Archive for the ‘Book Review’ Category

Rocket Ship Galileo - A Review

Friday, March 2nd, 2007

In writing these Heinlein reviews, I find myself evaluating how age has affected each book.  Does it still hold up?  Has science messed with it enough to damage the story?  Are there aspects that simply can't be overlooked in the face of new technology? In all cases, I think the core ...

Farmer In The Sky - A Review

Thursday, March 1st, 2007

Farmer in the Sky was written in 1950, and I had the benefit of first reading it some twenty-five or so years later.  Like most of the Heinlein stories from this age, planetary exploration wasn't too kind to it. But even as the reality of science and discovery dated the book, ...

Space Cadet - A Review

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007

The reviews of the Heinlein juveniles continue. As I look back at these books, the impact they had on my life becomes undeniable. They're like that old. warm blanket, or that quiet, safe place you might have had as a kid. Certainly nostalgia comes back with a ...

Tunnel In The Sky - A Review

Tuesday, February 13th, 2007

The Wiley Library Review continues. Considering I started with a Heinlein Juvenile, I'll just keep going with all twelve before we move on to something else. Heinlein has been tagged, unfairly, as a 'fascist' by the self-declared enlightened who stand opposed to any perception that some people might ...

Have Spacesuit, Will Travel - A Review

Friday, February 9th, 2007

The first entry in the Wiley Library review is, fittingly, the first book I recall buying on my own (but I doubt I bought it with my own money).  I certainly picked it out, and I think it was the first book I ever read outside of the traditional children's ...

The Wiley Library Review

Monday, February 5th, 2007

Today I'm announcing a new feature of this blog.  I'm a rather vociferous reader, focusing primarily on Science Fiction, Historical non-Fiction, and to a lesser extent, Fantasy.  My bookcases groan under a fair number of tomes, since I'm congenitally incapable of throwing away a book, regardless of the quality. So, I'm ...