The Last Theorem
Sir Arthur C. Clarke and Frederik Pohl wrote this novel together, the history of which is summarized nicely on the wikipedia here. I bought this a while back from Fictionwise (it’s an ebook version) but…
Review for “From the Sea”
A nice review from SFCrowsnest about my story “From the Sea” in On Spec #78 …This story is not very heavy on fantasy but it’s perceptive about humans. The bleak setting and the hard life…
Review – PHP Cookbook
The PHP Cookbook by David Sklar and Adam Trachtenberg is an excellent reference manual for PHP. I’ve meddled with PHP a bit in the past, but now after going through the book, I feel a…
iPhone Game Development
iPhone Game Development (Paul Zirkle and Joe Hogue — O’Reilly) is the second iPhone development book that I have read. The first, The iPhone Developer’s Cookbook was a general introduction to development on the iPhone…
iPhone Developer’s Cookbook – Review
I originally purchased this book while at BioWare in anticipation of working on an iPhone game and so it had sat on my unread pile for a bit. I finally decided to tackle it, one…
Dragon Age – The Stolen Throne
Dragon Age – The Stolen Throne by David Gaider Disclaimer: I worked with David Gaider at BioWare for ten years This is David’s first novel but he has been writing for over a decade on…
Review On Spec #77
A little late in reading this one as I just finished it before #78 arrived but I had to clear a backlog of other stuff first. Wish I hadn’t waited so long because this is…
Rendezvous at Angels Thirty
I focus most of my reviewing effort on smaller press and lesser known magazines but I do have subscriptions to some of the larger magazines such as Analog. These magazines receive many reviews already by…
From Mountains of Ice
This is a novel by Lorina Stephens. Full disclosure: I am a member of SFCanada of which Lorina is also a member. I don’t really know, other than through SFCanada’s very interesting discussion list. Overall…
Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell
I finally rescued this book from my big pile of unread novels. The first novel by author Susanna Clarke, this was an exceptional read. It had been recommended to me by several people, but took…
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