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The Great Year Book Review

By Nicholas Campion Penguin Arkana, 1994 696 Pages, US$14.95 ISBN 9780140192964 I picked this book up on the advice of Damian Thompson, Catholic gadfly and Internet rabble-rouser. It has taken me a while to get around to it, but this is a propitious time. This book is by

Keynes: The Rise, Fall, and Return of the 20th Century's Most Influential Economist Book Review

Keynes The Rise, Fall, and Return of the 20th Century's Most Influential Economist by Peter Clarke Bloomsbury Press 2009 $20.00; 211 pages ISBN 9781608190232 I received this book for free as part of LibraryThing's Early Reviewers program. This is a fun little book, and by

Conquistador Book Review

by S. M. Stirling Roc Books, 2003 ISBN 0-451-45908-3 This book continues the tradition that Stirling never writes sequels to the books of his I like best. Ah well. I especially like the acknowledgments to this volume: To Jerry Pournelle, for help and assistance; Giovanni Spinella and Mario Panzanelli, for

Earthquake Weather Book Review

Earthquake Weather by Tim Powers Orb Books 2007 $15.95; 414 pages ISBN 0765318229 Earthquake Weather is Tim Powers' third book in the Fault Lines trilogy. Powers wraps up all the weirdness of the first two into something even stranger than either. In much the same way Last Call

L. Ron Hubbard presents Writers of the Future Volume 33 Review

L. Ron Hubbard presents Writers of the Future Volume 33 Edited by David Farland Galaxy Press, 2017 ISBN 978-1-62986-529-7 I received this book for free from the LibraryThing Early Reviewers program. In principle, I probably should have picked up one of these volumes before. I knew that Tim Powers and

Expiration Date Book Review

Expiration Date by Tim Powers Orb Books 2007 $15.95; 381 pages ISBN 0765317524 Expiration Date is a "companion novel" to Last Call. It isn't a sequel, but it shares the same world. A few characters with minor roles in Last Call end up being central

King–of the Khyber Rifles Book Review

King–of the Khyber Rifles by Talbot Mundy Carrol and Graf 1985 $3.95; 395 pages ISBN 0881841692 I enjoy reading old books. This one is only 101 years old at this point, but I enjoy the act of getting into the mind of someone from another age. Written in