Like many others, I was drawn to read the late Stieg Larsson’s The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by all the media buzz; you can only hear the words “literary sensation” and “international bestseller” so many times without getting a little bit curious. I haven’t read much in the crime fiction or mystery genres (unless [...]
Consider the following scenario: you are granted one trip to any time in the past. You cannot bring anything with you to the past or back to the future that will not fit in your pocket. You must take extreme care not to alter history or to alter it as little as possible. How would [...]
The Fountainhead tells the story of architect Howard Roark, the quintessential “ideal man” according to Ayn Rand’s Objectivist philosophy. Roark is ideal because he never settles for mediocrity, never compromises his artistic vision and never fears to break from tradition to forge his own path. These qualities bring difficulties to his career in architecture; his [...]
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Shaul Ladany was certainly an inspiring man, having survived the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp to become a record-holding race walker and distinguished industrial engineer. My interest in the book was Ladany’s experience during World War II and the Holocaust, but only a small portion of the book was [...]
This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. While this book might arouse interest for the first few chapters, the entertainment value drops off quickly. How many times can the same tweaked story be retold? How many times can one guy relive the same premise with minor alterations in the details? Here’s the gist of [...]
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