Category Archives: Reviews

Book reviews, as well as Reads to Reels

Worlds of Ds9: The Dominion and Ferenginar

Posted on May 9, 2012 by smellincoffee

Star Trek Worlds of Deep Space Nine, Volume III: The Dominion and Ferenginar© 2010 David R. George III, Keith R.A. DeCandido(Trade Paperback) 352 pages The Dominion and Ferenginar is the final volume in the Worlds of Deep Space Nine series, and … Continue reading →

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Watching the Clock

Posted on May 8, 2012 by smellincoffee

Star Trek DTI: Watching the Clock© 2011 Christopher L. Bennett512 pages Time travel! It’s a staple of Star Trek. No crew among the show’s five series has been able to resist gallavanting around in the timestream, not even in the … Continue reading →

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The Early Asimov

Posted on May 7, 2012 by smellincoffee

The Early Asimov, or, Eleven Years of Trying© 1972 Isaac Asimov400-500 pages Long-time readers know of my enormous affection for the good doctor Asimov; imagine my delight in finding this anthology of over two dozen of his earlier and previously … Continue reading →

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Astonishing

Posted on May 6, 2012 by smellincoffee

As if I needed another reason to love this guy. The above quotation is from Cosmos, “The Persistance of Memory”. Here’s another, from the book form of Cosmos.  Books permit us to voyage through time, to tap the wisdom of … Continue reading →

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The Coffee Trader

Posted on May 1, 2012 by smellincoffee

The Coffee Trader© 2003 David Liss386 pages I never intended to return to David Liss so soon. No doubt, A Conspiracy of Paper was phenomenal — but I have two Bernard Cornwell novels just awaiting to be read! There’s something compelling … Continue reading →

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Fast Food Nation

Posted on April 30, 2012 by smellincoffee

Fast Food Nation: the Dark Side of the All-American Meal© 2001 Eric Schlosser362 pages I underestimated Fast Food Nation. I’d expected a heated attack on the subject from a nutritional standpoint, but Eric Schlosser’s history and overview of fast food’s … Continue reading →

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Fablehaven

Posted on April 26, 2012 by smellincoffee

Fablehaven© 2006 Brandon Mull368 pages Grandma’s dead, but she left money for the family to go on a cruise with. Correction: she left money for mom and dad to go on a cruise with. The kids, Seth and Kendra, get … Continue reading →

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It’s a Sprawl World After All

Posted on April 25, 2012 by smellincoffee

It’s a Sprawl World After All: the Human Cost of Unplanned Growth — and Visions of a Better Future©  2005 Douglas E. Morris245 pages Shortly after the Second World War, the United States completely changed its approach to urbanism.  Abandoning … Continue reading →

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Salt

Posted on April 24, 2012 by smellincoffee

Salt: A World History© 2003 Mark Kurlansky498 pages Last Autumn, my doctor advised me to start watching the amount of salt in my diet, and so I did. That this was a concern surprised me: I was never one to … Continue reading →

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Bait and Switch

Posted on April 23, 2012 by smellincoffee

Bait and Switch: the (Futile) Search of the American Dream© 2006 Barbara Ehrenreich272 pages The road to success is hard work and an education, or so is the prevailing belief in the United States. In Nickle and Dimed, Barbara Ehrenreich … Continue reading →

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