First read shortly after it was released, while much of this was still fiction. Fortunately we aren't at the stage of world takeover bots and automated killer cars - yet. Dropping a star on reread due to too much villainy and the fact that it ends in a cliffhanger. Tomorrow I start the sequel.
This is sort of a set piece for technology and we follow various people who encounter it and mostly die. The ending may have polished off the rest of the good guys - only the sequel will tell. The bad guys (and one bad set of subroutines created by the eccentric billionaire before he died) are quite evil, and other reviews have commented on the depravity displayed mid-book.
But is it good? For me it was hard to put down, with each new puzzle leading to the next, the bad guys usually one step ahead. The …
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At any given time, I am probably reading one book in paper form, another as an audio book, and another on an e-reader. I also keep an anthology or collection in my car, for those long waits. My average rating is between 3 and 4, because I try to seek out good books and authors. One goal is to read all the SF award winners and SF Masterworks. See my profile at Worlds Without End.
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Brisingr by Christopher Paolini
Brisingr is the third novel in the Inheritance Cycle by Christopher Paolini. It was released on September 20, 2008. Originally, …
Thom rated The Thing About Life Is That One Day You'll Be Dead: 2 stars
Thom rated Nightwatch: 5 stars
Nightwatch by Sergei Lukjanenko ([Night watch series], #[1])
The forces of Light and Darkness have co-existed in a delicate balance for hundreds of years...until now. Even as the …
Thom rated The Spy's Bedside Book: 2 stars
Thom rated Rumpole and the primrose path: 3 stars
Rumpole and the primrose path by John Mortimer
In a collection of stories, curmudgeonly London barrister Horace Rumpole, recovering from a heart attack, takes on a nasty head …
Thom rated Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders: 4 stars
Thom rated Script and scribble: 4 stars
Thom reviewed Daemon by Daniel Suarez (Deamon, Book 1)
Already an underground sensation, a high-tech thriller for the wireless age that explores the unthinkable …
Review of 'Daemon' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
First read shortly after it was released, while much of this was still fiction. Fortunately we aren't at the stage of world takeover bots and automated killer cars - yet. Dropping a star on reread due to too much villainy and the fact that it ends in a cliffhanger. Tomorrow I start the sequel.
This is sort of a set piece for technology and we follow various people who encounter it and mostly die. The ending may have polished off the rest of the good guys - only the sequel will tell. The bad guys (and one bad set of subroutines created by the eccentric billionaire before he died) are quite evil, and other reviews have commented on the depravity displayed mid-book.
But is it good? For me it was hard to put down, with each new puzzle leading to the next, the bad guys usually one step ahead. The explanations were just plausible enough, and several have come out into the open since. This is better than a 3 star book, but not 5 star fantastic either. My initial rating of 4 stars may end up restored at some point. Looking forward to reading stand-alone books by [a:Daniel Suarez|1956402|Daniel Suarez|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1265394868p2/1956402.jpg].
Thom rated As They See 'em: 4 stars
Thom rated Ender's Game: 5 stars
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender's Game is a 1985 military science fiction novel by American author Orson Scott Card. Set at an unspecified date …
Thom reviewed The Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
NARNIA... the world of wicked dragons and magic spells, where the very best is brought …
Review of 'The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (paper-over-board) (Narnia)' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Read in Late 2008
Thom reviewed Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2) by C. S. Lewis (The chronicles of Narnia, #4.)
Prince Caspian (originally published as Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia) is a high fantasy …
Review of 'Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia, #2)' on 'Goodreads'
4 stars
Read in Late 2008
Thom reviewed The horse and his boy by C. S. Lewis (The chronicles of Narnia, #book 3)
A boy and a talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to …
Review of 'The horse and his boy' on 'Goodreads'
3 stars
Read in Late 2008
Thom reviewed The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (Chronicles of Narnia -- bk. 2)
They open a door and enter a world.
NARNIA... the land beyond the wardrobe, the …
Review of 'The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe' on 'Goodreads'
5 stars
Read in Late 2008