fighting the lack of good ideas
I’ve ogled To Engineer is Human by Henry Petroski for several years. So when I saw it at a local used book store for just a couple dollars, I snagged a copy. Along with some of his other works, such as The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance, I’ve found the titles interesting, and…
New record for longest blog title I’ve ever had. I think. First, the pros: it’s concise, finishing at a mere 91 numbered pages, including sample questions and the index. Second, the cons: it’s 63 pages of bullet points with little-to-no explanation of terms, examples, etc. William Manning appears to have done an admirable job of…
I finished the Newsflesh trilogy this week, which culminated in Mira Grant’s book Blackout. The basic storyline and character development continued apace, and the story does end admirably. If you’ve read the first two, you should finish the trilogy. This one adds human cloning as a core plot point, and does it well. However, I…
Along with Mira Grant (Feed & Deadline reviews), I think I have found a female author I can read. G Willow Wilson’s debut novel, Alif the Unseen blends technothriller (a la Cryptonomicon), Arab mythology, statism, distrust of the government, and more. The story follows a young mixed-blood technophyte who has been making his living on…
I read Feed (review) a few weeks ago, and just finished the 2d installment in Mira Grant’s Newsflesh trilogy, Deadline. The frenetic pace of book 1 was upped a level in book 2 (along with some more language). Mira is a fantastic author, and I cannot wait to read Blackout (it’s on my library queue)….
This should have been titled “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective – but incredibly rigid and hard to to please – People” by Stephen Needs Coffee. But it’s not. Stephen R Covey’s work is extremely well-known, and millions have purchased The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People since it was released. I’m sure I have…
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I have been interested in volcanoes for a long time. I first wrote about them for a college essay in 1999, but my attraction to them began far earlier. Most likely it was triggered by hearing from my mom that her wedding day was the first time she’d ever really had allergies – just 6…
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