Category Archives: Books

Book reviews – Mostly SF and Fantasy, some other stuff.

Reading an ebook 0

So I have a program on my iPhone called Stanza that I installed sometime ago. Basic ebook reader. Nice clean interface etc. It allows you to get books through the interface. I am not a fan of reading a book on ebook readers. A combination of backlighting and really liking [...]

Book Review: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larson 0

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
3.5 stars
I had set myself up to read this with expectations set firmly low. The book had so much hype that I did not want to be cynical, but I did want to be realistic. It was a [...]

Book Review: The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons 0

The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Rise of Endymion
The fourth and final book of the Hyperion Cantos was more epic and more information latent than any of the first three books. It does bring many story lines to a close and the scale and scope of [...]

Book Review: Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright 0

Orphans of Chaos by John C. Wright
My rating: 1 of 5 stars
I have had this sitting on my shelf for a while and decided on a fantasy novel as my next read. What I got was a book that comes across as a combination of the author’s very poor and immature opinion of [...]

Book Review: The Osiris Ritual by George Mann 0

The Osiris Ritual by George Mann
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The Osiris Ritual is the second book of the Newbury and Hobbes Investigations, which has become a series. This book is an improvement on the already enjoyable Affinity Bridge.
The tale follows Newbury at a high society event that features the unwrapping of [...]