or woman’s) thriller.
Into the Black: Odyssey One by Evan C. CurrieMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
A very good SF military yarn. I appreciate a good wartime action story that’s not bogged down in too much left vs right politics. Looking forward to the sequel.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
This book me through a full cycle of emotions: Happiness, Fear, Sadness, Triumph, Heartbreak.Great story of…
Starlight #1 by Mark MillarMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
A nice telling of the tried and true return of the “retired hero” trope. The usually good Millar plotting and the art is very cool with echoes of Moebius. Great first issue.
The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel KayMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Derivitive? Yes! Full of tropes you’ve seen before? Yes!I know these things are normally reasons to avoid this book and the rest of the series but please read on.The tldr; is…
