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A great subject, but unfortunately not the best writing. Informative enough, though.

Like Satchel, this book wandered quite a lot. Sometimes the author was clustering like events together, other times I'm not sure. A lot of good information, though.

A compelling subject and some very interesting ideas, but something about the writing just didn't draw me in. Has a seriously lengthy bibliography. Can see myself referring to the ideas here some day.

Like most collections of short stories, some were better than others. My favorite of this collection was The Man in Grey by Michael Swanwick.

Picked this book up at Costco - the charts and graphs presenting data were interesting at a glance. The articles surrounding them, however, repeat themselves in scope, have misspellings and minor geographical errors, and are generally a motley collection of writings. This book deserved better fact checking and editing.

Really enjoyed the different stories - Dan Simmons did a masterful job of covering different genres. Was a little disappointed with the ending - I prefer the first book in a series to stand on its own. No other complaints, though. I can see why this book is consistently on top 100 lists.

Read with daughter, she couldn't get into it. Finished it on my own. Rereading it in less than seven months later on might raise the rating a bit :)

A collection of the strips from Shadis and Dragon - some of the latter were new to me. Also contained a "final strip" that was not printed in Shadis - the issue scheduled never appeared.

A good novel of five interrelated characters and baseball - the author shines with both the rules and the relationships. Much was made early on about the book within the book - "The Art of Fielding" - which then plays little part in the second half of the novel. Minor quibbles aside, this is a really good novel which I found myself barely able to put down.

Not a comprehensive book, this title covers the main bases but wanders a bit.

A very good tale of magic, this one didn't push far into details. The idea of a Night Circus is quite a good one, and the characters are well described and believable.

Picked this up for my son to read, but he wasn't interested. Cabin Fever plus Sci Fi = interesting relationships and situations. Basically enjoyable.

No rating. This is, as billed, a book of puzzlers and problems. Unlike most amusement books, this one requires some higher level math - most probability theory or calculus. Still an interesting read. Written in a time when "source code" was not easily available, so it's printed in several pages in the book instead. I do not agree with others who way this is poorly written - there's no narrative, but it's a book of puzzles! Will read at least one more book by this author - [b:An Imaginary Tale: The Story of "i" the square root of minus one |357209|An Imaginary Tale The Story of "i" the square root of minus one |Paul J. Nahin|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174061382s/357209.jpg|347370]

The life of both the principals in this story, as told in their own (barely edited) words.

A clear and concise explanation for the youngster - and their parents.